May 17, 2019

Hacking gang stole millions in cryptocurrency via SIM swaps

Six alleged members of "The Community" were indicted, along with three phone service employees who allegedly helped target subscribers.

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May 08, 2019

School lunch company exec arrested for skewering rival’s site

The Choicelunch CFO is accused of hacking student data out of The LunchMaster's site and anonymously ratting it out for bad security.

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March 26, 2019

FEMA exposes sensitive data of 2.3 million disaster survivors

The agency said it exposed 2.3m people's details in a “major privacy incident” involving a contractor that set up temporary housing.

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March 11, 2019

FTC says taxpayer voice phishing scams are up nearly 20x

The real Social Security people will never call to threaten your benefits or tell you to wire money, send cash, or put money on gift cards.

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November 26, 2018

The phone went dark, then $1m was sucked out in SIM-swap crypto-heist

A Silicon Valley exec lost $1m in cryptocoin savings when a 21-year-old allegedly SIM-swapped his phone.

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October 24, 2018

Former high school teacher pleads guilty to hacking celebrities

A fifth man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of phishing celebrities' and non-celebrities logins and raiding their iCloud accounts for nude photos.

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October 22, 2018

Up to 9.5 million net neutrality comments were fake

New York has expanded its probe to subpoena 14 industry groups and lobbyists, saying that fake comments "distort[ed] public opinion."

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October 17, 2018

35 million US voter records up for sale on the dark web

He or she is selling off the databases by state. Kansas's voter database has already been sold and published, and Oregon is next up for sale.

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September 28, 2018

Robocallers slapped with huge fines for using spoofed phone numbers

One poor woman whose phone number was hijacked by robocallers got several calls a day from irate consumers who thought she was trying to market to them.

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