We don’t care how little you made from your crimes, the judge said. We care that you went after an outfit that gives a ton to charities.
Tag Archives: Law & order
Lawmakers look to spread COPPA out to cover kids up to 16
If that bill passes, you can say bye-bye to YouTube, says one content creator.
Fake-review purge: Facebook boots 188 groups, eBay bans 140 shills
After a poke from the UK’s watchdog, the companies promised to beef up filters to strain out those who write, buy and sell fluffy nonsense.
Apple’s scanning iCloud photos for child abuse images
It isn’t new, all the tech giants do it, and your privacy’s intact – unless you’re dealing in illegal imagery with telltale hashing.
FBI asks Apple to help it unlock iPhones of naval base shooter
This could signal a renewed war between Apple and law enforcement over breaking encryption.
YouTube to treat all kid-aimed videos like they’re COPPA-liable
The FTC can fine content creators up to $42,530 per violation – even though they don’t collect, receive, nor have access to kids’ data.
‘Maze’ ransomware threatens data exposure unless $6m ransom paid
US cable and wire manufacturer, Southwire, last week filed a civil suit against Maze’s mysterious makers in Georgia Federal court.
IT exec sets up fake biz to scam his employer out of $6m
He cooked up an IT vendor, its invoices, its vapor-gear, and the phantom employees who never showed up to do all those services.
US military branches ban TikTok following Pentagon’s warning
The latest attempt to prove it’s not under China’s thumb: TikTok’s first transparency report.
Apple iCloud “data dump” extortionist avoids prison
He claimed to have logins for millions of iCloud accounts, and told Apple he’d shut them all down unless he received a payoff.