Neowin News Feed for: Undercover

Ticketmaster is secretly hiring 'scalpers' to resell tickets at a higher price

Ruel Revales — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 06:24:01 +0000

An undercover operation has revealed a secret program called TradeDesk that Ticketmaster has been running, which helps scalpers in reselling tickets via a secondary market for additional fees. Read more...

Police nab wannabe dark web hitman

Paul Hill — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 04:42:01 +0000

A wannabe hit man has been arrested by New Jersey authorities after he advertised his services on the dark web. In exchange for killing, he wanted money and a gun equipped with a silencer. Read more...

Social media endangering undercover police work

Christopher White — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:25:15 +0000

Social media may make undercover police work impossible. Keeping identity secret is becoming an impossible task and even if you protect yourself, others can upload pictures of you without a thought. Read more...

Undercover FBI investigation snares hundreds of fake badges

Sat, 02 Feb 2002 13:45:55 +0000

I saw a link to this story at Newsgeek.net, here it goes... On Thursday, federal authorities told AP that undercover investigators surfing the Internet bought more than 900 black-market law enforcement badges, to... Read more...