Cybercrime and AI
AI is used on both sides of cybercrime, automating attacks, phishing and fraud at scale, and detecting them too. This section covers law enforcement capability, the changing threat picture, and international investigative cooperation.
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Microsoft has disrupted an artificial intelligence cybercrime service linked to more than 12,000 compromised email inboxes. The technology company seized websites and disabled…
The Liberia National Police has refused a request from Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung to release Jerry Nyantee Wrato. Officers have instead brought four cybercrime charges…
Kannada actor Rukmini Vasanth has filed a cybercrime complaint after being targeted by artificial intelligence. Deepfake images and videos falsely depicted her in objectionable…
Surat Cyber Crime Police have arrested two men from Haryana for using a deepfake video of a member of parliament. Officers said the pair used the altered footage of MP Govindbhai…
A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for cybercrimes involving threats of violence and sexually explicit imagery. James Strahler targeted numerous victims with both real…
Cybersecurity firm S2W has installed an artificial intelligence tool called DRI on its XAVIS platform to analyse cyber threats. The tool links real-time data gathered directly by…
A training course is covering modern policing tools and procedures from the initial report through to the charge sheet. The programme includes CCTNS, eSakshya and eSummons,…
The TN Cyber Crime Cell has registered a case over an artificial intelligence deepfake video targeting the public. The video, which features Chief Minister C Vijay Joseph, has…
Haryana Police is setting up a dedicated task force to use artificial intelligence in its fight against cybercrime. The move aims to make the technology a central part of its…
Artificial intelligence now fuels 55% of all reported digital crime in Africa, according to a report by Interpol. The international policing organisation found that AI-powered…
Researchers at ThreatDown have found 6,644 artificial intelligence models advertised without safety guardrails openly available on the platform Hugging Face. Users downloaded…