Secretariat
Secretariat follows the cases: cybercrime busts, scam-compound takedowns, arrests, and enforcement actions, from Indian state cyber cells to the betting and trafficking networks of Southeast Asia.
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Reddit Preservation and Emergency Requests: Police Guide and Template
How police preserve Reddit account data and make emergency disclosure requests via Reddit's Legal Request Portal, with templates. For law enforcement only.
Airbnb Preservation and Emergency Requests: Police Guide and Template
How police preserve Airbnb account records and request emergency disclosure: Airbnb's Portal route, what it says, statute, and two adaptable templates.
Roblox Preservation and Emergency Requests: Police Guide and Template
What Roblox publishes for police on preservation and emergency requests, the Portal route, what it leaves out, the statute, and two adaptable templates.
OpenAI and ChatGPT Preservation and Emergency Requests: Template
OpenAI's published police route for ChatGPT accounts: 90-day preservation under 2703(f), the six emergency items, Kodex portal, and two adaptable templates.
Microsoft Preservation and Emergency Requests: Police Template
Microsoft preservation and emergency requests for police: what Microsoft publishes, what it does not, the 90-day statute, and templates to adapt.
Apple iCloud Preservation and Emergency Requests: Police Template
Apple iCloud preservation and emergency requests for police: Apple's own rules, 90-day period, exigent form, mistakes to avoid, and two templates.
Google Preservation and Emergency Requests: Police Guide, Template
Google preservation and emergency disclosure requests for police: what Google publishes, the 90-day statute, LERS, and two templates to adapt.
Discord Preservation and Emergency Requests: Police Guide & Template
How police preserve a Discord account and file emergency disclosure requests via Discord's Government Request Portal, with identifiers and templates.
TikTok Preservation and Emergency Requests: Police Guide & Template
How US police preserve a TikTok account and make emergency requests: TikTok's webform, 90-day preservation, required details and templates.
Snapchat Preservation and Emergency Requests: Police Guide & Template
How police preserve a Snapchat account and request emergency disclosure: Snap's LESS portal, 90-day rule, identifiers and ready-to-adapt templates.
LinkedIn Preservation and Emergency Requests: Police Template
How police preserve LinkedIn account data (90 days) and request emergency disclosure, per LinkedIn's guidelines and 18 U.S.C. 2703(f) and 2702, with templates.
India busts transnational SIM Farm Network with 320 SIMs in Karnataka; 4 Arrested for e-SIM Supply
Karnataka's Cyber Command Unit has dismantled an illegal SIM box network run from two apartments in Bengaluru's Whitefield area, seizing 10 GSM gateways with 320 SIM slots, some running e-SIM connections, and arresting four people in Tiroda, Maharashtra, over the alleged supply of SIM cards converted to e-SIMs. Police suspect links to digital-arrest scams, sextortion and fraud.