Internet users in Romania are finding their social media posts and online news articles bombarded with comments promoting blatant propaganda, inciting hatred towards the EU and NATO, and support for Vladimir Putin’s Russia. That’s the finding of an investigation which has explored the rapid growth in activity of pro-Russian and pro-Putin propaganda accounts on TikTok, … Read more
The term ‘IoT’ has become ubiquitous in everyday business conversation, as the Internet of Things has become integrated into our daily lives. As a result, IoT revenue is expected to grow rapidly, with IDC predicting worldwide spending on IoT software and hardware to grow from $726 billion in 2019 to $1.1 trillion in 2023. However, … Read more
Internet of Things are devices that connect to the Internet. Some are sensors that collect telemetry data about their surroundings and relay it to a collecting device via a wired or wireless connection to the internet. Others not only monitor but also control the activity of the device they are attached to like an air … Read more
A California man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his involvement in a fraudulent scheme that saw over 50 individuals and organisations lose millions of dollars. 59-year-old Allen Giltman, of Irvine, California, pleaded guilty to charges that he and his co-conspirators built a network of fraudulent websites impersonating legitimate financial institutions. According … Read more
The government of Thailand has cut the power supply to areas near its border with Myanmar that are known to host brutal scam compounds. These heavily-guarded fraud factories house armies of people, coerced into defrauding innocent people through bogus investment and romance baiting scams. The operators of the compounds earn billions of dollars each year … Read more