Former Vice President of TÜBİTAK Detained on Wiretapping Charges

Cean Spying, Law Enforcement Surveillance

Hasan Palaz, the former vice president of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) who is allegedly affiliated with the Gülen Movement, has been detained after an arrest warrant was issued for him on Monday as part of the investigation into wiretapping the office of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during his tenure as prime minister. Palaz is among …

NYPD Cop Arrested for Hacking the FBI, Traffic Databases in Elaborate Scam

Cean Cyber Security

New York City Police Department (NYPD) inspector has been arrested and charged with hacking into a restricted NYPD computer and other sensitive law enforcement databases, including at the FBI, in an effort to run a scam targeting traffic accident victims. According to the complaint, Yehuda Katz, an auxiliary deputy inspector with New York’s finest, surreptitiously installed multiple electronic devices in …