The number of reported cases so far is low, but it’s still important to be aware of the what’s going on and make sure you’re doing everything you can to prevent...
An initiative that helps victims of ransomware recover their files free of charge says it has helped more than 200,000 ransomware victims, saving businesses an ...
Nairobi, July 29, 2019-- The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned for the safety of investigative reporter Erick Kabendera who was forcefully removed from his home today, and called on Tanzanian police to disclose whether they have him in cu...
The fate of a prominent MP and women’s rights campaigner in Libya, who has been kidnapped after criticising Khalifa Haftar, the strongman who has been a central...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican journalist who covered the police in the violent southwestern state of Guerrero was found dead in the trunk of a vehicle with ...
Chiang Rai: A Thai businessman abducted in Laos on Sunday will return home to Thailand soon after managing to escape from his kidnappers, according to the Immigration Bureau chief....
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Christo Bothma from Potchefstroom in North West, who disappeared in West Africa 10 months ago, has died, according to information received by Gift of the Givers...
Three Congress leaders were thrashed by a mob after they were mistaken as child kidnappers at a village in Madhya Pradesh, the police said....
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Uber and Bolt (previously Taxify) drivers should be careful when responding to clients in Nyanga, Cape Town, following hijackings and robberies, sometimes with a female accomplice calling the service, police said on Monday....
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A mum has been left horrified after her nine-year-old daughter tearfully revealed that men had been grooming her on a video sharing app popular with pre-teens.....
MUSTANG, OK — An Oklahoma family is warning others after it received a ransom call earlier this month from men demanding money in return for information about a...
Simona Halep was forced to shut down her Instagram account over the weekend after hackers tried to extort her followers out of millions of dollars. However it was all a hoax....
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GOMA, Congo (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped a South African and one Zimbabwean worker at Banro Corp’s gold mine in the east Congolese province of Maniema on Sunday...
Romania's interior minister has fired the chief of police after the murder of a teenage girl whose repeated emergency calls went unheeded for hours. The 15-year...
An Austrian triathlete survived a kidnapping in which she was first hit by a car, tied up with duct tape and then taken to a remote house where she was held for hours before convincing her abductor to release her, police said. A 33-year-old man has b...
SAO PAULO - Armed men stole $40 million of gold and other precious metals Thursday from a Sao Paulo cargo terminal at South America's busiest airport, taking tw...
Ransomware once seemed to be on the decline, but it's now gained a new lease of life -- and additional notoriety -- after crooks identified a lucrative new set ...
The 32-year-old was held in a house in Bootle for three days by the gang, who thought he was a drug dealer, and had boiling water poured over his genitals, Liverpool Crown Court heard. Michael Mooney, 42, and Michael Cook, 37, from Bootle, admitted k...
LAGOS (Reuters) - International aid agency Action Against Hunger said on Thursday that a staff member and five others kidnapped in Nigeria last week had appeare...
The coast of West Africa is one of the world's most notorious areas for piracy and kidnapping. And attacks in the area continue to rise year-on-year. To try to ...
Eight people have been killed in vigilante lynchings in Bangladesh, sparked by rumours on social media of children being kidnapped and sacrificed as offerings for the construction of a mega-bridge, police said on Wednesday....
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Durban - Social media users have been warned about a new scam doing the rounds on Facebook and WhatApp after three people who were allegedly extorted for large ...
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