Casio Keyed Up After Data Loss Hits Customers In 149 Countries
Crooks broke into the ClassPad server and swiped online learning database.
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A Researcher Hijacked the CIA’s Secure Contact Link for Informants Due to a Flaw in X
Kevin McSheehan discovered that the CIA’s link for informants was bugged on X, leaving the door open for a malicious actor to impersonate the agency.
How a Breached Microsoft Engineer Account Compromised the Email Accounts of US Officials
China-linked hackers breached the corporate account of a Microsoft Corp. engineer and are suspected of using that access to steal a valuable key that enabled the hack of senior US officials’ email accounts, the company said in a blog post.
The Spy Law That Big Tech Wants To Limit
Top tech companies are mounting a push to limit how US intelligence agencies collect and view texts, emails and other information about their users, especially American citizens.
US Senate Amends EARN IT Act — To Transfer the Fight Over Section 230 to the States to Let Them Restrict Encryption
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the amended version on July 2.
How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime
Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots.
Mystery Data Breach Dubbed ‘db8151dd’ Exposes Records of 22 Million People
A massive data breach dubbed db8151dd has exposed the records of 22M people – including addresses, phone numbers, and social media links. But the source of the data is a mystery.
Critical Windows 10 Vulnerability Used To Rickroll The NSA And Github
Attack demoed less than 24 hours after disclosure of bug-breaking certificate validation.
DAN GOODIN – JAN 16, 2020 12:30 AM UTC
The Only ‘Russian Bots’ To Meddle In US Elections Belonged To Democrat-Linked ‘Experts’
US cyber-security experts have blamed Russia for meddling in American elections since 2016. Now it has emerged that authors of a Senate report on ‘Russian’ meddling actually ran a “false flag” meddling operation themselves.
New Dating App For Trump Supporters Exposes Users’ Data On Launch Day
Donald Daters, a new app seeking to “make American date again” and address the needs of alienated young Trump supporters, has reportedly leaked private user data immediately after the launch.
Top U.S. Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Vulnerable Remote Access Software on Systems
The top U.S. voting machine vendor admitted earlier this year to having installed remote-access software containing a key security flaw on election-management systems during a six-year time period, leaving those systems vulnerable to cyberattacks, Motherboard reported.