Swatter Who Caused Man's Death Over @Tennessee Twitter Handle Is Going to Prison
A teen pleaded guilty to harassing and swatting a Tennessee man named Mark Herring, who died when police raided his home.
The Inevitable Weaponization of App Data Is Here
A Substack publication used location data from Grindr to out a priest without their consent.
Amazon Shuts Down NSO Group Infrastructure
The move comes as activist and media organizations publish new findings on the Israeli surveillance vendor.
U.S. Government Offers $10 Million for Info on Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure
But the reward may not apply to lots of ransomware gangs.
Health Department Had Opioid-Tracking AI Forced On Them By Utah Lawmakers, Emails Show
Newly released emails show that the Utah Department of Health thought Banjo AI was full of hot air.
Inside the Industry That Unmasks People at Scale
Unique IDs linked to phones are supposed to be anonymous. But there’s an entire industry that links them to real people and their address.
Hackers Move to Extort Gaming Giant EA
After trying to sell a cache of stolen data, hackers are now dumping some of the information publicly in the hopes of forcing EA to pay a ransom.
REvil Ransomware Site Goes Offline
The prolific ransomware group is responsible for the wide-ranging attack on Kaseya.
We Got the Phone the FBI Secretly Sold to Criminals
'Anom’ phones used in an FBI honeypot are mysteriously showing up on the secondary market. We bought one.
Citizen App Says It Will Get Access to Encrypted Police Comms
An internal Citizen document says that the Baltimore Police Department will still give Citizen access once the city encrypts its communications.
The Hundreds of Little-Known Firms Getting Data on Americans
The data, which ends up in the hands of companies from China, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and elsewhere, can include location and browsing information.
Documents Show Police Virtual Reality Training for 'Mentally Ill Subjects'
The scenarios in VirTra's training include "Hot tub trio," where an officer encounters people "in the backyard hot tub, playing loud music and possibly smoking marijuana."