First off, yes, Facebook has been hacked, and no, we don’t yet know how bad that hack is. Second, your Facebook account probably has NOT been hacked, and you probably don’t have a clone out there, despite all the messages and posts saying otherwise. Finally, it is actually possible (though […]
A security hurdle meant to block criminals from stealing PIN codes that secure credit freezes at Experian was easily overcome simply by answering “None of the above” to a series of security questions, according to a report by NerdWallet.com. “Our colleague Liz Weston and several others at NerdWallet this morning were […]
If you think nobody ever *really* tries to hack Wi-Fi, there’s now a remarkable demonstration that you are wrong. On Thursday, the Dutch government accused Russian GRU (military intelligence) agents of parking outside a government building with a rental car full of high-powered wireless hacking equipment — hidden in the […]
Might as well plan for a coffee break at around 2:15 tomorrow – at least folks in the Eastern Time zone. The rest of America, plan accordingly for a grand interruption. A nationwide test of something that will be now known as a “Presidential Alert” is planned to begin at […]
Facebook has been hacked, and at least 50 million accounts have been impacted, the firm announced today in a blog post titled “Security Update.” As a result, 90 millions users were logged out of their accounts and forced to sign in again, the firm said. Criminals were able to “steal” […]
What should computer science students — all college students — learn about the intersection of ethics and technology? @ethicaltechorg, founded by two Duke university students, (I’m an adviser) is crowd sourcing the curriculum for Tech Ethics 101. Thoughts here, or at the link: https://ethical-tech.org/request-for-collaboration/ Algorithms run our lives today. They […]
Those of us who care about privacy issues spend a lot of time conjuring up stories about potential future disasters in an effort to focus attention on today’s dry policy decisions. If we don’t act now, one day, ordering ice cream will raise your health insurance rates; listening to this […]
How did the anonymous op-ed writer communicate with The New York Times, and how is the Times working to keep the identity of that person a secret? I posed this question to computer security friends recently as an academic exercise, but it’s not academic now. President Trump appeared on Friday […]
I’m not really one for anniversary stories — they tend to be pretty artificial news hooks. But one year after what many think is the most significant hack of U.S. consumer data in history, it’s certainly worth taking stock of what’s happened since. For starters, Equifax has increased the amount […]
Mark Zuckerberg never set out to be the world’s editor in chief, but here we are. And sorry Mark, you are a terrible front page editor. Hearings in Congress today dug into the weeds of why Americans feel like social media is letting them down — it was a ready-made […]
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