google Father of 2 young boys loses $5 million after falling for terrifying new Google scam Ellsworth Toohey
crime Your phone is a crimewave in your pocket, and it's all the fault of greedy carriers and complicit regulators Cory Doctorow
Business Real estate title insurance company exposed 885,000,000 customers' records, going back 16 years: bank statements, drivers' licenses, SSNs, and tax records Cory Doctorow
petard Notorious forum for account-thieves hacked, login and messages stolen and dumped Cory Doctorow
corruption A data-broker has been quietly selling realtime access to your cellphone's location, and they suck, so anyone could get it for free Cory Doctorow
crime Equifax lets identity thieves raid "frozen" credit reports through its shady, obscure secondary credit bureau Cory Doctorow
security The .cm typosquatters accidentally exposed their logs, revealing the incredible scale of typojacking Cory Doctorow
Business Eight months ago, Panera Bread was warned that they were leaking up to 7 million customers' data. They fixed it yesterday. Kinda. Cory Doctorow
security Man discovers he has been impersonated on Amazon by a money-launderer selling $555 "books" full of computer-generated word salad Cory Doctorow
police Hoaxer with a history of fake bomb threats SWATs and murders a random bystander over a $1.50 Call of Duty bet Cory Doctorow
Games Mirai's creators plead guilty, reveal that they created a DDoS superweapon to get a competitive edge in the Minecraft server industry Cory Doctorow
crime Once you have a student's name, birthday and SSN, the US Department of Education will give you EVERYTHING else Cory Doctorow
security Equifax will give your salary history to anyone with your SSN and date of birth Cory Doctorow
security Equifax has terrible information security practices, and that resulted in multiple breaches Cory Doctorow
Boing Boing Gadgets First known US example of a gas-pump skimmer that uses SMS to exfiltrate data Cory Doctorow
Business And now, a 5-minute ad for a service that lets you start your own ransomware "business" Cory Doctorow
