Raided

In the summer of 1983, British politics was in a fractious place. In June, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government roared to re-election after victory in the Falklands, eviscerating Michael Foot’s Labour party. Within weeks, new chancellor Nigel Lawson announced swingeing spending cuts, despite the fact that more than three million people were out of work and the number was rising. Plans for large-scale privatisation of national industries – the PM’s second-term obsession – were in the works. Britain was about to…

It was the early 80s, and on an autumn day in Edinburgh’s New Town, a young man appeared at the top of the steep stairs that led down to the city’s gay bookshop, Lavender Menace. He had just been made redundant and wanted to donate part of his severance pay to the shop. “He gave us £50,” remembers Sigrid Nielsen, who ran the bookshop with her business partner Bob Orr. “I still wonder who he was.”Lavender Menace bookshop was founded in 1982, two years after homosexuality between men over the age of 21 was legalised in…

If you feel like owning a defunct darknet business, you might try reaching out to the backers of Genesis Market, the once high-and-mighty peddler of stolen data. They seem to be getting desperate to sell their once prized possession for scrap. Teenage Cybercrime Gang LAPSUS$ Strikes AgainThe Record reports that a number of posts have recently popped up on underworld forums advertising the sale of Genesis. Once a big destination for hacking services and stolen data, the platform was neutralized by the FBI earlier this year…

The designer behind the Los Angeles-based streetwear company Rhude, a favorite brand of Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, LeBron James, Saweetie and many other celebrities, was accused in a federal lawsuit this week of raiding company funds to live like one of his rich and famous clients.The owner of a minority stake in the clothing line alleged in U.S. District Court in L.A. that designer Rhuigi Villaseñor “has been pilfering the Rhude Companies’ coffers to support” a “lavish lifestyle” that includes private jet travel, Italian…

Magic: The Gathering leaks are nothing new. Whether by accident or on purpose, reviewers and gamers with early access to new sets of card packs have, pretty regularly, shown off card pulls before they were allowed to do so. Usually the consequences for leakers are simple and effective: Wizards of the Coast, which publishes Magic: The Gathering, typically refuses to allow those individuals early access in the future. It’s slightly more unusual for Wizards tohave allegedly sent Pinkerton agents to a man’s house in order to…

European antitrust authorities raided the Italian offices of the Gucci fashion house this week, part of a probe the company said was focused on potential anticompetitive behavior in the fashion sector.  Gucci owner Kering SA disclosed the search late Wednesday after the European Commission said earlier in the week that it had conducted unannounced inspections at several fashion companies. The commission said it was probing whether the companies had violated rules that “prohibit cartels and restrictive…

William Gallagher / AppleInsider: Local media: Korea's Fair Trade Commission raided Apple's Seoul offices over allegations it is charging App Store IAP fees of 33%, rather than the stated 30% — Officials from Korea's Fair Trade Commission conducted a dawn raid on Apple's offices in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, over allegations … William Gallagher / AppleInsider: Local media: Korea's Fair Trade Commission raided Apple's Seoul offices over allegations it is charging App Store IAP fees of 33%, rather…

Photo: ymgerman (Shutterstock)Apple’s South Korea offices were raided by antitrust regulators on Friday over a case of shoddy math, according to multiple reports. Antitrust investigators in the Korean Fair Trade Commission conducted an early morning raid on Apple’s Korean headquarters following complaints from mobile developers accusing the company of charging them fees above the typical 30% App Store commission on purchases, according to reports in local media picked up by MacRumors. The raid marks the most dramatic…

Twitch streamer Clara ‘Keffals’ Sorrenti woke up on August 5 to armed police raiding her home, pointing an “assault rifle” in her face. It follows a campaign of harassment she has experienced whilst streaming on Twitch, and she has now pleaded for help. In a video posted to her YouTube channel (via PC Gamer), Sorrenti detailed a harrowing experience with London (Ontario, Canada) police, where they raided her home, armed, after “every city councilor in the city of Ontario” received an email stating that she possesses an…

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches at 44 places across the country in a money-laundering investigation against Chinese smartphone manufacturing company Vivo and related firms, officials said.The searches are being carried out under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).The agency is conducting searches at 44 places related to Vivo and associated companies, they said.The ED has also been investigating the Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi since February. On April 30, the agency said…