Collaborate Disseminate
American prisons are strict about television use. Typically they’re only to be used with headphones, and their enclosures need to be transparent so they can’t be used to smuggle goods. …read more Continue reading Prison TV Gets Simple Speaker Mod
Prison is a scary place, very much by design. It’s a place you end up when convicted of crimes by the judicial system, or in some cases, if you’re merely …read more Continue reading Ban on Physical Mail Slated for NYC Jails, Which Could Go Digital Instead
What are prisoners getting up to with mobile phones? Why might ransomware no longer be generating as much revenue for cybercriminals? And how on earth did an airline leave the US government’s “No Fly” list accessible for anyone in the world to download… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #306: No Fly lists, cell phones, and the end of ransomware riches?
An Indian national received a prison sentence of 20 years for having created a call center scheme that preyed upon U.S. individuals. On November 30, U.S. District Judge David Hittner handed down a 20-year prison sentence to Hitesh Madhubhai Patel, aka … Continue reading Indian National to Spend 20 Years in Prison for Call Center Scheme
By Deeba Ahmed
The victim of this ransomware attack is Geo Group that runs over 120 private prisons and illegal immigration detention centers across the globe.
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Telmate, a company that facilitates monitored inmate communications with the outside world, has exposed a large database containing tens of millions of call logs, private messages, and personal information about inmates and their contacts. Bob Diachenk… Continue reading US Phone Service Exposes Millions of Messages Between Inmates and Their Friends and Families
By Sudais Asif
As atypical, the database was exposed without a password in a bid to be consistent with bad security practices.
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A man received prison time for helping to conduct an identity theft and fraud scheme that targeted thousands of veterans and U.S. service members. On July 9, the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Chief U.S. Distr… Continue reading Man Gets Prison Time for Identity Theft Scheme Targeting Veterans
The carding store victimized mainly U.S. citizens and is responsible for $20 million in fraudulent purchases. Continue reading ‘Cardplanet’ Operator Sentenced to 9 Years for Selling Stolen Credit Cards
The creator of the Satori/Okiru, Masuta and Tsunami/Fbot botnets has been sentenced to prison for compromising hundreds of thousands of devices. Continue reading Satori Botnet Creator Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison