Collaborate Disseminate
Three, one of UK’s biggest mobile operators, has become the latest victim of a massive data breach that reportedly left the personal information and contact details of 6 Million of its customers exposed.
The company admitted the data breach late Thurs… Continue reading 3 Mobile UK Hacked – 6 Million Customers’ Private Data at risk
Adobe will pay just $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 15 state attorneys general over its huge 2013 data breach that exposed payment records on approximately 38 million people. In other news, the 39-year-old Dutchman responsible for coordinating an epic, weeks-long distributed denial-of-service attack against anti-spam provider Spamhaus in 2013 will avoid any jail time for his crimes thanks to a court ruling in Amsterdam this week. Continue reading Adobe Fined $1M in Multistate Suit Over 2013 Breach; No Jail for Spamhaus Attacker
Way back in the last millennium when I was a lowly copy aide at The Washington Post, I pitched the Metro Section editor on an idea for new column: “And the Good News Is…” The editor laughed me out of her office. But I still think it’s a decent idea — particularly in the context of cybersecurity — to periodically highlight the good news when people allegedly responsible for spewing so much badness online are made to face justice. Continue reading Ne’er-Do-Well News and Cyber Justice
Way back in the last millennium when I was a lowly copy aide at The Washington Post, I pitched the Metro Section editor on an idea for new column: “And the Good News Is…” The editor laughed me out of her office. But I still think it’s a decent idea — particularly in the context of cybersecurity — to periodically highlight the good news when people allegedly responsible for spewing so much badness online are made to face justice. Continue reading Ne’er-Do-Well News and Cyber Justice
As more crime is carried out online, ISPs and law enforcement may need to work together more closely. Continue reading ISPs: UK Police Need to “Up Their Game” on Following Cybercrime Leads
Through MILKWHITE, low level agencies such as the Metropolitan Police can access metadata collected by GCHQ. Continue reading The Troubling Metadata Sharing Program That Was Just Revealed in the UK