Sources say the AFP referred the leak of sensitive legal material that surfaced in a TV interview with Lehrmann to the anti-corruption commission to determine whether its own officers were involved.
Police will move their search for the missing Ballarat mother to a targeted area outside Ballarat on Thursday,with help from Australian Federal Police dogs.
Drug empires,life-destroying scams and extravagantly lavish lifestyles have been fuelled by a spike in cryptocurrency crime as criminals exploit its anonymity to manipulate extraordinary amounts of cash.
It’s been described as dangerous and reprehensible,but while “stalkerware” products have been removed from app stores,Australian companies are offering the chance to snoop.
An Australian Federal Police spokesperson said it was “aware of reports” Aleksandr Ermakov had been detained for alleged cyber crimes.
Authorities have dismantled an alleged cybercrime network selling subscriptions to hacking software used to target Australians,following an international operation.
Former ASIO boss finds Home Affairs failed to conduct adequate due diligence when issuing contracts that led to public money being paid to suspected criminals and corrupt officials.
Officers fell “profoundly short” of the minimum standards expected after an undercover agent posing as an extremist engaged with a 13-year-old online,a Melbourne magistrate has found.
The Albanese government’s naming of a Russian cyber thief responsible for the 2022 Medibank Private hack is a belated but welcome first in combating the rampant increase in cybercrime.
A Port Macquarie man has been charged with producing child abuse videos for the dark web. Officers tracked him down using clues hidden in plain sight.
The man was arrested after a covert operation tracked him acting suspiciously,visiting parks,bushland areas and secluded car parks late at night.