John Sakellariadis, Maggie Miller, and Dana Nickel report: The White House is working with the FBI, National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to respond to a hack of an FBI surveillance system that was recently disclosed to Congress, according to two U.S. officials with knowledge of the talks. The bureau informed lawmakers…
Category: Government Sector
1,700 Dutch police officers get reminder not to access files without legitimate purpose
Dutch Police reports: Nearly 1,700 police officers will receive a letter in the coming period because they used police systems when there was likely no need to do so. These colleagues were looking for information about the violent death of 17-year-old Lisa from Abcoude. The letter is primarily intended to remind police officers of the…
Israeli spies ‘hacked every traffic camera in Tehran to plot killing of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’
Maira Butt reports: Israeli spies hacked nearly every traffic camera in Tehran for years in order to monitor the movements of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an unprecedented intelligence-gathering campaign, according to a report. Officials surveilled highly trained and loyal security guards, bodyguards and drivers of senior Iranian officials to pick up on their “pattern of life”, the Financial Times reported. This real-time data, including from cameras focused…
Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: A group of hacktivists calling themselves “Department of Peace” claimed to have hacked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), leaking allegedly stolen documents online. On Sunday, the nonprofit transparency collective DDoSecrets published data relating to contracts between DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and more than 6,000 companies, including defense contractors Anduril, L3Harris, Raytheon,…
South Korean Police Lose Seized Crypto By Posting Password Online
Kyle Torpey reports: South Korea’s National Tax Service seized crypto assets during recent enforcement actions against 124 high-value tax evaders, but now, a large chunk of that crypto cash has been lost. The operation originally resulted in the confiscation of crypto holdings worth about 8.1 billion won, or roughly $5.6 million. However, officials later issued…
South Korean Authorities Accidentally Hand Hackers $4.8M in Crypto
Kenrodgers Fabian reports: A security blunder hit South Korea as the National Tax Service accidentally exposed a crypto wallet’s recovery key, leading to a $4.8 million theft. The incident happened when the tax authority published a press release photo showing the mnemonic phrase for a seized wallet. This phrase, essentially the master password for virtual…