June 19, 2020

FBI uses T-shirt, tattoo and Vimeo clips to track down alleged arsonist

Amazing what online search, social media profiles, a DMV database and cameras everywhere can turn up about us.

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June 03, 2020

Amtrak breached, some customers’ logins and PII potentially exposed

The US rail service hasn't disclosed the number of passengers affected in a 16 April breach.

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May 21, 2020

Scammers target COVID-19 CARES Act relief scheme

US states are being flooded by fraudulent unemployment applications in a scam run by a sophisticated cybergang.

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May 14, 2020

Woman stalked by sandwich server via her COVID-19 contact tracing info

She wanted a sub, not Facebook, Instagram and SMS come-ons from the guy who served her and intercepted her contact-tracing details.

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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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May 05, 2020

Reveal the identities of alleged pirates, court tells ISP

It's not the first ISP to be held accountable for alleged piracy: Cox is looking at a $1b damage order.

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April 23, 2020

Password-free database of exercise app Kinomap leaks 42m user records

It's like a cloud of personal information breathed out in a plume by a database that didn't bother to wear a mask.

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April 22, 2020

309 million Facebook users’ phone numbers found online

First, 267m records were exposed & sold for 0.0002 cents each on the Dark Web. It was taken down but got reposted with yet more records.

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April 07, 2020

Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics

The suit is about biometrics and children's privacy in Google's education apps, which are suddenly, wildly popular now due to COVID-19.

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