Cameron Ortis, ex-RCMP leaker, should face decades behind bars: Crown – National

Cameron Ortis, ex-RCMP leaker, should face decades behind bars: Crown – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Crown attorneys are asking for a maximum sentence for Cameron Ortis, the former senior RCMP officer convicted of leaking secrets to targets of police investigations. If the judge agrees, that would mean multiple decades behind bars for Ortis — once a rising star in the national police … Read more

China and cybercriminals are targeting American AI companies

China and cybercriminals are targeting American AI companies

American companies like Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI are currently driving the cutting edge of generative artificial intelligence development across the globe. However two of U.S.’s top national security leaders said that AI lead is under attack from foreign cybercriminals and nation-states like China. “Eighteen of the 20 most successful AI companies in the world are … Read more

Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin was treated for cancer, infection

Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin was treated for cancer, infection

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2022.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Jan. 1 for complications following a surgery to treat prostate cancer, officials at … Read more

White House backs Defense Sec. Austin after secret ICU stay

White House backs Defense Sec. Austin after secret ICU stay

U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin speaks to the media after a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base on April 21, 2023 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. Thomas Lohnes | Getty Images White House officials on Monday reinforced their support for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who is under fire for failing to … Read more

Muslim leaders expand campaign to abandon Biden over Israel-Hamas war

Muslim leaders expand campaign to abandon Biden over Israel-Hamas war

U.S. President Joe Biden joins Israel’s Prime Minister for the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Miriam Alster | Afp | Getty Images Muslim leaders announced on Saturday that they are going national with an effort … Read more

UK Police Use Driver License Photo In Facial Recognition Search

UK Police Use Driver License Photo In Facial Recognition Search

A recent change to a single clause in a UK criminal justice law will soon allow police or the National Crime Agency to run facial recognition searches on a database of 50 million driver’s license holders in the country, in addition to social media images and surveillance images. UK officers have recently taken to using … Read more

U.S. expands Red Sea defense as Houthis disrupt trade

U.S. expands Red Sea defense as Houthis disrupt trade

Mock drones and missiles are displayed at a square on December 07, 2023 in Sana’a, Yemen. Mohammed Hamoud | Getty Images U.S. officials on Monday expanded a multinational maritime force in the Red Sea to defend against escalating attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, which have impeded international shipping routes. “The recent escalation in reckless … Read more