Collaborate Disseminate
The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the United States’ largest trial court, has suffered a crippling ransomware… Continue reading Ransomware Attack Shuts Down LA County Courts, Halts Inmate Transfers, Evictions
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) suffered a massive data breach due to a Snowflake vulnerability, exposing personal details of millions of students and thousands of teachers and staff. Continue reading LAUSD Data Breach: Hackers Leak 25M Records, Including Student Locations
Hackers have leaked data stolen from the United States’s second-largest school district, after the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced it would not be giving in to ransom demands.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Student data leaked after LA school district says it won’t pay ransom
A police car’s digital in-car video system uncovered that two Los Angeles officers ignored calls to provide assistance at a department store robbery because they were too enthralled in catching Pokémon. Continue reading Cops ignored call to nearby robbery, preferring to hunt Pokémon
The LAPD seized 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks for routine disposal. The subsequent explosion destroyed homes and sent residents to the hospital. Continue reading The LAPD Exploded a Stash of Illegal Fireworks in the Middle of the City
AWS today closed out its first re:Invent keynote with a focus on edge computing. The company launched two smaller appliances for its Outpost service, which originally brought AWS as a managed service and appliance right into its customers’ existing data centers in the form of a large rack. Now, the company is launching these smaller […] Continue reading AWS updates its edge computing solutions with new hardware and Local Zones
The department has said no thanks to the Clearview AI platform, after an expose showing that officers had used it 475 times during a trial period alone. Continue reading LAPD Bans Facial Recognition, Citing Privacy Concerns
Real-time, in-trip geolocation data isn’t good for traffic/bike lane planning, a draft of the suit says. What it’s good for is surveillance. Continue reading Uber to file federal suit against Los Angeles over users’ real-time location data
A Texas man has been sentenced to over 12 years in prison after being found guilty of hacking into the computer system of the Los Angeles Superior Court, and then using it to send two million phishing emails.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire Sta… Continue reading 12 year jail sentence for man who hacked Los Angeles Superior Court to send two million phishing emails
This month, the Los Angeles Department for Transportation will enter the next phase of collecting the real-time location of scooters like Lime and Bird. Continue reading EFF Says LA’s Scooter Location Data Could Unmask Individual Riders