“You know what your problem is, kid? Too much Internet and not enough legwork. A Crime reporter is made in the street. How many times have you hidden behind a tree to watch something…Called a witness to a crime or a victim’s relation posing as Chief Inspector Bloggins?…Get out in the street, learn to assimilate: you have to be the thief, the murderer, the victim, the accomplice, whatever it takes to be inside their heads.”—Jaime Brena, veteran reporter, to “the Crime boy,” new recruit.
… and police are on their way to your house to arrest you
$300 million lost in online scams in Australia
Though the Friday hack and data dump have dominated the spotlight, the alleged tax leak is in fact part of the bigger and quite troubling picture of leaks in the modern cyber environment . . .
Though the Friday hack and data dump have dominated the spotlight, the alleged tax leak is in fact part of the bigger and quite troubling picture of leaks in the modern cyber environment . . .
Macron and the Potential Future of Tax Leaks
Could Cryptocurrencies be the Ultimate Tax Haven?
Trump lawyer admits tax returns show some income from Russian sources
Trump lawyer admits tax returns show some income from Russian sources
Indian Biometric System Data leaked; over 130 M people could be affected Hackread
Mexican Drug Smugglers to Trump: Thanks! New York Times (resilc)
Flying to Europe? You Might Want to Encrypt Your Laptop First Consumer Reports
To mitigate major Edge printing bug, use a Xerox copier, baffled user advises Ars Technica. Check the images; this is extraordinary
History of the term “priming the pump.” Back to the 19th century. And here is Lauchlin Currie (among others), predating Keynes (pdf)
A mysterious cyber gang with links to Russia has been blamed for an unprecedented global computer security attack that crippled thousands of agencies on ...
Why Bitcoin's Price Has Been Surging and Where It Could Go From Here ...
MOTORISTS at a private inner-city carpark were spied on and trailed by “spotters” paid hundreds of dollars a week to covertly tip-off an awaiting tow truck in a scheme raking in $10,000 a night.
Tony Poulakis Tax Crime Studies
George R. R. Martin Does *Not* Need To Finish Writing The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Books, Thank You
Since HBO’s Game of Thrones started in 2011, Martin has finished only one more book in the series of novels on which the series is based, and the TV scripts have now outrun the storylines Martin himself created. Fans are not happy: “The internet’s favorite joke since around 2012 has been to yell at Martin whenever he’s found to be doing something other than furiously typing. The animating theory of the joke is that it’s his duty – his imperative – to finish the story he began. Guess what? It’s not.”
WHEN FAKE NEWS TURNS OUT OKAY: Journalists Accidentally Confuse A 63-Year-Old Teacher With A Fashion Icon And It Ends Up Changing Her Life.
ANOTHER TAX PATRIOT: Ex-Rep. Corrine Brown guilty on fraud, tax evasion charges.
What we know about U.S. probes of Russian meddling in 2016 election Reuters. “Meddling.”
A Brief Thought: the Neoliberal Establishment’s Russian Shell Game Nina Illingworth