CyberDigest - cybercrime and e-evidence
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Des ados canadiens rapportent avoir vu des images sanglantes et des scènes de violence réelle sur YouTube et TikTok
L’actualité récente a fait état de rapports troublants qui sont difficiles à expliquer et encore plus difficiles à voir. Par exemple, la suite d’une automutilation en direct de la personnalité médiatique, une fusillade meurtrière à Montréal ou à l’assassinat du commentateur politique Charlie Kirk.
Brazil's Supreme Court Considers Whether Police Need Judicial Authorisation for Identifying Internet Users, Narrow Urgency Exception Debated
Brazil’s Supreme Court is weighing whether police must, as a general matter, obtain prior judicial authorisation before they can identify an internet user by correlating account registration details with connection or application-access logs.
When Fraud Needs a Bank: Inside an Ecosystem Built to Manufacture Trust
An exact search for the phrase “one of the largest digital banking providers” in the source code of publicly available websites flagged approximately 2,200 domains. The resulting financial front can provide a convincing pretext for investment, loan, romance, recovery, and advance-fee fraud. One...
Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox under Digital Services Act
With these designations, the Commission will gain investigative powers to assess the functionalities behind these services and, where applicable, any related system. The supervision and enforcement of the DSA is shared between the Commission and Digital Services Coordinators, which are...
9 de cada 10 menores víctimas de trata fueron contactados en redes, mensajería o videojuegos
Nueve de cada 10 niñas, niños y adolescentes víctimas de trata fueron contactados a través de redes sociales, servicios de mensajería o videojuegos, una señal del creciente papel que juega el entorno digital en la captación y explotación de menores con fines sexuales.
Une plainte devant la justice californienne accuse Grok, l’IA de la start-up d’Elon Musk, d’être entraînée avec des contenus pédopornographiques
Avec l'aide de ce programme, la jeune femme continue de recevoir régulièrement des alertes lui indiquant que ses photos et vidéos refont surface, et certaines d'entre elles apparaissent dans les métadonnées de contenus générés par IA avec Grok, avant d'être diffusés sur le réseau social X.
As deepfake sex crimes surge, Korea's response struggles to keep pace
Korea has strengthened criminal penalties and takedown systems for digital sex crimes, but experts warn that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is creating widening gaps between the speed of online abuse and the ability of institutions to stop it.
Asian Cybercrime Networks Turn to Decentralization, AI Tools, New Research Finds
Across Asia-Pacific (APAC), cybercrime syndicates are increasingly employing decentralization strategies to evade detection and disruption, according to a new report by the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), a regional inter-governmental body based in Australia.
Berlin refuses to pay hackers who stole data from the City's state network
Berlin's state government has confirmed that it is the target of an extortion attempt following the August compromise of the city's state administrative network, and said it will not meet the extortionists' demands.
Kenya moves to join Budapest Convention to strengthen fight against cybercrime
Kenya is seeking to join the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, with the National Assembly now inviting public views on the proposed accession. The treaty provides a framework for international cooperation in fighting cybercrime, investigating offences and accessing electronic evidence held in...
Growing number of data requests and complex legal landscape among key challenges for accessing electronic evidence
Over half of all criminal investigations today include a request for cross-border access to electronic evidence such as texts, e-mails or messages in apps. However, gaining access to electronic evidence presents significant legal and technical challenges.
El acoso escolar se erige como grave detonador de riesgo para la salud mental en Latinoamérica y el Caribe
Para la persona que es agredida no hay descanso ni distancia que la proteja, viéndose expuesta, casi de manera permanente, a la ciberviolencia. Es necesario acotar que la exposición reiterada a estas formas de violencia acarrea depresión, ansiedad, estrés traumático, aislamiento social,...
58 arrests in global effort to dismantle West African organized crime groups
An eight-month operation targeting West African organized crime groups has led to 58 arrests and the identification of 263 suspects. Operation Jackal IV (November 2025 – June 2026) aimed to disrupt money laundering, identify high-value targets, seize assets, and support arrests and prosecution.
The World Is Rewriting the Rules Against Cyber-Enabled Transnational Crime
For two decades, cybercrime enforcement was built around a simple assumption: criminals hide behind screens, but they still operate mostly within reachable borders.
GLACY-e and CyberSPEX: Asian hub countries meet in Bucharest to consolidate their regional roles and discuss the Second Additional Protocol with EU member states
From 17 to 19 August 2026, the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) convened a three-day regional meeting in Bucharest, bringing together the two Asian hub countries of the GLACY-e project - the Philippines and Sri Lanka. Organised jointly under the GLACY-e and CyberSPEX...
