May 06, 2020

Adult live-streaming site CAM4 leaks millions of emails, private chats

The leak exposed millions of records with full names, emails, user conversations, payment logs, and IP addresses dating back to March.

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January 24, 2020

Privacy watchdog throws wider net to protect children online

A new, comprehensive code will compel online services to put children's health and safety before data-collecting profits.

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January 20, 2020

Teen entered ‘dark rabbit hole of suicidal content’ online

Molly Russell's grieving father has backed a psychiatrists' report, saying that tech companies must be forced to hand over anonymized data.

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January 13, 2022

S3 Ep65: Supply chain conniption, NetUSB hole, Honda flashback, FTC muscle [Podcast + Transcript]

Latest episode -listen to it or read it now!

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March 13, 2020

Confessions app Whisper spills almost a billion records

Researchers say the exposure includes exact locations of users' last posts, nicknames, age, and gender.

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April 30, 2020

Coronavirus delays trial of alleged Russian hacker a third time

Justice has already been slow in this case, and the pandemic isn’t helping: His trial has been postponed for a third time.

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January 27, 2020

Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week

From a big Microsoft data breach to the seizing of a stolen-creds site by the FBI - and everything in between. It's weekly roundup time.

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October 14, 2019

Hacker wants $300 for 250,000 records stolen from sex worker site

In spite of prostitution being legal in the Netherlands, this could lead to the same type of blackmail attempts/suicide from Ashley Madison.

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January 16, 2020

College students call for ban on facial recognition on campus

Fight for the Future is building on its success in pressuring concert promoters to back off of plans to use the technology at festivals.

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