New study finds the average American had their personal data stolen or exposed at least four times in 2019, with social media sites like Facebook responsible for the most security breaches A new survey found the average American had a data breach four times in 2019 The biggest category of breaches occurred with social media … Read more
A couple had £25,000 in savings cleared from their account while travelling in South America after one of their phone numbers was ported without consent. The pair, who wish to remain anonymous, slammed their phone company Three stating it does not take security seriously enough, effectively helping ‘facilitate’ so-called ‘Sim swap’ scams. They contacted This is Money … Read more
Vincent van Gogh painting is stolen from Dutch museum closed due to coronavirus The museum near Amsterdam said Van Gogh’s ‘Spring Garden’ had been stolen Burglars forced their way in through a glass door shortly after 3am this morning Museum director said he was ‘shocked and incredibly p****d off’ by the theft Coronavirus symptoms: what … Read more
Source code for the upcoming Xbox Series X video game console has been stolen by a hacker and is being ransomed for $100million A hacker claims to have found unsecure files for the next Xbox console’s GPU The hacker is asking for $100million for access to files, which also include source code for AMD’s new … Read more
Stolen car becomes a cage for hapless thief as the BMW’s owner remotely locks it with him inside when he noticed it being broken in to Scott Hunt, 45, from Bournemouth, was trapped the BMW he was trying to steal Owner of the car spotted the thief and used his remote car key to lock … Read more
A gang of brazen thieves who stripped a town park of its entire stock of daffodils were being hunted by cops today. Just seven out of an estimated 10,000 blooming daffodils were left standing after the flowers were cut at their stems in an ‘industrial scale’ operation earlier this week. The flowers, worth around £2,000, … Read more
The owner of a high-end quad bike snatched by PC Andrew Harper’s alleged killers gave a dramatic account of the raid from his bedroom, telling a 999 operator: ‘It’s not going to turn out well for me.’ Peter Wallis had alerted police after young men in masks and carrying wooden weapons made off with his … Read more
Stolen hearse with a casket and woman’s body inside is found after the driver crashed during a police chase on LA highway The casket and the woman’s body was found still inside the hearse after the crash on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles on Thursday morning Black Lincoln navigator had been stolen from outside … Read more
Is you car more likely to be stolen than other models? If you own any of these 10 motors the chances are it will be more appealing to thieves than cars, if last year’s records are anything to go by. The Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency has revealed the vehicles most commonly reported to them … Read more