The ransomware gang is threatening to auction celebrities’ legal documents stolen from the law firm it paralyzed in May.
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Data of 10.6m MGM hotel guests posted for sale on Dark Web forum
The data dump apparently included PII for Justin Bieber and Jack Dorsey.
UN report alleges that Saudi crown prince hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone
Digital forensic evidence points to the phone’s massive, months-long data egress having likely been triggered by Pegasus mobile spyware.
iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve
Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”.
Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey
Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”
Food writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud
Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what’s a good security tool.
Twitter slaps back SMS texting after @Jack hijacking
Two problems, Twitter says: vulnerabilities that mobile carriers need to fix & its reliance on linked numbers for 2FA.
China’s new face-swapping app Zao gets whiplash-fast privacy backlash
Fast trip: in two days, it debuted, shot to the top of China’s App Store, sparked privacy outrage, and got banned by WeChat.
Bella Thorne steals hacker’s thunder, publishes nude photos herself
Sheesh! At this rate, extortionists are going to have to seek alternate employment.
Facebook keeps deepfake of Mark Zuckerberg
“Whoever controls the data, controls the future,” says the evil Zuck, who, according to the platform’s current policy, won’t be taken down.