January 26, 2023

Dutch suspect locked up for alleged personal data megathefts

Undercover Austrian "controlled data buy" leads to Amsterdam arrest and ongoing investigation. Suspect is said to steal and sell all sorts of data, including medical records.

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May 13, 2020

TikTok’s handling of child privacy gets another watchdog’s attention

Use of the kid-addicting, video-sharing app is exploding during lockdown, triggering yet another inquiry into how safe it is for young ones.

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January 20, 2020

FBI seizes credentials-for-sale site WeLeakInfo.com

The FBI has seized the domain for WeLeakInfo.com, a site that sold breached data records, after a multinational effort by law enforcement.

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December 05, 2019

iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”.

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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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October 01, 2019

Darknet hosting provider in underground NATO bunker busted

Police overcame not only digital defenses of the "bulletproof" provider CyberBunker but also barbed wire fences and surveillance cams.

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November 09, 2018

258,000 encrypted IronChat phone messages cracked by police

They expect to cuff hundreds of criminals who used the pricey phones, which were sold with the crypto app preinstalled.

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February 15, 2017

Fake news: what can we all do to play our part in combating it?

Tech companies, media organisations and political parties are starting to work together but it comes down to us, too

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February 02, 2017

News in brief: Czech minister’s emails attacked; Dutch fear election hacking; Facebook extends connections

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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