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Bitpoint, a licensed cryptocurrency exchange based in Japan, has been hacked for $32 million in cryptocurrency. According to a CoinDesk Japan report on Friday, Bitpoint stopped all withdrawal, deposit and trading services on Friday morning until further notice, after it noticed irregular withdrawal from its hot wallet on Thursday. It is not yet clear at…
A town in Florida, which was recently targeted in a ransomware attack, has decided to pay the $600,000 ransom. Municipal computers for Riviera Beach, a suburb of Palm Beach, were rendered unusable by the ransomware attack. The virus disabled email, hit emergency response systems and forced staff to use paper based admin systems. The local…
A man who robbed a bank with a banana has been jailed for a year and 2 months. Dorset Police said Laurence Vonderdell entered the bank and approached one of the tills on the morning of 25 March, with a covered banana in a plastic bag (trying to disguise it as a gun), pointing it…
Actor Ashton Kutcher was in court giving evidence at the trial of alleged serial killer Michael Gargiulo who has been given the name of the ‘Hollywood Ripper’ Kutcher, told the court that he had planned to go on a date with design student Ashley Ellerin on 22 February 2001, but when he turned up to…
Knife crime offenders in London will be tagged with tracking devices upon their release from prison in an attempt to reduce violence in London. People who have served sentences for knife-related crimes such as possession, robbery, wounding, GBH and aggravated burglary will be ordered to wear GPS tagging under a year-long pilot. This will begin…
Violent crime recorded by police in England and Wales has risen by 19%. The number of homicides including murder and manslaughter has risen from 649 to 739 an increase of 14%, it is the highest total since 2007. Robbery went up by 17% as did the recorded sexual offences according to the Home Office data…
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