indifference Carriers ignore studies that show they suck at preventing SIM-swap attacks Cory Doctorow
cfic Blockbuster Gizmodo investigation reveals probable masterminds of the massive anti-Net Neutrality identity theft/astroturf campaign Cory Doctorow
zombie randroids US governmental requests for comment are routinely flooded by pro-corporate bots Cory Doctorow
privacy fly Report: someone is already selling user data from defunct Canadian retailer's auctioned-off servers Cory Doctorow
digital death Criminals have perfected the art of taking over dead peoples' online accounts Cory Doctorow
what's a rate limit Defective Comcast security exposes 26.5m customers' partial Social Security Numbers and addresses Cory Doctorow
mess with the bull Two sitting Senators were among the people whose identities were stolen in FCC comments from anti-Net Neutrality bots Cory Doctorow
credit bureaux Equifax lets identity thieves raid "frozen" credit reports through its shady, obscure secondary credit bureau Cory Doctorow
about time Equifax finally publishes a tally of what got breached when it left 146.6 million credit files unsecured Cory Doctorow
1099s Man discovers he has been impersonated on Amazon by a money-launderer selling $555 "books" full of computer-generated word salad Cory Doctorow
bongo Fedex bought a company that stored 119,000 pieces of scanned customer IDs in a public Amazon cloud server, shut the company down, left the scans online for anyone to download Cory Doctorow
devumi New York Times profiles a sleazy Twitter follower-farm, the sleazy serial liar who made millions on it, and the celebs, politicians, sports figures and "influencers" who paid him Cory Doctorow
negative externalities Democratic Senators propose federal breach disclosure law with 5-year prison sentences for covering up data-loss Cory Doctorow
