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Microsoft search engine Bing served child pornography images when asked for it, according to an investigative report from AntiToxin. In fact, the popular search engine even suggested additional search terms on typing in queries that led to more illegal images. Researchers at AntiToxin, a security firm that excels in building technologies to protect people against abuse, […]
Facebook-owned instant messenger app WhatsApp is currently being used on a massive scale to distribute child pornography material, a report from two Israeli online safety groups states. The report has been analyzed, translated, and followed up by TechCrunch. The publication states that the third-party group discovery apps for WhatsApp are being used by users to […]
Short Bytes: The U.S. law enforcement agencies like the FBI are using modified BitTorrent clients to catch child pornography offenders. FBI loads the known child porn torrent links in these special clients and catches the people who share child porn using their IPs and trackers. In the recent past, many men have faced lengthy prison […]
Short Bytes: Following the unsealed documents recently obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, it has been known that the FBI ran 23 child porn websites on the darknet. It is contrary to what was revealed earlier, that the FBI only hacked and hosted PlayPen for 13 days to catch pedophiles using NIT. Earlier, it […]
Short Bytes: In order to catch child pornography watchers, FBI created a website Playpen and hosted it on the dark web. Later in the case, the judges ruled out evidence due to lack of a proper warrant. FBI has filed a petition that the malware created by them shouldn’t be considered as malicious. Child pornography […]