Articles filed under Computer Crime
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Patient information exposed in July attack on DuPage Medical Group computers
Aug 30, 2021 6:40 PM - DuPage Medical Group is notifying patients that some of their confidential personal information may have been stolen in a July attack on the group's computer networks. -
Police search for three men after Aurora gunfire
Aug 17, 2021 8:36 PM - The Aurora Police Department is searching for three men after an automatic weapon was fired in the air Tuesday afternoon. -
Des Plaines police make child pornography arrestJun 21, 2021 3:38 PM - A suburban man was arrested last week after an employee at a Des Plaines business discovered child pornography on the man's cell phone, police said.
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'Revenge porn' trial of Island Lake woman expected to conclude Monday
Apr 25, 2021 5:27 PM - An Island Lake woman testified last week she didn't believe a set of seminude photos sent to her fiancé by another woman were intended to be private when she mailed them out to family and friends in 2016. -
Illinois attorney general reports office network 'compromised'
Apr 13, 2021 1:36 PM - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday that his agency's office internet network was discovered to be "compromised" on Saturday, according to a news release. -
Surge in cybercrime during the pandemic requires response from state, suburban lawmaker says
Mar 8, 2021 5:30 AM - An increase in cybercrime during the COVID-19 pandemic has suburban lawmaker Keith Wheeler citing an urgent need for cyber security legislation. -
Constable: Love scams in the air as we long for pandemic connections
Feb 11, 2021 5:30 AM - One industry that has flourished in spite of -- or, perhaps, because of -- the pandemic is online dating scams.
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State employment agency hit in nationwide fraud schemeJul 22, 2020 2:22 PM - The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Wednesday it has been affected by a nationwide fraud scheme involving the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program.
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Attorney: Solicitation case 'unique' because of St. Charles man's mental capacity
Dec 6, 2019 12:19 AM - The defense attorney for a 29-year-old St. Charles man arrested in early October on felony charges of grooming, indecent solicitation of a child and traveling to meet a minor says the case against Peter I. Madsen is more complicated because of his client's learning disabilities and mental capacity. -
Revenge porn isn't protected free speech, Illinois Supreme Court rules
Oct 19, 2019 2:40 PM - In a decision with implications for the case of a disgraced former state lawmaker from the suburbs and others like him, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that disseminating private sexual images without permission - better known as revenge porn - is not constitutionally protected free speech.
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