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A Counterfeit Ring Behind $US77 Million In Fake Bills Finally Got Busted

7 years ago

A Counterfeit Ring Behind $US77 Million In Fake Bills Finally Got Busted

Sarah Zhang

7 years ago

Watch This Surreal Zombie Crime Video Made By LAPD

Lily Hay Newman

These Guys Tried To Pass Off Melting Blocks Of Ice As $4000 Worth Of iPads

8 years ago

These Guys Tried To Pass Off Melting Blocks Of Ice As $4000 Worth Of iPads

Ashley Feinberg

US Authorities Want To Force Apple To Let You Buy Ebooks Directly From Amazon

8 years ago

US Authorities Want To Force Apple To Let You Buy Ebooks Directly From Amazon

Adam Clark Estes

Malware Tricks Man Into Turning Himself In For Child Porn

8 years ago

Malware Tricks Man Into Turning Himself In For Child Porn

Ashley Feinberg

Google Algorithm Busts Chinese Car Theft Ring Entirely By Accident

8 years ago

Google Algorithm Busts Chinese Car Theft Ring Entirely By Accident

Robert Sorokanich

Aussie Caught Driving Car With Pliers As Steering Wheel

8 years ago

Aussie Caught Driving Car With Pliers As Steering Wheel

Casey Chan

Kid Sentenced To One Year In Jail For Hacking School Election

8 years ago

Kid Sentenced To One Year In Jail For Hacking School Election

Ashley Feinberg

US Drug Enforcement Agency Seizes First Bitcoins From Silk Road Dealer

8 years ago

US Drug Enforcement Agency Seizes First Bitcoins From Silk Road Dealer

Jamie Condliffe

The US Facial Recognition Database Hiding In Plain Sight

8 years ago

The US Facial Recognition Database Hiding In Plain Sight

Eric Limer

How Nextdoor And NYC Will Pioneer Socially Networked Crime-Fighting

8 years ago

How Nextdoor And NYC Will Pioneer Socially Networked Crime-Fighting

Adam Clark Estes

8 years ago

The Most Terrifying Anti Drink-Driving Stunt You’ll Ever See

Andrew Liszewski

Sex On A Pile Of Cash Sounds Great Until Your Online Date Robs You

8 years ago

Sex On A Pile Of Cash Sounds Great Until Your Online Date Robs You

Mario Aguilar

The FBI Has To Give Kim Dotcom His Hard Drives Back

8 years ago

The FBI Has To Give Kim Dotcom His Hard Drives Back

Mario Aguilar

The FBI Ran A Child Porn Site for Two Whole Weeks

8 years ago

The FBI Ran A Child Porn Site for Two Whole Weeks

Jamie Condliffe

Apple Has A Huge Waiting List Of Cops Who Need iPhones Cracked

8 years ago

Apple Has A Huge Waiting List Of Cops Who Need iPhones Cracked

Eric Limer

Mum Delays Taking Gunshot-Wounded Son To Hospital To Check WebMD First

8 years ago

Mum Delays Taking Gunshot-Wounded Son To Hospital To Check WebMD First

Ashley Feinberg

Hackers Stole $US45 Million In Cash From New York City ATMs

8 years ago

Hackers Stole $US45 Million In Cash From New York City ATMs

Eric Limer

Gaming League Employee Turns 14,000 Users Into Bitcoin-Mining Zombies

8 years ago

Gaming League Employee Turns 14,000 Users Into Bitcoin-Mining Zombies

Brian Barrett

The Dark History Behind Earth Day’s Murderous, Girlfriend-Composting Co-Founder

8 years ago

The Dark History Behind Earth Day’s Murderous, Girlfriend-Composting Co-Founder

Ashley Feinberg

Pirate Bay Co-Founder Charged With Hacking And Fraud In Sweden

8 years ago

Pirate Bay Co-Founder Charged With Hacking And Fraud In Sweden

Jamie Condliffe

Whoa, Did Google Maps Just Reveal A Gruesome Murder?

8 years ago

Whoa, Did Google Maps Just Reveal A Gruesome Murder?

Casey Chan

Police Attack Man For Recording Them With A Cameraphone

8 years ago

Police Attack Man For Recording Them With A Cameraphone

Casey Chan

Samsung Offices Raided By Police Over Alleged LG Technology Theft

8 years ago

Samsung Offices Raided By Police Over Alleged LG Technology Theft

Jamie Condliffe

Watch This ATM Get Blown To Bits And Pieces At A Petrol Station

8 years ago

Watch This ATM Get Blown To Bits And Pieces At A Petrol Station

Casey Chan

ATM Skimming Is Now Prolific On Payment Terminals And Ticket Machines

8 years ago

ATM Skimming Is Now Prolific On Payment Terminals And Ticket Machines

Jamie Condliffe

Man Caught Smuggling Almost 14% Of An Entire Species

8 years ago

Man Caught Smuggling Almost 14% Of An Entire Species

Andrew Liszewski

Crazy Villains Caught Trying To Cut Through The Internet’s Undersea Cables

8 years ago

Crazy Villains Caught Trying To Cut Through The Internet’s Undersea Cables

Eric Limer

13 Shockingly Creative Ways Drugs Tried To Cross The US Border

8 years ago

13 Shockingly Creative Ways Drugs Tried To Cross The US Border

Attila Nagy

Report: Microsoft Is Being Investigated For Bribery

8 years ago

Report: Microsoft Is Being Investigated For Bribery

Mario Aguilar

Google Glass And The Golden Age Of Creepshots

8 years ago

Google Glass And The Golden Age Of Creepshots

Cord Jefferson

Blackmailers Are Threatening Red Bull With Poop-Tainted Cans

8 years ago

Blackmailers Are Threatening Red Bull With Poop-Tainted Cans

Ashley Feinberg

Inside The Murky World Of Webcam Hackers

8 years ago

Inside The Murky World Of Webcam Hackers

Jamie Condliffe

Police Deflate Smugglers’ Compressed-Air ‘Marijuana Cannon’

8 years ago

Police Deflate Smugglers’ Compressed-Air ‘Marijuana Cannon’

Andrew Tarantola

Sabu Won’t Go To Prison Yet Because He’s Still Snitching

8 years ago

Sabu Won’t Go To Prison Yet Because He’s Still Snitching

Sam Biddle

Should You Be Able To Google For A Lawyer While Under Arrest?

8 years ago

Should You Be Able To Google For A Lawyer While Under Arrest?

Jamie Condliffe

Watch A Chinese Hacker Launch An Invasion In Real Time

8 years ago

Watch A Chinese Hacker Launch An Invasion In Real Time

Mario Aguilar

UK Woman Fined For Decorating Her Electronic Security Bracelet

8 years ago

UK Woman Fined For Decorating Her Electronic Security Bracelet

Jamie Condliffe

Microsoft And Symantec Join Forces To Bust Major Cyber Crime Ring

8 years ago

Microsoft And Symantec Join Forces To Bust Major Cyber Crime Ring

Ashley Feinberg

Giz Explains: The Pocket Lab Cops Carry To Test Street Drugs

8 years ago

Giz Explains: The Pocket Lab Cops Carry To Test Street Drugs

Andrew Tarantola

Man Convicted Of Destroying Company Servers With Cleaning Supplies

8 years ago

Man Convicted Of Destroying Company Servers With Cleaning Supplies

Leslie Horn

Man Shot Dead After GPS Error Leads Him To Wrong House

8 years ago

Man Shot Dead After GPS Error Leads Him To Wrong House

Jamie Condliffe

This DNA Gun Will Tag Felons For Weeks

8 years ago

This DNA Gun Will Tag Felons For Weeks

Jamie Condliffe

The Plan To Catch Prescription Drug Thieves With GPS Chips In The US

8 years ago

The Plan To Catch Prescription Drug Thieves With GPS Chips In The US

Mario Aguilar

First Prison-Issued Polygraph Test On YouTube Could Prove Man’s Innocence

8 years ago

First Prison-Issued Polygraph Test On YouTube Could Prove Man’s Innocence

Leslie Horn

FBI Launches New Thief-Catching Map

8 years ago

FBI Launches New Thief-Catching Map

Eric Limer

Red October: Global Cyber Espionage Ring Spent 5 Years In Shadows

8 years ago

Red October: Global Cyber Espionage Ring Spent 5 Years In Shadows

Eric Limer

Chinese Dude Pleads Guilty To Pirating $100m Worth Of Military Software

8 years ago

Chinese Dude Pleads Guilty To Pirating $100m Worth Of Military Software

Jamie Condliffe

Genius Uses Dating Site To Get ‘Date’ With iPhone Thief

8 years ago

Genius Uses Dating Site To Get ‘Date’ With iPhone Thief

Eric Limer

Teenager Posts On Facebook About Driving Drunk, Gets Arrested

8 years ago

Teenager Posts On Facebook About Driving Drunk, Gets Arrested

Jamie Condliffe

Watch This UPS Employee Steal The iPad Mini That FedEx Just Delivered

8 years ago

Watch This UPS Employee Steal The iPad Mini That FedEx Just Delivered

Jamie Condliffe

Credit Card Skimmers Aren’t Just At ATMs Anymore

8 years ago

Credit Card Skimmers Aren’t Just At ATMs Anymore

Andrew Liszewski

Someone Stole An Entire Driveway

8 years ago

Someone Stole An Entire Driveway

Leslie Horn

Police Catch Anonymous Hacker By Googling His IRC Name

8 years ago

Police Catch Anonymous Hacker By Googling His IRC Name

Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK

Lawsuit Wants To Keep Your Haunting Mugshots Off The Internet

8 years ago

Lawsuit Wants To Keep Your Haunting Mugshots Off The Internet

Ashley Feinberg

Facebook Helped The FBI Bust An International Crime Ring

8 years ago

Facebook Helped The FBI Bust An International Crime Ring

Leslie Horn

Hacked Keycard System Brings String Of Hotel Break-Ins

8 years ago

Hacked Keycard System Brings String Of Hotel Break-Ins

Jamie Condliffe

New Money-Destroying Virus Attacks Iran

8 years ago

New Money-Destroying Virus Attacks Iran

Sam Biddle

Hacker Found Guilty Of 2010’s Massive AT&T iPad Breach

8 years ago

Hacker Found Guilty Of 2010’s Massive AT&T iPad Breach

Jamie Condliffe

John McAfee, On The Run, Stops To Ask For Tech Support

8 years ago

John McAfee, On The Run, Stops To Ask For Tech Support

Joel Johnson

Watch: TV Interview With Giz Reporter Who Dug Up John McAfee’s Secrets

8 years ago

Watch: TV Interview With Giz Reporter Who Dug Up John McAfee’s Secrets

Brian Barrett

Burglar Records His Entire Heist With His iPhone

8 years ago

Burglar Records His Entire Heist With His iPhone

Mario Aguilar

Bad Earthquake Prediction Earns Scientists Six Years In Jail

Science & Health

8 years ago

Bad Earthquake Prediction Earns Scientists Six Years In Jail

Leslie Horn

FBI Puts Idiots With Laser Pointers In Prison

8 years ago

FBI Puts Idiots With Laser Pointers In Prison

Eric Limer

How People Profit From Your Online Mug Shot And Ruin Your Life Forever

8 years ago

How People Profit From Your Online Mug Shot And Ruin Your Life Forever

Cord Jefferson

New Malware Can Steal Your Payment Info From Your Browser In Real Time

8 years ago

New Malware Can Steal Your Payment Info From Your Browser In Real Time

Kyle Wagner

Global Operation Sees Infamous ‘Microsoft’ Scammers Finally Taken Down [Updated]

8 years ago

Global Operation Sees Infamous ‘Microsoft’ Scammers Finally Taken Down [Updated]

How Vicious Spyware Contaminated Australian Rental Computers

8 years ago

How Vicious Spyware Contaminated Australian Rental Computers

Kyle Wagner

Is Putting Pictures Of Missing Children On 404 Pages Effective?

8 years ago

Is Putting Pictures Of Missing Children On 404 Pages Effective?

Leslie Horn

Study: Tasers Don’t Cause Kids Long-Term Harm

Science & Health

8 years ago

Study: Tasers Don’t Cause Kids Long-Term Harm

Mario Aguilar

World’s First Manned Nanocomposite Boat Will Chase Pirates At 70km/h

Science & Health

8 years ago

World’s First Manned Nanocomposite Boat Will Chase Pirates At 70km/h

Jamie Condliffe

FBI’s New $1b Project Will Track People By Just Their Faces

8 years ago

FBI’s New $1b Project Will Track People By Just Their Faces

Jesus Diaz

Watch These Robbers Ram Raid An Apple Store

8 years ago

Watch These Robbers Ram Raid An Apple Store

Leslie Horn

Why It’s About To Get A Lot More Difficult To Counterfeit Money

Science & Health

8 years ago

Why It’s About To Get A Lot More Difficult To Counterfeit Money

Molly Oswaks

Did Sweden Offer Cambodia $59m For The Pirate Bay Founder’s Head?

8 years ago

Did Sweden Offer Cambodia $59m For The Pirate Bay Founder’s Head?

Mario Aguilar

LulzSec Leader Sabu Still Working For FBI

9 years ago

LulzSec Leader Sabu Still Working For FBI

Sam Biddle

US Authorities Seize Domains Over Android App Piracy For The First Time

9 years ago

US Authorities Seize Domains Over Android App Piracy For The First Time

Mario Aguilar

Online Prostitution Laws Are Out Of Date

9 years ago

Online Prostitution Laws Are Out Of Date

Casey Chan

Massacre Threat: Twitter Refuses To Cooperate With Police [Updated]

9 years ago

Massacre Threat: Twitter Refuses To Cooperate With Police [Updated]

Molly Oswaks

US Authorities Pursue Swizz Beatz To Take Down Megaupload

9 years ago

US Authorities Pursue Swizz Beatz To Take Down Megaupload

Leslie Horn

Aussie Gets So Mad With ISP He Breaks Into The Company With An Axe

9 years ago

Aussie Gets So Mad With ISP He Breaks Into The Company With An Axe

Jesus Diaz

Police In The US Now Using Minority Report Technology To Fight Bad Guys

9 years ago

Police In The US Now Using Minority Report Technology To Fight Bad Guys

Casey Chan

Steve Wozniak Slams US Government On MegaUpload Case

9 years ago

Steve Wozniak Slams US Government On MegaUpload Case

Jesus Diaz

Why Scammers Say They’re From Nigeria

9 years ago

Why Scammers Say They’re From Nigeria

Jamie Condliffe

Brazen Thieves Attempt To Rob Moving Truck

9 years ago

Brazen Thieves Attempt To Rob Moving Truck

Andrew Liszewski

US Army Pays People To Riot

9 years ago

US Army Pays People To Riot

Andrew Tarantola

If You Want To Kill Someone, Don’t Google How To Do It First

9 years ago

If You Want To Kill Someone, Don’t Google How To Do It First

Mario Aguilar

Chemists Outrun Laws In War On Synthetic Drugs

Science & Health

9 years ago

Chemists Outrun Laws In War On Synthetic Drugs

Brandon Keim - Wired

Registered Sex Offenders Are Fighting For Facebook Access

9 years ago

Registered Sex Offenders Are Fighting For Facebook Access

Jamie Condliffe

$10,000 iPad Prototype Was ‘Most Likely’ Stolen Property, Says eBay Seller

9 years ago

$10,000 iPad Prototype Was ‘Most Likely’ Stolen Property, Says eBay Seller

Roberto Baldwin - Wired

The History Of Sux, The World’s Most Discrete Murder Weapon

Science & Health

9 years ago

The History Of Sux, The World’s Most Discrete Murder Weapon

Dr Rubidium - JAYFK

Aussie Teen’s Picture Of Cash On Facebook Leads To Home Robbery

9 years ago

Aussie Teen’s Picture Of Cash On Facebook Leads To Home Robbery

Jamie Condliffe

Is Hacking More Effective Than Protesting In Person?

9 years ago

Is Hacking More Effective Than Protesting In Person?

Mario Aguilar

Report: Infamous Revenge-Porn Magnate Being Investigated By FBI

9 years ago

Report: Infamous Revenge-Porn Magnate Being Investigated By FBI

Mario Aguilar

Thieves Steal Medical Equipment Loaded With Flesh-Eating Bacteria

9 years ago

Thieves Steal Medical Equipment Loaded With Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Jesus Diaz

Man Killed With Poisonous Umbrella

9 years ago

Man Killed With Poisonous Umbrella

Jesus Diaz

Stupid Criminals Get Caught After Stupid Facebook Mistake

9 years ago

Stupid Criminals Get Caught After Stupid Facebook Mistake

Jesus Diaz