Mike Carter reports: Federal prosecutors say accused Russian hacker Roman Seleznev and his father, a powerful Russian politician and ally of President Vladimir Putin, have been plotting to tamper with witnesses and may have discussed an escape, according to court documents. Seleznev, 30, is being held at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in SeaTac, awaiting trial on…
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Car hacker sought by Canadian military to assess vulnerabilities
CBC News reports: The Canadian military is looking for a car hacker to hack into its vehicles to test how vulnerable they are to cyberattacks. A tender notice posted Tuesday on the Canadian government’s procurement site says the Department of National Defence is looking for bidders who can assess a vehicle, find vulnerabilities and develop and demonstrate…
Why does the FTC keep ignoring my inquiry?
On July 31, after reading a news story about a breach involving a school district, I emailed the FTC to ask for clarification on FACTA: I have searched and searched but cannot find a definitive answer to the following: Are k-12 public school districts covered by FACTA? Assume for purposes of my question that there…
Hackers Trick ISIS Agents Into Giving Their Phone Numbers and Home Addresses
Joshua Phillipp reports: Hackers released a list showing the phone numbers and home addresses of nine alleged ISIS recruiters, in countries including Turkey, Indonesia, Kuwait, and Iraq. Alongside this, one of the hackers behind the leak detailed how the terrorist organization recruits members using the Internet. According to the hacker, who goes by the moniker…
Russian hacker group exploits satellites to steal data, hide tracks
Ellen Nakashima reports: A group of sophisticated Russian-speaking hackers is exploiting commercial satellites to siphon sensitive data from diplomatic and military agencies in the United States and in Europe as well as to mask their location, a security firm said in a new report. The group, which some researchers refer to as Turla, after the…
Uber ‘shared trip’ data leaked into Google search results
Zack Whitaker reports: Dozens of trips taken using private car service Uber have been cached by Google, making them available to anyone with a simple search term. By site-searching “trip.uber.com” in Google, a list of past trips appear in the search results. These trips are shared by the user from the mobile app, allowing others…