Hate Crimes in the US , Increased in 2021, FBI Says.
CNN reports that according to new FBI data, documented hate crimes in America rose 11.6% to 9,065 in 2021.
64.5% of hate crime victims that year were targeted over their race or ethnicity.
15.9% were targeted due
to their sexual orientation.
14.1% were victimized
because of their religion.
However, according to the FBI,
many law enforcement agencies
don't accurately submit hate crime reports,
so the number of cases could be much higher.
We will not stop here: We are continuing to work with state and local law enforcement agencies across the country to increase the reporting of hate crime statistics to the FBI, Vanita Gupta, Associate Attorney General, via statement.
Hate crimes and the devastation they cause communities have no place in this country.
, Vanita Gupta, Associate Attorney General, via statement.
The Justice Department is
committed to every tool and resource
at our disposal to combat bias-motivated violence in all its forms, Vanita Gupta, Associate Attorney General, via statement.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) says it has prosecuted over 70 people in more than
60 hate crime cases since January 2021.
The DOJ has also created
grant opportunities for individual states
to create hate crime reporting hotlines
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FBI Arrests Air National Guardsman , in Leaked Documents Probe.
CBS News reports that Attorney General
Merrick Garland made the announcement on April 13.
21-year-old Jack Teixeira has been arrested
"in connection with an investigation into alleged
unauthorized removal, retention and transmission
of classified national defense information." .
He was taken into custody "without incident" at his mother's house in Massachusetts. .
According to the FBI, agents are
"continuing to conduct authorized law enforcement activity at the residence.".
According to a Defense official, Teixeira worked as a "cyber transport systems journeyman" in the Air National Guard.
His job was essentially to maintain network infrastructure and make sure the communications network was operating properly.
Teixeira's arrest comes after reports surfaced that the leaked Pentagon documents were first shared on Discord months earlier.
Last week, the documents ended up on social media and caught the attention of U.S. officials.
The documents revealed details about the war in Ukraine and America's attempt to keep tabs on allies, among other things
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FBI Warns , Public Charging Stations , Could Spread Malware to Devices.
CBS reports that the FBI has warned people
against connecting to public charging stations,
commonly found in airports and malls.
The FBI's Denver office issued
a general alert via Twitter.
Bad actors have figured out ways
to use public USB ports to introduce
malware and monitoring software
onto devices. Carry your own
charger and USB cord and
use an electrical outlet instead, FBI Denver office, General alert, via CBS.
Bad actors have figured out ways
to use public USB ports to introduce
malware and monitoring software
onto devices. Carry your own
charger and USB cord and
use an electrical outlet instead, FBI Denver office, General alert, via CBS.
According to the field office, there was
no specific incident that prompted the FBI
to issue the public service announcement.
According to the field office, there was
no specific incident that prompted the FBI
to issue the public service announcement.
The U.S. government originally coined
the term "juice jacking" back in 2011. .
According to officials at the FCC, malware can be installed
through a corrupted USB port and can be used to lock a
device or export data and passwords directly to criminals.
CBS reports that the stolen information
can then be used to access users' online
accounts or be sold to bad actors.
The scary part of juice jacking
is that you probably won't even be
able to tell that your phone is infected
with malware after plugging it
into a compromised USB port, Matt Swinder, Editor-in-chief and founder of TheShortcut.com, via CBS.
The scary part of juice jacking
is that you probably won't even be
able to tell that your phone is infected
with malware after plugging it
into a compromised USB port, Matt Swinder, Editor-in-chief and founder of TheShortcut.com, via CBS.
In 2022, Honeywell Forge released its USB Threat
report, which warned that threats designed to be
spread via USB rose by 52% in just over four years.
As rare as juice jacking is right
now, the threats of identity theft
have migrated from being purely
physical to being primarily
digital over the last decade, Matt Swinder, Editor-in-chief and founder of TheShortcut.com, via CBS.
As rare as juice jacking is right
now, the threats of identity theft
have migrated from being purely
physical to being primarily
digital over the last decade, Matt Swinder, Editor-in-chief and founder of TheShortcut.com, via CBS
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A 17-country police sting operation codenamed "Operation Cookie Monster" and led by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Dutch National Police has led to the closure of what is said to be the largest illicit market on the so-called darknet. The hacker cyber-bazaar, known as Genesis Market, was seized in a multinational crackdown dubbed 'Operation Cookie Monster' after the site's specialization in stolen digital fingerprints, known as cookies.
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DOJ Offers to Settle Texas Church Shooting , for $144 Million.
AP reports that the Justice Department has come
to a tentative agreement with families and victims
of the mass shooting that took place at First Baptist
Church of Sutherland Springs, TX, in 2017.
AP reports that the Justice Department has come
to a tentative agreement with families and victims
of the mass shooting that took place at First Baptist
Church of Sutherland Springs, TX, in 2017.
26 people, including an unborn child, were shot and killed by Devin Patrick Kelley.
Kelly was discharged from the Air Force in 2014 after being convicted of assaulting his wife and stepson, cracking the boy's skull. .
His felony conviction for domestic violence
should have prevented him from legally buying a gun, but it was never put into the FBI's database.
Because of this, U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez previously determined that the
Air Force was "60% liable" for the massacre.
The settlement offered by the DOJ
must first obtain court approvals.
No words or amount of money can diminish the immense tragedy of the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Vanita Gupta, associate attorney general for the Justice Department, via statement.
Today’s announcement brings the litigation to a close, ending a painful chapter for the victims of this unthinkable crime, Vanita Gupta, associate attorney general for the Justice Department, via statement.
The Sutherland Springs families are heroes. The country owes them a debt of gratitude. They have gone through so much pain and loss in the most horrific way, Jamal Alsaffar, a Texas attorney, via statement
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Carolyn Bryant Donham, , Woman Whose Accusations Doomed Emmett Till, , Dead at 88.
CNN reports that the white woman,
whose words led to the lynching of Till
in 1955, died on April 25.
14-year-old Till was visiting family in Mississippi
when he allegedly whistled at Donham.
Donham's husband, Roy Bryant, and J.W. Milam abducted Till from his bed several nights later.
They then beat him, shot him in the head
and threw his body in the river.
At the subsequent murder trial, Donham testified that Till had grabbed her and said he'd never been with "white women before.".
An all-white jury acquitted
Bryant and Milam of murder.
In 1956, they admitted to the murder in a 'Look' magazine interview, but no further chargers were ever brought against the two men.
In a 2008 interview with professor Timothy Tyson, Donham reportedly said, "That part's not true,"
when asked about her testimony.
The Department of Justice reopened the case in 2018, but it could never prove that Donham had lied, and the case was closed again in 2021.
In 2022, a Mississippi grand jury
decided against indicting Donham on kidnapping and manslaughter charges.
After hearing every aspect of the investigation and evidence collected regarding Donham’s involvement, the Grand Jury returned a ‘No Bill’ to the charges of
both Kidnapping and Manslaughter, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson, via statement.
The murder of Emmett Till remains an unforgettable tragedy in this country and the thoughts and prayers of this nation continue to be with the family of Emmett Till, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson, via statement
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$6 Billion Student Loan Debt Settlement , Allowed by Supreme Court.
NBC News reports that on April 13, the
Supreme Court rejected a request made by three colleges to challenge the class-action settlement.
The schools that made the request are
Everglades College, Lincoln Educational Service Corp. and American National University. .
The secretary’s claimed authority amounts to nothing less than the power to cancel, en masse, every student loan in the country, Challenging schools, via court papers.
But the Justice Department determined
that the settlement "neither adjudicates
any rights or imposes any duties or
liabilities upon the relevant schools.".
The settlement, which is
unrelated to President Biden's efforts
to eliminate student loan debt, .
The settlement, which is
unrelated to President Biden's efforts
to eliminate student loan debt, .
stems from loans borrowers say were taken out after being misled by the schools.
The settlement could be worth over $6 billion, allowing thousands of loans to be canceled.
It was approved by U.S. District Judge
William Alsup in November.
The colleges were previously placed on a list by the federal government linked to "substantial misconduct.".
According to the Justice Department, approximately 3,800 of the loans were affiliated with the three colleges.
400 of them have been discharged so far
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Leaked Pentagon Documents , Highlight US Intelligence on Allies and Foes.
Last week, alleged classified Pentagon documents about the war in Ukraine were reportedly leaked via social media.
Last week, alleged classified Pentagon documents about the war in Ukraine were reportedly leaked via social media.
On April 7, over 100 more documents
were shared on Twitter, detailing the
findings of U.S. spy agencies.
The information was reportedly
not only about Russia, but also about American allies Israel and South Korea.
The information was reportedly
not only about Russia, but also about American allies Israel and South Korea.
One of the claims in the leaked documents suggests that Israeli foreign intelligence encouraged participation in the anti-government protests across Israel in March.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed those claims on April 9.
The Mossad and its serving senior personnel have not engaged in the issue of the demonstrations at all and are dedicated to the value of service to the state that has guided the Mossad since its founding, Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, via statement.
Another leaked document suggesting that the U.S. spied
on South Korea has prompted the ally nation to initiate "necessary consultations with the U.S. side.".
On April 8, France denied having
soldiers in Ukraine, as reportedly cited
by an additional leaked document.
There are no French forces engaged in operation in Ukraine. , Sébastien Lecornu, spokesperson for the minister of
the armed forces in France, via 'The Guardian'.
The documents cited do not come from the French armies. We do not comment on documents whose source is uncertain, Sébastien Lecornu, spokesperson for the minister of
the armed forces in France, via 'The Guardian'.
The DOJ is investigating the apparent leaks but has no other comment at this time
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