Political tension rose after a debate resurfaced online about what federal investigators know about 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 2024 Trump assassination attempt. Tucker Carlson, a conservative commentator, accused the FBI of lying about Crooks’ online presence. His claims drew strong reactions on social media. Carlson denied the FBI’s claim that Crooks had no online…

Spotswood is in trouble after officials unknowingly transferred millions of dollars to a criminal posing as a trusted local contact in a sophisticated cyber scam. Town leaders say precise email impersonation tricked the school district and borough offices into sending money to the wrong address. An ordinary department exchange became one of the community’s most…

The complicated email scam cost a town in Middlesex County $4.8 million. Local officials say that a criminal pretended to be trusted contacts and moved money to Spotswood school district and borough accounts that weren’t supposed to have it. Mayor Rich O’Brien told people that a “third-party cyber criminal” fooled school and borough employees into…