computersecurity
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Copy of a U.S. Federal Agency Disobeyed the White House and Purchased Banned NSO Group Spyware
In November of 2021, after years of ongoing scandals, the Biden administration formally blacklisted the NSO Group, a notorious spyware maker from Israel, shutting it off from American business and investment opportunities. But the New York Times now reports that not every part of the government was on the same page about that decision.
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Two ‘ViLE’ Cybercrime Gang Members Charged With Hacking Federal Law Enforcement Data Portal
Last year, cybercriminals started using a novel tactic to pilfer subscriber data from social media companies: using stolen passwords purchased on the dark web, digital hoods would hack into police email accounts, then use their access to file something called an emergency data request, or EDR. A type of urgent subpoena that requires no court…
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Congress’s Social Security Numbers Leaked in Health Data Breach
In a classic “whoopsie” situation, a health data breach affecting members of the US House of Representatives and their staff exposed social security numbers, names of family members, emails, phone numbers, and home addresses, which are now for sale on the dark web. Senators and their staff were also affected, but reports say only their…
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Dish Network Confirms Hack Following Chaotic Multi-Day Outage
Dish Network, the television provider and satellite/telecoms company, has been hacked, according to a statement published Tuesday on its website. Dish — which owns Boost Mobile, Sling TV, and, weirdly, the last remaining scraps of Blockbuster, among other subsidiaries — has been experiencing significant disruption since February 23.