Teen arrested for massive Twitter hack

By CNN,

Three people were charged on Friday for their alleged involvement in a massive Twitter hack earlier this month that took over the accounts of prominen...

Twitter hack

Man using a prosthetic mask stole more than Ksh.10M at casinos, prosecutors say

By CNN,

A prosthetic mask, counterfeit driver's licenses, and personal information obtained on the internet. That's how federal authorities say a Michigan man...

Twitter blames ‘coordinated’ attack on systems for hack of Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Joe Biden

By CNN,

Twitter accounts belonging to Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Apple, among other prominent handles, were compromised on Wednesday in what Twitte...

bill gates , Elon Musk , Jack Dorsey , Joe Biden , President Barack Obama , Twitter

Feds used Instagram posts of private jets and luxury cars to track $41M ‘cyber criminal’ Ray Hushpuppi

By CNN,

Ramon Abbas openly flaunted a lavish lifestyle of private jets, designer clothes and luxury cars. To his 2.5 million Instagram followers, he went b...

cybercrime , Ramon Abbas , Ray Hushpuppi

Instagram star ‘Hushpuppi’ who flaunted lavish lifestyle to face charges of conspiring to launder hundreds of millions of dollars

By CNN,

A Nigerian man nicknamed "Ray Hushpuppi" who flaunted his Rolls Royces, fancy watches and designer clothing on Instagram faces money laundering conspi...

fraud , Ray Hushpuppi

Social media post from Alex Ndiritu in Nyeri about the White House got Americans panicking

By Tonny Ndungu,

On Friday night, a hitherto unknown Kenyan man Alex G Ndiritu asked Americans to burn the White House down in the wake of protests against the killing...

White House America

Civil unrest rages in Minneapolis over racially charged killing of George Floyd by police

By Reuters,

Peaceful rallies gave way to a third night of arson, looting and vandalism in Minneapolis on Thursday as protesters vented their rage over the death o...

George Floyd , Governor Tim Walz , Minneapolis , National Guard

Church sues Zoom after porn streamed during a Bible study class

By CNN,

A San Francisco church is suing Zoom after one of its bible study classes was allegedly infiltrated by a hacker who bombarded the video call with porn...

Zoom

US to accuse China of hacking COVID-19 vaccine research

By VOA,

For months, U.S. officials have been warning about a spike in cyberattacks during the coronavirus pandemic, but they’ve stopped short of pointing ...

china , coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine

Despite FBI warning, U.S. military, government workers still using zoom

By VOA,

U.S. military and government employees continue to use the popular videoconferencing application Zoom for official business. This despite FBI warni...

Zoom

Zoom CEO apologizes for having ‘fallen short’ on privacy and security

By CNN,

The founder and CEO of Zoom has apologized to the video conferencing app's millions of users after coming under fire for a host of privacy issues at a...

coronavirus , Zoom

Scandal hits Catholic church again as bishop resigns

By Duncan Mutwiri,

A Bishop in New York has resigned from his job over claims of abuse cover up in the Catholic Church. Bishop Richard Malone of the Buffalo Diocese o...

catholic church sexual abuse

Your smart TV could be spying on you, FBI warns

By Duncan Mutwiri,

In this decade, Smart TVs are the 'in thing' and they are becoming increasingly affordable by the day which means that more people can acquire the dev...

cyberstalking , FBI , Smart TVs

FBI busts Chinese ring importing fake iPhones, iPads worth Ksh.600M

By Paul Ombati,

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has revealed a counterfeit ring involved in shipping fake iPhones and iPads across the world. The investigation...

ipads , iphones

Itumbi charged afresh over claims of publishing a false statement

By Wangui Ngechu,

Dennis Itumbi and co-accused Samwel Gateri Wanjiru have been charged afresh over allegations of publishing a false document. According to the charg...

assassination letter , itumbi

Interpol successfully identifies all victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash

By Wangui Ngechu,

The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has successfully identified all victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash. Also Read: Famil...

Boeing 737 MAX 8 , Ethiopian Airlines crash , Interpol

Nearly 300 people, some in Kenya, Nigeria arrested over international online scams

By Duncan Mutwiri,

A global operation targeting online scams has led to nearly 300 arrests in 12 countries including Kenya. Also Read: Have you been a victim of onlin...

Online scams , operation rewired

77 suspected Nigerian fraudsters charged over Ksh.460M internet scam

By Philip Mwaniki,

U.S. Federal prosecutors say 80 suspects, most of them Nigerians, have been charged over a widespread conspiracy scamming elderly individuals  and bu...

nigerian fraudsters , nigerian scam

Democratic 2020 contenders condemn Trump for spreading Epstein conspiracy theories

By Reuters,

Democratic presidential contenders Beto O’Rourke and Cory Booker slammed U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday for promoting unfounded conspiracy th...

Beto O’Rourke , Cory Booker , Jeffrey Epstein , President Bill Clinton , President Donald Trump

Attorney general ‘appalled’ over Jeffrey Epstein’s death, announces investigation

By CNN,

The Justice Department's inspector general is opening an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of multimillionaire financier and ...

Bill Clinton , Jeffrey Epstein , President Donald Trump , William Barr