Articles filed under Computer Crime
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DePaul student from Park Ridge at center of unusual terrorism trialOct 05, 2021 1:00 am - Despite his online puffery, Thomas Osadzinski possessed little more than basic, college-level computer skills and "might very well be considered an 'Internet troll,'" hi...
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Authorities step up efforts to fight online child exploitationOct 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined local and federal prosecutors Monday to announce new efforts to combat a rise in online child exploitation in Ill...
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Patient information exposed in July attack on DuPage Medical Group computersAug 30, 2021 1:00 am - DuPage Medical Group is notifying 600,000 patients that some of their confidential personal information may have been stolen in a July attack on the group's computer net...
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Police search for three men after Aurora gunfireAug 17, 2021 1:00 am - The Aurora Police Department is searching for three men after an automatic weapon was fired in the air Tuesday afternoon. Police responded to the 200 block of Hill Aven...
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Des Plaines police make child pornography arrestJun 21, 2021 1:00 am - A suburban man was arrested last week after an employee at a Des Plaines business discovered child pornography on the man's cellphone, police said. Ruben Arriaga Hernand...
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'Revenge porn' trial of Island Lake woman expected to conclude MondayApr 25, 2021 1:00 am - 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...
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Illinois attorney general reports office network 'compromised'Apr 13, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday that his agency's office internet network was discovered to be "compromised" on Saturday, according...
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Surge in cybercrime during the pandemic requires response from state, suburban lawmaker saysMar 08, 2021 4:30 am - Small businesses in Illinois have had to move their operations increasingly online and remote in the past year, driven to do so by the COVID-19 pandemic. Where the movem...
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Constable: Love scams in the air as we long for pandemic connectionsFeb 11, 2021 4:30 am - You, or maybe someone you know, possesses a head for figures. Nobody has a heart for figures. When faced with the financial question - Does this investment make sense? -...
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State employment agency hit in nationwide fraud schemeJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Wednesday it has been affected by a nationwide fraud scheme involving the federal Pandemic Unemployment...