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Uh-oh: Twitter says hackers swiped personal data during the big verified user hack
The data was stolen from...unverified users.
By Matt Binder
His account might hold the secret to the massive Twitter hack. He died two years ago.
@6 can tell us a lot we didn't know.
By Matt Binder
How the Twitter hack highlights the dangers of Slack
The workplace chat app may have been manipulated by hackers. And it could happen again.
By Jack Morse
Cloudflare goes down, and takes the internet's security blanket with it
When Cloudflare goes down, the internet takes notice.
By Jack Morse
How to file for a piece of that $117.5 million Yahoo data-breach settlement
Three billion Yahoo accounts were affected by the 2013 hack, and you might as well get cash out of it.
By Jack Morse
Zoom bug allowed anyone to use a company’s custom meeting URL
Bad actors could have weaponized this.
By Matt Binder
In panic, Twitter locked out users who changed their password in the last month
That is... a lot of accounts.
By Jack Morse
Twitter releases statement about crypto scam hack, keeps affected users locked out
"We... will restore access to the original account owner only when we are certain we can do so securely."
Someone registered the domain for that Bitcoin address from the big Twitter hack
bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh.com, catchy isn't it?
By Matt Binder
Twitter disables tweeting for verified users amid massive hack
Blue checkmarks: It's for your own good.
By Rachel Kraus
Obama and Biden's Twitter accounts were compromised. It could have been way worse.
Imagine if the perpetrators wanted more than just bitcoin.
By Rachel Kraus
Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Joe Biden accounts push crypto scam after major Twitter hack
Scores of verified Twitter accounts were all pushing some version of the same cryptocurrency scam Wednesday.
By Jack Morse
Police are worried about white extremists organizing on Gab Chat, leaked documents show
Leaked documents show how law enforcement tracks the communication practices of violent white extremists.
By Jack Morse
Wells Fargo tells employees to uninstall TikTok while Amazon reverses its own ban
Two companies, two very different approaches to Tik Tok use.
By Alex Perry
Police use facial-recognition tech to arrest another innocent man
For the second time in less than three weeks, it was revealed that Detroit police used faulty technology to arrest the wrong man.
By Jack Morse
Why you should absolutely worry about the anti-privacy EARN IT Act
Yes, even the amended version threatens encryption and the internet as we know it.
By Jack Morse
LinkedIn says its extra intense clipboard snooping in iOS is a bug
LinkedIn is one of several iOS apps that are monitoring users' clipboard data with every keystroke.
Facebook admits to improperly giving user data to third-party developers, again
No, you're not having déjà vu.
By Jack Morse
Are you ready for California’s big new privacy law? Enforcement starts today.
Digital privacy rights are no joke. That will now be legally enforced.
By Matt Binder
Police used ‘smart streetlights’ to surveil protesters, just as privacy groups warned
No, you're not being paranoid.
By Jack Morse
Apple's iOS 14 beta shows apps like TikTok still spy on your iPhone clipboard
The privacy breach was first reported in March.
By Sasha Lekach
Boston bans most city use of facial-recognition tech in privacy win
Boston joins cities like San Francisco in banning the official use of facial-recognition tech after the unanimous vote.
By Jack Morse
Apple's privacy-focused 'nutrition labels' for apps are only a start
App developers will self-report what data they collect on users. Without accountability and consequences for developers who mislead users, these labels will be essentially meaningless.
By Jack Morse
The book Trump tried to stop being published is massively pirated online
It's a hit on The Pirate Bay.
Facebook buys street level mapping startup Mapillary
A company famous for privacy issues bought a company that builds street level maps using photos from the public.
By Alex Perry
