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Here's a cool online class for you #mystery and #crime writers out there thanks to Romance Writers of America. Cow Cops, Fish Fuzz, and Tree Police: Alternative Law Officers for your Crime Stories kicks off Oct 6th for $35. Wes Harris is a great instructor.

They traveled to Thailand. They wound up cyber scam slaves in Myanmar. #crime

They traveled to Thailand. They wound up cyber scam slaves in Myanmar.
A multibillion-dollar fraud industry has taken root across Southeast Asia, fueled partly by trafficking victims. In lawless zones along the Myanmar-Thai border, Chinese-run compounds force thousands to scam strangers online under threat of violence. Thailand has become a key transit hub, Reuters found.

Open secret. It’s always an open secret in Hollywood until it’s too late. #d4vd #crime #hollywood

👾 Large language models can execute complete ransomware attacks autonomously, research shows
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-large-language-ransomware-autonomously.html

Large language models can execute complete ransomware attacks autonomously, research shows
Criminals can use artificial intelligence, specifically large language models, to autonomously carry out ransomware attacks that steal personal files and demand payment, handling every step from breaking into computer systems to writing threatening messages to victims, according to new research from NYU Tandon School of Engineering posted to the arXiv preprint server.

Ty Burns, Republican Oklahoma state rep. of the 35th District, just convicted of domestic abuse against his wife & daughter & resigned his seat.
#Republicans #crime
From: @…

The Intellectualist (@the_intellectualist_official) on Threads
🚨 Republican Rep. Ty Burns pleaded guilty to domestic abuse after court records said he tried to gouge his wife’s eye and later ran his wife and daughter off the road. He still holds his Oklahoma House seat. https://open.substack.com/pub/theintellectualistofficial/p/republican-lawmaker-pleads-guilty

🎯 Anthropic disrupts cybercriminal using AI for large-scale theft and extortion
#crime

Detecting and countering misuse of AI: August 2025
Anthropic's threat intelligence report on AI cybercrime and other abuses

The Hallmarked Man (Cormoran Strike #8), by Robert Galbraith
#Book #Crime #Mystery #Review

The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon #6), by Dan Brown
#Adventure #Book #Crap #Crime

The Proving Ground (The Lincoln Lawyer #8), by Michael Connelly
#Book #Crime #Meh #Review