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Tag Archives: Encryption
Police bust their own radio shop manager for dodgy software updates
Police allege that he updated radios with fraudulent software from a radio enthusiast who allegedly hacked encrypted radios for drug cartels.
Mozilla fears encryption law could turn its employees into insider threats
Mozilla has told the Australian government that its anti-encryption laws could turn its own employees into insider threats.
Judge won’t unseal legal docs in fight to break Messenger encryption
The Feds tried—and failed—to force Facebook to break its encryption so investigators could listen in on suspected MS-13 gang conversations.
Are you sure those WhatsApp messages are meant for you?
Abby Fuller got a shock when she logged into WhatsApp using a new telephone number. She found someone else’s messages waiting for her.
Quora.com admits data breach affecting 100 million accounts
Hackers have compromised data from the accounts of 100 million users of question and answer site Quora.com.
Instagram accidentally reveals plaintext passwords in URLs
It’s yet another security stumble following the massive Facebook hack in September, and it likely points to shoddy encryption practices.
258,000 encrypted IronChat phone messages cracked by police
They expect to cuff hundreds of criminals who used the pricey phones, which were sold with the crypto app preinstalled.
Airport mislays world’s most expensive USB stick
In October 2017, a member of the public found a USB stick containing a trove of data on security systems and procedures at one of the world’s busiest airports.
Bankrupt NCIX customer data resold on Craigslist
What happens to sensitive customer data when a large company that has collected it over many years suddenly goes bust?