There are about 300,000 complaints about cybercrimes filed with the FBI each year. That may not surprise you, but what may surprise you is the fact that Texas is actually one of the most affected states by these types of…
Category: Cyber Crimes
Aug.31
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Computer Crime | Cyber Crimes | Fraud
As technology becomes ever more integral to society, cybercrime expands. An increasing number of criminals are turning to cybercrime to make money. They are becoming more creative in finding means to ply their trade.
Case in point: the FBI…
June21
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Computer Crime | Cyber Crimes | Federal Criminal Law | Hacking
A 35-year-old Richmond, California man was recently found guilty of damaging a protected computer and computer intrusion into newspaper sites following a six-day federal trial. He no faces up to 23 years in federal prison for his actions.
What…
May29
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Cyber Crimes
Donald Trump, Jr. was recently roasted on social media after he posted a video on Instagram showing his three-year-old daughter without a shirt or blouse. The average person viewed the posting as an incident of innocent children and/or classless parenting.…
Apr.05
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Cyber Crimes
The state of Texas wards off tens of thousands of cyberattacks each day. Where are they coming from? Who are they targeting?
Many automated computers and hackers attempt to steal confidential data from Texas citizens, companies, and government databases.…
Mar.05
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Cyber Crimes | Illegal Pornography
The dark web is a mysterious place that is open to nefarious and illicit human behavior. In an April 2017 Stanford Law Review article titled Searching Places Unknown: Law Enforcement Jurisdiction on the Dark Web, Boston University Law Professor Ahmed…
Jan.10
2018
2018
Between 1983 and 2017, at least 39 computer hackers were tried and convicted across the globe for computer invasion related crimes—nineteen of whom were convicted in United States courtrooms.
Many of the U.S. hackers see themselves as crusaders for…
Nov.30
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Cryptocurrency | Cyber Crimes | Fraud
The federal government is undertaking a review of new kinds of financial fraud.
Cryptocurrency is a general term for digital, cloud-based currency which fluctuates in value. Some entrepreneurs are using these digital currencies to commit fraud, which has…
Nov.03
2017
2017
Posted By: Staff Writer
Category: Cyber Crimes
October was National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), which, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is “an annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity.”
Every year, the DHS plans a number of programs and…
Apr.20
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Appeals | Cyber Crimes | Drug Trafficking | Murder
On April 12, 2017, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that Article I, Section 9 of the Texas Constitution does not provide broader privacy rights than the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The case involves G. Jerard…
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