security Army decides to stop putting soldiers' Social Security numbers on their dog tags Xeni Jardin

Technology FBI and DHS's CISA warn China-backed hackers are targeting U.S. COVID-19 research Xeni Jardin

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crimes Yet again, police arrest gentleman with "Crime Pays" tattoo on his forehead David Pescovitz

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

Business Amazon's plan for traffic deaths from same-day delivery: deflect blame to anonymous subcontractors Cory Doctorow

law DOJ indicts 80, many based in Nigeria, in business email scam and money laundering Xeni Jardin

Business Equifax settles with FTC, CFPB, states, and consumer class actions for $700m Cory Doctorow

security "Massive scale" intrusion into mobile carriers' networks exposed customers' location, call data for years Cory Doctorow

Business Amazon's facial recognition fear crusade ramps up: now they're paying Facebook to show you pictures of suspected criminals to scare you into getting a surveillance doorbell Cory Doctorow

Business Was that huge 2017 Equifax data breach part of a nation-state spy scheme? Xeni Jardin

equifax Congressional Republicans say Equifax breach was "entirely preventable," blames "aggressive growth strategy" but reject measures to prevent future breaches Cory Doctorow

Weird Easter bunny wanted for deer camera theft David Pescovitz

apple Apple's fine-print reveals a secret program to spy on Iphone users and generate "trust scores" Cory Doctorow

crime It's really easy to steal your cellphone number, and that's a gateway to stealing everything else Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Two sitting Senators were among the people whose identities were stolen in FCC comments from anti-Net Neutrality bots Cory Doctorow

fake news Florida skunk ape is real and "gives out a horrifying odor": National Examiner Peter Sheridan

security Yahoo reveals hackers took a further 1 billion accounts (phone, DoB, names, emails) Cory Doctorow

picks Yahoo says hack of 500 million users "state-sponsored," but a security firm calls bullshit Xeni Jardin