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Crime Expert on Jewelry Store Break-Ins: ‘These Are Not the Norm’ – Missouri – United States
Five jewelry store break-ins have happened in less than two months, and so far, no arrests have been made in any of the cases. At this point, all of the police jurisdictions that are investigating these cases tell 5 On Your Side they don’t have any new information to share, but are still following leads. “These are not the norm,” said Matt Vogel, a criminologist at UMSL. In the six years he’s been studying crime, Vogel said he’s never seen so many jewelry store break-ins in such a short time period. He believes, all five share a few common characteristics. “There’s clearly something going on in St. Louis right now,” Vogel said. “These seem to be well planned.” They also all appear to be in stand-alone buildings or strip malls. “I’m not sure if they’re being intentionally targeted or if they’re being targeted because they’re in strip malls because it’s easier to get away,” he said. Three of them all took place on the same road – Olive Boulevard. Feb 1: Two men break into Timekeepers in Olivette. March 19th: Four men rob Vincent’s Jewelers in Creve Coeur. March 20th: An unknown number of thieves steal from Genovese’s overnight in Creve Coeur. “There’s something connecting these crimes,” Vogel said. Looking back at the surveillance video, Vogel sees a lot of similarities between what happened at Timekeepers and Vincent’s.
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The Pentagon Is Letting Hackers Loose On Its Travel Management – United States
Ethical hackers will scour the platform for security gaps in the department’s fifth bug bounty program. The Defense Department kicked off a bug bounty program on Sunday to boost the security of the enterprise system used by millions of employees to organize travel plans. Reina Staley, chief of staff and co-founder of the Defense Digital Service, told Nextgov the competition is focused on the Defense Travel System, the platform millions of Pentagon employees use to authorize, reserve and receive reimbursements for work-related travel. The system processes more than 25,000 transactions every day. “The scale of users, volume of travel booked, and sensitive information it is responsible for maintaining makes DTS both a compelling asset for researchers and a priority for [the Defense Department] to harden its security,” Staley said. “The depth and breadth of skill, professionalism, and creativity that the white-hat hackers have employed during these challenges continues to amaze us each time. The value of crowdsourcing external talent has been clear in every challenge we’ve run to date.” The contest, hosted by the cybersecurity platform HackerOne, marks the Pentagon’s fifth bug bounty program.
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Tri-State Airport Implements New Security Process – West Virginia, United States
To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to implement new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country. The new procedures, implemented at Huntington Tri-State Airport earlier in the year, require travelers to place all personal electronic devices larger than a cell phone in bins for X-ray screening at checkpoints and are designed to address the current terror threat by raising the baseline of aviation security. “The threat is real. Terrorists are targeting airports,” said Lisa Farbstein, a spokeswoman for the office of public affairs of the Transportation Security Administration. While passengers have long been asked to remove laptops from carry-on bags, tablets, e-readers, cameras and other small devices also now have to be removed from bags as part of the new protocol. Farbstein demonstrated the new procedure for media on Monday with the help of TSA Supervisor Clifford Barker. Farbstein said removing the additional electronics from bags and carry-ons only takes a few extra seconds but goes a long way in ensuring safety. “It’s all about getting people to their destination safely and getting them home safely,” she said.
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