Crime
Crypto Will Be Their Next Target
Alpesh Bhudia Darren Hurley-Smith Royal Holloway University of London Anna Cartwright Oxford Brookes University Edward Cartwright De Montfort University theconversation.com In May 2023, the Dallas City Government was hugely disrupted by a ransomware attack. Ransomware attacks are so-called because the hackers behind them encrypt vital data and
Lifting the Veil on Baby Mills
As I reported recently, Greek police have raided a commercial surrogacy clinic in Crete, arresting staff and taking newborn babies into protective custody. Initial reporting in the Australian media focused almost exclusively on the “desperate” surrogate parents — many Australian — who were being “cruelly” denied the “happy” arrival of their “healthy
NZ Needs More PC Plods
In case anyone is in any doubt, the PC stands for Police Constables and not Politically Correct. Thanks to this Labour Government there are probably too many of the latter already. I’m not suggesting police want to be PC but I am somewhat suspicious of the guidelines under which
They’ve Never Dug Coal, but They Know All About Minors
I wish politicians would look out for miners And not just minors on an island somewhere Oliver Anthony, Rich Men North of Richmond Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond is making US chart history — the first artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
‘Not Nice Lucy!’
Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. mercatornet.com Last week English neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others. The attacks took place between June 2015 and June 2016 in a ward for
Roast Busters’ Case Ends Not with a Bang but a Whimper
Denise Ritchie MNZM Stop Demand Stop Demand is a call for action to stop sexual violence against women and children. Editor’s note: DO NOT in the comments break name suppression by publishing the offenders’ names or links to sites that name them. An instant permanent ban will be given
Ex-Knight of the Day
James Hay Wallace can no longer use the title “Sir” after the government made a request to King Charles to strip him of his knighthood. Wallace was revealed as the prominent businessman who had sexually abused three young men back in June after he failed to be granted leave to
Here We Go Again?
Are we doing it all over again? Is Australia whipping up another Chamberlain hysteria? I vividly remember the whole circus. It’s astonishing in hindsight just how unhinged public commentary around the case became. From initially shooting and killing dingoes on sight, public opinion quickly did an about-face when,
Murderer of the Day
Lauren Anne Dickason has been found guilty of murdering her three young children at their Timaru home. The jury of eight women and four men reached a majority verdict. Dickason, 42, stood in the dock calmly as she was convicted of three counts of murder. She was taken out of
France’s Unrest Has Deep Roots
Emmanuel Comte Dr Emmanuel Comte is a senior research fellow of the European Program at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy in Athens (ELIAMEP) and a professorial lecturer at the Vienna School of International Studies. mises.org Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s frescoes adorning the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, Italy,
Out of the Shadows
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato theconversation.com [The] release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) is the final piece in a defence and security puzzle that marks a genuine shift towards more open and public discussion of these crucial policy areas. Together with July’
Thought of the Day
On social media yesterday, Alia Bee posted this thoughtful and well-written comment regarding the young man before the court for assaulting an older woman, and those responsible for inciting the chaos and violence at Albert Park. Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to
A Defence for Mothers Who Kill
Heather Montgomery Professor of Anthropology and Childhood The Open University Paris Mayo gave birth to her son Stanley alone – at home, in silence, while her parents and brother were upstairs. Mayo claimed not to have known she was pregnant, and no one at her school or within her family had
A Strange Case of Shrooms
It sounds like a tragic enough story: four people hospitalised, three of them dying, after a family lunch in a quiet country town apparently went horribly wrong. Or is it something more sinister? On Saturday, July 29, 48-year-old Erin Patterson cooked a lunch of wild mushrooms for her