The Ministry of Public Security in China said this week that 15,000 people have been arrested since the launch of a major anti-cybercrime operation called “cleaning the internet.”
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Credit card info for 93,000 Web.com customers nabbed in data breach
Customers should keep an eye out for bogus charges on their credit/debit cards!
FCC fines company $750,000 for disabling conference hotspots
Smart City was blocking convention visitors and exhibitors from using their own hotspots to avoid paying hefty fees for the telecom’s Wi-Fi.
Ashley Madison hackers follow through on threat, dump user database online
The 9.7 GB dump contains names, emails, addresses, sexual preferences and credit card transactions of 37 million members.
Mumsnet DDoSed, SWATted, hacked – oh, and change your password, too!
Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts has announced that an intruder managed to gain access to some parts of the administration functions on the site. Mumsnet also suffered a DDoS attack, and Roberts and another member of Mumsnet were SWATted.
‘Loose tweets destroy fleets’ – US Air Force warns
Keeping quiet is crucial to OPSEC: for civilians, it can help keep our digital lives secure. For military, it can save lives. 
Hacker pleads guilty in Facebook malware and spam scheme
The cybercrook allegedly used a “Facebook Spreader” malware to infect victims via booby-trapped links in Facebook chat messages.
Mozilla wants you to beta test this Firefox privacy enhancement
Mozilla announced on Friday that it’s released several new privacy enhancements in its popular Firefox browser for pre-beta testing.
IRS estimate of stolen tax records balloons to over 300,000
A wider analysis shows that attackers used the IRS’s Get Transcript app – now gone, and good riddance! – to roll around in far more records than first thought. 
Google’s Android “Admin” security hole – time to patch!
“Google Admin” is an Android security app for Super Adminstrators of the Google for Work tools. But it had a security hole…