Business United Nations was hacked in July 2019 and kept it quiet, despite its own staff being at risk Xeni Jardin
Technology China: Unsecured facial recognition database leaks, thousands of kids from 20 schools, half are majority Tibetan areas Xeni Jardin
data breaches An FDNY employee may have compromised the personal information of over 10,000 people Seamus Bellamy
Technology With faked degrees, U.S. tech official ran law enforcement data systems for years. Then he resigned, got a new gov job. Xeni Jardin
Technology Finally revealed: identity of hacker blamed for stealing from 300+ companies and governments, in 44 countries Xeni Jardin
Gadgets This massive collection of cybersecurity training could be what you need to get hired now Boing Boing's Shop
Gadgets This training bootcamp in Amazon Web Services can help make you a cloud professional Boing Boing's Shop
Business For sale on the dark web: +500,000 Zoom accounts, some at less than a penny each Xeni Jardin
Gadgets This massive cybersecurity training package covers everything a security pro has to know Boing Boing's Shop
Business Australia sues Facebook, says Cambridge Analytica scandal violated privacy of over 300,000 Australians Xeni Jardin
surveillance Multiple Amazon employees have been fired for spying on Ring owners' cameras 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
Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow