Operation Cronos: Lockbit cybercrime gang disrupted by Britain, U.S. and E.U.

Operation Cronos: Lockbit cybercrime gang disrupted by Britain, U.S. and E.U.

LONDON – Lockbit, a notorious cybercrime gang that holds its victims’ data to ransom, has been disrupted in a rare international law enforcement operation by Britain’s National Crime Agency, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Europol and a coalition of international police agencies, according to a post on the gang’s extortion website on Monday. … Read more

A 5,000-pound satellite is expected to fall to Earth this week

A 5,000-pound satellite is expected to fall to Earth this week

A European Space Agency satellite is expected to reenter and largely burn up in Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday morning. The agency’s Space Debris Office, along with an international surveillance network, is monitoring and tracking the Earth-observing ERS-2 satellite, which is predicted to make its reentry at 6:14 a.m. ET Wednesday, with a 15-hour … Read more

City renters lament more than homeowners

City renters lament more than homeowners

Vancouver – Renters across the country faced record low vacancy rates and record high rent increases in 2023, but Statistics Canada says Toronto and Vancouver residents who don’t own their homes face the greatest financial and mental pressures. The agency says survey results over the last few years show renters are more prone … Read more

Children’s services leaders in England call for national ‘plan for childhood’ | Children

Children’s services leaders in England call for national ‘plan for childhood’ | Children

Children’s services leaders have called for a national “plan for childhood” to transform the health, emotional wellbeing and life chances of a generation of youngsters scarred by austerity and the pandemic. In a withering assessment of the government’s record over the past few years, they said ministers had presided over deepening child poverty, crumbling schools … Read more