facebook Man stole $122m from Facebook and Google by sending them random bills, which the companies dutifully paid Cory Doctorow
surveillance Amazon used "security" to sell Ring doorbells, then blamed customers when hackers broke into them Cooper Quintin and Bill Budington
politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow
security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow
crime FBI: Online theft, fraud, exploitation caused losses of $2.7B globally in 2018, up from $1.4B in 2017 Xeni Jardin
security Security keys are "transformative" and "revolutionary" for information security Cory Doctorow
Clash of the corporate titans: Who's spending what in Europe's Copyright Directive battle Cory Doctorow
Business Marriott-Starwood data breach: 500 million guests may be affected, hackers active since 2014 Xeni Jardin
politics Sheryl Sandberg ordered Facebook staff to investigate George Soros after he gave THIS speech (READ IT) Xeni Jardin
canada Russia-linked hacker Karim Baratov gets 5 years in U.S. prison & $250,000 fine for Yahoo breach Xeni Jardin
Business CEO of Trustico emails 23,000 HTTPS private keys, triggering panicked mass-revocation Cory Doctorow
infosec Lobbyists release push-poll in an effort to tank Right to Repair bills and control independent security research Cory Doctorow
law Judge tosses out Hulk Hogan lawyer's suit against Techdirt over that guy who claimed he invented email Cory Doctorow
security Human rights coalition to DHS: don't demand social media passwords from people entering the USA Cory Doctorow
security Researchers learn about wire-fraud scam after Nigerian scammers infect themselves with their own malware Cory Doctorow
