Archive for March 20, 2026
Philippine police thwart Roblox-linked school shooting plot by 7 teens
Philippine police have foiled a school shooting and rescued seven students radicalised by “foreigners” online to stage an attack in Laguna province near Manila, amid growing calls for stronger parental safeguards against digital threats. Officers rounded up the suspects – five boys and two girls, aged 12 to 17 – on February 2 after receiving…
Read MoreIsrael hits Tehran with airstrikes on Persian New Year as war jolts energy markets
Israel pounded Tehran with airstrikes Friday as Iranians marked Nowruz, or the Persian New Year, in the midst of a war that has sent shock waves through the global economy and risked drawing Iran’s Arab neighbors directly into the conflict. Activists reported hearing strikes around Iran’s capital. The attacks came a day after Israel pledged…
Read MoreThree Charged with Conspiring to Unlawfully Divert Cutting Edge U.S. Artificial Intelligence Technology to China
Today, an indictment was unsealed charging Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw, Ruei-Tsang “Steven” Chang, and Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun, for allegedly conspiring to divert high-performance computer servers assembled in the United States and integrating sophisticated U.S. artificial intelligence technology to China, in violation of U.S. export controls laws. Liaw, a U.S. citizen, and Sun, a citizen of Taiwan,…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Crime for Racially Motivated Shooting
The Department of Justice announced that Jonathan Andrew Felkel, 34, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis for violating the housing rights of his Black neighbor, J.M., in violation of 42 U.S.C. §. 3631. As the defendant admitted at the plea hearing, on July 17, 2025, Felkel, while…
Read MoreJustice Department Disrupts Iranian Cyber Enabled Psychological Operations
The Justice Department announced the seizure of four domains as part of an ongoing effort to disrupt hacking and transnational repression schemes conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). The affidavit supporting the seizure warrant can be found here. The seized domains – Justicehomeland[.]org, Handala-Hack[.]to, Karmabelow80[.]org, and Handala-Redwanted[.]to –…
Read MoreUAE says it dismantled ‘terrorist network’ funded by Iran, Hezbollah
United Arab Emirates security authorities have dismantled a “terrorist network” allegedly funded and operated by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and its backer Iran, arresting its members, the state news agency said on Friday. It said the network, which had been operating under a fictitious commercial cover, was involved in “money laundering, financing terrorism and threatening national security”,…
Read MoreWA middle schoolers arrested after police investigate school shooting threat
Two eighth-grade girls are facing criminal charges after police rapidly responded to a report of a threatened school shooting at a middle school on Wednesday. According to the Ellensburg Police Department, on March 18 police heard reports from two students at Morgan Middle School about a threat of violence. Police said two eighth-grade female students…
Read MoreEuropol coordinates largest referral action targeting terrorist audio propaganda
Europol has coordinated the largest Referral Action Day (RAD) to date targeting terrorist propaganda shared through audio content, resulting in the referral of 17 298 URLs across 40 online platforms. Combined, the audio content in these links represents more than 1 100 hours – the equivalent of 47 days of continuous listening. The operation focused…
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