If you’ve read anything about technology in the last few years, you may have seen the term “encryption” floating around. It’s a simple concept, but the realities of its use are enormously complicated.

Taiwanese authorities have arrested a 23-year-old Providence University student, Lin, for disrupting four high-speed rail trains by hacking a radio communications system. Operated by Taiwan High Speed ...

A 23-year-old university student in Taiwan was arrested on April 28, 2026, for interfering with the TETRA communication system used by Taiwan High Speed Rail, halting four trains for 48 minutes on ...

FOX54 verifies if it's legal to decode encrypted police radio scanner footage.

Two major drug dealers from Merseyside have been jailed after police were able to decode their encrypted messages. Joseph Toole, 55, and 52-year-old Lawrence Hill were caught after international law ...

Joseph Toole, 55, and 52-year-old Lawrence Hill both admitted drug offences Two major drug dealers from Merseyside have been jailed after police were able to decode their encrypted messages. Joseph ...

Law enforcement officials say drug dealers are using emojis on social media sites to identify the illicit drugs for sale. A case involving edibles that were sold to a teenager in Lompoc prompted ...

My first story for WIRED—yep, 31 years ago—looked at a group of “crypto rebels” who were trying to pry strong encryption technology from the government-classified world and send it into the mainstream ...

Listening to police and fire calls used to be a pretty simple proposition: buy a scanner, punch in some frequencies — or if you’re old enough, buy the right crystals — and you’re off to the races. It ...

Kinahan cartel gangster Liam Byrne has become just the latest associate of the international crime gang to be arrested after police forces cracked their encrypted communications. The Crumlin man, whom ...