Cybercrime
President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The Latest: Biden and Putin depart Geneva after summit

Jun. 16, 2021 04:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 14, 2021 file photo, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., questions witnesses during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington. On Friday, April 16 The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that a photo showed Gaetz as a senior in high school with a mullet hairstyle and a tuxedo. The image is not genuine. A reverse-image search revealed Gaetz’s face was superimposed onto a different man’s portrait, which has been circulating as a meme online for at least 11 years. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Apr. 16, 2021 12:11 PM EDT

Kentucky temporarily shutting down UI system to stop fraud

By Bruce Schreiner Apr. 08, 2021 04:08 AM EDT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will temporarily shut down its unemployment system to bolster security protections to block an onslaught of cybercrime detected...

Tanzania cops arrest man for reporting that president is ill

By Tom Odula Mar. 14, 2021 10:48 AM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzanian police have arrested a man for circulating posts saying that President John Magufuli is in ill health. ...

Man charged with cyberstalking woman, soliciting a killer

By Michael Kunzelman Dec. 22, 2020 04:59 PM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A New York man was arrested Tuesday on charges he has been cyberstalking a Maryland woman for months, making threats that included...

MSU vet students: We deserve rebates for online classes

Dec. 19, 2020 12:53 PM EST
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Veterinary students at Michigan State University are pleading for a tuition rebate after months of online instruction. ...

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2016 file photo, a person in Miami searches the internet for sales. Online shopping scams are on the rise as thieves look to take advantage of the increase in people shopping online during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
How to spot fake shopping sites and avoid being scammed

By Joseph Pisani Dec. 15, 2020 03:42 PM EST

Olimpia Coral Melo, right, who became an activist against online sexual harassment and assault after a video of her having sex was published online in 2013, speaks with Benito Juarez borough Mayor Santiago Taboada, during a live broadcast in Mexico City, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. Melo's story and subsequent activism have led to the creation of numerous state laws against cyber violence, and Mexico's government is on the verge of passing a federal version of "Olimpia's Law." (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Mexico moves to stem unauthorized sharing of sexual images

By Maria Verza Nov. 25, 2020 03:42 PM EST

Man pleads guilty to role in several pandemic scams

Nov. 20, 2020 09:50 AM EST
BOSTON (AP) — A man who participated in a number of online financial scams to take advantage of people during the coronavirus pandemic has pleaded guilty,...

FILE - Masked students walk through the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Colleges across the country are struggling to salvage the fall semester as campus coronavirus cases skyrocket and tensions with local health leaders flare. Schools have locked down dorms, imposed mask mandates, barred student fans from football games and toggled between online and in-person classes. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Indiana officials emphasize caution for students headed home

By Casey Smith Nov. 19, 2020 02:29 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2020, file photo a Chinese flag hangs near an automated parcel handling line at a warehouse for an online retailer in Beijing. President Donald Trump has identified China as the country’s biggest foe and the Justice Department mirrored that emphasis over the last four years with a drumbeat of cases against defendants ranging from hackers accused of targeting intellectual property to professors charged with grant fraud. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Justice Dept.'s China focus likely to continue under Biden

By Eric Tucker Nov. 19, 2020 12:25 AM EST

Brazilian police investigate online hacking of high court

Nov. 05, 2020 05:40 PM EST
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal police opened an investigation into the hacking of computers at one of the country's high courts on Thursday. ...

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington streaks past the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building. In an alert Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, the FBI and other federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. healthcare system that could lock up their information systems just as nationwide cases of COVID-19 are spiking. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system

By Frank Bajak Oct. 28, 2020 09:41 PM EDT

Harvard University graduate student Maya James poses in a park near the university, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass. Law enforcement and voting advocates are warning that con artists are exploiting the election with scams targeting voters. James received an email from a political action committee that seemed harmless: if you support Joe Biden, it urged, click here to check you're registered to vote. Instead, she Googled the name of the group and it didn’t exist - a clue the email was a phishing scam. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Scammers seize on US election, but it's not votes they want

By David Klepper Oct. 17, 2020 12:11 AM EDT

Passengers ride a ferry to the island of Koh Chang seen in the distance, Oct. 20, 2018, in southern Thailand. American expat Wesley Barnes, an English-language teacher in Thailand, was sued for criminal defamation by a hotel at which he stayed on the island because of derogatory reviews he posted online. He could face up to five years in prison on two charges if tried and found guilty. (AP photo/Wally Santana)
US man could get prison for review of Thailand hotel

By Busaba Sivasomboon Sep. 29, 2020 07:37 AM EDT

This undated booking file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows Christopher Cantwell, of New Hampshire. On Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, a federal jury in Concord, N.H., found a Cantwell guilty of threatening to rape the wife of a man who was part of a racist group he felt was harassing and bullying him. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP, File)
Jury finds white nationalist guilty of rape threat

By Michael Casey Sep. 28, 2020 10:25 AM EDT

FILE - This undated booking file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows Christopher Cantwell, of New Hampshire. Cantwell went on trial Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, on federal charges of threatening to rape the wife of a person with whom he was having a dispute. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP, File)
Jury gets case of white supremacist accused of rape threat

By Michael Casey Sep. 25, 2020 05:57 PM EDT

Critic of Chinese leader sentenced to 18 years in graft case

By Joe Mcdonald Sep. 21, 2020 11:53 PM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — The former chairman of a state-owned real estate company who publicly criticized President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic was...

State: Cybercrime on the rise during pandemic, caution urged

Sep. 05, 2020 10:41 AM EDT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — State securities officials say cybercrime including email attacks are on the rise during the pandemic, and they're warning people to be...

Kansas candidate who admitted to revenge porn back in race

By John Hanna Aug. 25, 2020 04:25 PM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old Democratic candidate for the Kansas House who admitted to engaging in revenge porn and harassing girls online has reversed...