There are three rules for portraying a hacker in media. They have to be white; they have to wear a hoody; and they're probably autistic. The portrayal of neurodivergence.
Multinational Operation Cookie Monster takes down Genesis Market, a crucial source of compromised data used by criminals for fraud and other cyber attacks.
Leeds Crown Court A Neighbourhood Policing Team officer yesterday told a jury he had “many sexual preferences” but no interest in indecent images of children. Jonathan Plummer, a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) with West Yorkshire Police, is on trial charged with making and distributing indecent images of children and possession of extreme pornographic pictures. He said it was “baffling and terrifying” that they were found on his phone. Plummer, 35, was asked by his barrister Richard Canning: “Were you responsible for downloading any of these images found on your phone?” Plummer replied: “No.” “No.” “No.” Plummer told Leeds Crown Court he gave the police the pin code to his phone after they had seized it because “he had nothing to hide.” He knew they couldn’t get into the phone without the code but believed there was nothing illegal on it.