27/09/24

PSNI adopts counter-terror tactics to fight VAWG

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)has adopted the national counter-terror approach to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). The National Police Chiefs Council published a revised national framework earlier this year, which outlined how police services will work to tackle violence against women .....

26/09/24

Train passengers receive Islamophobic messages after cyber attack

Train passengers at some of the country's biggest rail stations have been hit by a "cyber security incident" which saw them exposed to Islamophobic messages.Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street and 11 stations in London were affected by the cyber attack on Wednesday. Telent, the company that manages the WiFi .....

26/09/24

Cyber attacks hit 20 railway stations: Passengers logging on to public wi-fi at UKs biggest transport hubs are met with screen about Europe terror attacks

Twenty railway stations in Britain have been hit by a cyber attack impacting wi-fi systems for passengers. Network Rail confirmed London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street and Birmingham New Street were among the stations impacted. Travellers logging into the wi-fi at .....

25/09/24

London man jailed for sharing Islamic State terror material online including how to poison enemies

A 21-year-old man from south west London has been jailed for posting and sharing Islamic State terror material online. Ayoub Nacir, 21, was spreading guidance on how to prepare terror acts including how to poison enemies, a court had heard. Nacir’s electronic devices were seized when police raided .....

25/09/24

Man sentenced for glorifying terrorism

Faseh Sajid, from Bristol, was found guilty of five counts of dissemination of a terrorist publication contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006. He was found not guilty of another count of the same offence. The 21-year-old was sentenced to three years and nine months’ imprisonment, following a trial at the .....

25/09/24

Man sentenced for assault and terrorism offences

A man from Swansea has been sentenced for terrorism offences and an assault that was motivated by and demonstrating hostility towards the victim based on her transgender identity. Alex Hutton pleaded guilty to the offences at was sentenced to five years and four months in prison at Winchester Crown Court on Thursday .....

24/09/24

Student arrests in Columbia County for terroristic threats spike after Apalachee shooting

Of the about two dozen student arrests thus far this school year related to Columbia County schools, 15 occurred in the days following the Sept. 4 shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia, in which two students and two teachers lost their lives. Following the shooting, which resulted in .....

24/09/24

Israeli strikes kill 492 in Lebanon’s deadliest day of conflict since 2006

MARJAYOUN, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of .....

24/09/24

UK collaborates with US and Canada on cybersecurity

The UK Ministry of Defence, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Canadian Department of National Defence have agreed to collaboratively pursue research, development, test and evaluation technologies for artificial intelligence (AI), cyber, resilient systems and information domain-related .....

24/09/24

Data-driven strategy to target VAWG

The government has announced a new national strategy to use advanced data analysis and algorithms to relentlessly target the most dangerous perpetrators of violence against women and girls (VAWG). The initiative is part of the government's mission to reduce VAWG by 50 per cent within the next decade. Police forces .....