Sean Gallagher does a deeper dive into the indictment of 12 GRU agents for meddling with the U.S. 2016 election. Here’s just a small snippet: After digging into this latest indictment, the evidence suggests Trump may not have made a very good call on this matter [publicly expressing doubt that Russia was involved]. But his…
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Mueller indicts 12 Russians for hacking into DNC
Josh Gerstein, Darren Samuelsohn, and Cory Bennett report: Special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian military officers on Friday, and accused them of hacking into the Democratic National Committee to sabotage the 2016 presidential election. The indictments, announced by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, come just days before a scheduled Monday summit in Helsinki between…
Former Brownsville Fire Chief Facing Security Breach Charges
KRGV reports: The former Brownsville fire chief is facing more charges. Carlos Elizondo was indicted by a grand jury in an 11-count case of computer security breach charges. He’s accused of logging into a computer network on 11 occasions to access the emergency reporting system portal for the Brownsville Fire Department without the city’s consent….
Taiwan’s DPP website hacked by Chinese hackers
Sophia Yang reports on some politically motivated hacking: The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) official website was attacked by Chinese hackers early Tuesday morning, and the website was replaced with pictures and words reading “Chinese netizens are supporting Tsai Ing-wen to run for re-election” in simplified Chinese characters. DPP spokesperson Kolas Yotaka said on Tuesday noon that the cyber…
Firefighter personnel records found tossed on floor of condemned Yonkers firehouse
Christopher J. Eberhart reports: Records containing firefighters’ personal information — including Social Security numbers, names, addresses and phone numbers — were found in the condemned firehouse in downtown Yonkers. The personnel records were misfiled under the previous administration, according to Fire Commissioner Robert Sweeney, and left in the New School Street firehouse before the Yonkers Fire…
Impatient former Hong Kong library worker arrested after stealing customers’ personal data to borrow books faster
I know, I know. It’s a crime and it’s very very wrong, but I’d be curious to meet this woman and ask her about what appears to be her voracious reading habits. Danny Mok of the South China Morning Post recently reported: A bibliophile who worked in a Hong Kong public library has been arrested for using…