Collaborate Disseminate
The exposed data, available free by registering an email address, shows CA used software developed by AggregateIQ to sway US elections.
Continue reading Cambridge Analytica’s secret coding sauce allegedly leaked
Time for Facebook to face the music on its data glad-handling in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Continue reading FTC goes after Facebook
Sharebeast, Newjams and Albumjams were sites to pirate prerelease songs from the likes of Justin Bieber, Pitbull and Beyonce. Continue reading Biggest pirate in the US sentenced to 5 years
The hackers have made ATMs across Europe spit out cash upon command. Continue reading Cobalt/Carbanak bank malware gang’s alleged leader arrested
In the first known instance of this technique, police tried using a dead man’s fingerprints to get past the protection of Apple’s Touch ID. Continue reading Police use dead man’s fingers to try to unlock his iPhone
Congress overwhelmingly approved a bill that guts Section 230, the law that protects sites from being held liable for user-posted content. Continue reading Craigslist personals, some subreddits yanked after passage of FOSTA
Fake hot-babe profiles are working together as “feeders,” “bait” and “hunters” in order to lure men into sex chats that lead to extortion. Continue reading Beware the fake Facebook sirens that flirt you into sextortion
Sandy Parakilas, formerly responsible for policing data breaches, said ignorance was bliss and assumed to protect Facebook from liability. Continue reading New whistleblower says Facebook turned a blind eye to covert data harvesting
Orbitz believes crooks may have gotten at customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, and more. Continue reading 880,000 payment cards affected in travel company data breach
The kids were just collateral damage: the real target was to discredit gaming server VeltPvP in an ongoing gamer spat. Continue reading Bomb hoax sent to 400 schools blamed on warring Minecraft gamers