Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Trevor Milton, the founder of electric vehicle start-up Nikola who was sentenced to prison last year, was pardoned by Donald Trump late on Thursday, the White House confirmed on Friday. The pardon … Continue reading Trump Pardons Founder of Electric Vehicle Start-Up Nikola, Trevor Milton
Federal authorities have broken up an international crime ring that stole thousands of iPhones from porches nationwide [non-paywalled link], arresting 13 people last month after a sophisticated operation that combined high-tech tools with old-fashioned… Continue reading FedEx Data Scraping and Telecom Insider Bribes Powered Nationwide iPhone Theft Operation
“The brickings will continue until the printer sales improve!” This whole printer-bricking thing seems to be getting out of hand with the news this week that a firmware update caused …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: March 16, 2025
A ransomware-as-a-service variant called “Medusa” has claimed over 300 victims in “critical infrastructure sectors” (including medical), according to an joint alert from CISA, the FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing Analysis Center.
And that… Continue reading Cybersecurity Alert Warns of 300 Attacks with ‘Medusa’ Ransomware
August, 2023: Thousands of Crypto Scammers are Enslaved by Human-Trafficking Gangsters, Says Bloomberg Reporter. (“They’d lure young people from across Southeast Asia…with the promise of well-paying jobs in customer service or online gambling.”)
Feb… Continue reading Thousands of Freed Scam Center Workers Now Trapped in Overcrowded Detention Centers
Sam Bankman-Fried — one of the largest donors to the Democratic Party — “was convicted of fraud, sentenced to 25 years in prison and mostly went silent,” reports the Wall Street Journal. “Until recently…”
Now, from behind bars at the Me… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried Gives a Jailhouse Interview, Seeking a Pardon
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: As investigators struggled for weeks to find who might have committed the brutal stabbings of four University of Idaho students in the fall of 2022, they were focused on a key piece of eviden… Continue reading To Identify Suspect In Idaho Killings, FBI Used Restricted Consumer DNA Data
Luigi Mangione faces first-degree murder charges. On Valentine’s Day he posted his first public comments online, reports People magazine, with Mangione saying he’s grateful for the support he’s receiving:
Earlier this week, Mangione accepted $297,000 … Continue reading Alleged ‘CEO Shooter’ Luigi Mangione Raises $297K Online
The U.S. released Russian cybercriminal Alexander Vinnik, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering through his cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e, as part of a prisoner swap that freed American schoolteacher Marc Fogel from Russian custod… Continue reading US Releases Russian Cybercriminal As Part of Prisoner Swap
Convicted Theranos founder, Elizabeth Holmes, had her first interview since being reported to prison in 2023, telling People magazine that she is still working on “research and inventions” in the healthcare space. Here’s an excerpt from the article: Sc… Continue reading Elizabeth Holmes Breaks Her Silence In First Interview From Prison