What’s really going on inside Center 18 — the cybersecurity office of the Russian FSB? And who exactly were the Russians behind the hack of Yahoo. For Episode 3 of our Breach podcast, we dig deep inside Russia’s cyber-hacking machine with the help of Moscow-based journalist Andrei Soldatov . He’s co-author of [Keep reading]
Was the massive hack on Yahoo — the largest hack in history — related in any way to the Russian “hacking” of the U.S. election? I’ve been asking quietly myself that question, and asking sources that question, for many months. Now, it’s time to ask the question out loud. Events [Keep reading]
Breach, Epiosde 2, sets the scene at Yahoo when Marissa Meyer took over, and very quickly became the one of the world’s most famous CEOs. But underneath the glamour and bold decisions, Yahoo soon had a massive problem. How did she handle it? Yelling at a New York Times reporter [Keep reading]
Breach is a new podcast I am hosting with producer Alia Tavakolian of Spoke Media. It’s an investigation into the Yahoo hack, which was the biggest hack ever. You can listen to episode 1 by clicking on the play button here, or by going to Stitcher or iTunes. There’s a [Keep reading]
You probably had a Yahoo account. And you probably know that account was hacked. After all, the firm admitted about a year ago that 1 billion accounts had been compromised. Check that…it was actually 3 billion. Every Yahoo account created since, essentially, the dawn of the Internet. What you [Keep reading]
You probably had a Yahoo account. And you probably know that account was hacked. After all, the firm admitted about a year ago that 1 billion accounts had been compromised. Check that…it was actually 3 billion. Every Yahoo account created since, essentially, the dawn of the Internet. What you [Keep reading]
You are probably fully aware that criminals have been selling your user names, passwords, addressees, credit card numbers, etc., in the Internet’s darkest places for a long time. Still, it’s creepy when you see it happen in real-time. Add to that creepy factor this finding from Israeli security firm Sixgill: [Keep reading]
You like a cute dog photo. You click a link to get NCAA basketball scores. You comment on a friend’s new job. You download an app to navigate a conference, or a family wedding. And suddenly you are dropped into buckets like “a neurotic introvert, a religious extrovert, a fair-minded [Keep reading]
We’ve heard about the identity theft epidemic for so long that many have become numb to the news, and the large numbers — 50 million stolen credit cards here, 150 million stolen Social Security numbers there. But this is no time for complacency. There were two bits of very bad [Keep reading]
If you receive an unexpected deposit from the IRS into your bank account in the next few weeks, don’t celebrate. You are likely a victim of a nasty, ingenious new form of ID theft designed by criminals to evade updated IRS security protections. In other words, in this cat and [Keep reading]
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