The Unattributable “Lead Hunter” Data Breach

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Pwned again. Damn. That’s me who’s pwned again because my personal data has just turned up in yet another incident from a source I can’t attribute. Less than 3 weeks ago I wrote about The Unattributable “db8151dd” Data Breach which, after posting that blog post and a sample of my

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Analysing the (Alleged) Minneapolis Police Department “Hack”

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The situation in Minneapolis at the moment (and many other places in the US) following George Floyd’s death is, I think it’s fair to say, extremely volatile. I wouldn’t even know where to begin commentary on that, but what I do have a voice on is data breaches which prompted

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Weekly Update 193

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First time back in a restaurant! Wandering down my local dining area during the week, I was rather excited to see a cafe that wasn’t just open, but actually had spare seating. Being limited to only 10 patrons at present, demand is well in excess of supply and all you

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Weekly Update 192

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Hey, check out that haircut! And shirt! It’s almost like I’m a professional again 😊 Come Monday, schools here return as usual so I figured it was time for both my son and I to head to the barber. Other events of the day had me sprucing up to a level

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The Unattributable “db8151dd” Data Breach

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I was reticent to write this blog post because it leaves a lot of questions unanswered, questions that we should be able to answer. It’s about a data breach with almost 90GB of personal information in it across tens of millions of records – including mine. Here’s what I know:

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Weekly Update 191

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I think I’m going to stick with the live weekly update model for the foreseeable future. It makes life so much easier when it comes to editing, rendering and uploading and it means I always have something out on time. So, that’s that, other news this week is mostly just

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Weekly Update 190

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I went with the “just record it live” approach again this week and honestly, it’s working out much better for me. It’s easier to publish (no manual retrieval of audio and video from devices, no editing in Premier, no waiting for upload) and doing it in my office gets almost

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COVIDSafe App Teardown & Panel Discussion

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I’ve written a bunch about COVID-19 contact tracing apps recently as they relate to security and privacy, albeit in the form of long tweets. I’m going to avoid delving into the details here because they’re covered more comprehensively in the resources I want to consolidate below, firstly the original thread

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Weekly Update 188

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It’s a day late because somehow, even in the current climate, I still find myself with a lot on my plate and the 2am getup yesterday morning didn’t leave me much like talking by the usual time I’d record this video came around. Regardless, I haven’t missed a week yet

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