security Origin story of the Mimikatz password cracker is a parable about security, disclosure, cyberwar, and crime Cory Doctorow
security A new, virulent ransomware epidemic is fuelled by yet another leaked NSA cyberweapon Cory Doctorow
security Ransomware crook's email provider shuts down account, so now no one can pay their ransom Cory Doctorow
security A new ransomware strain is seemingly using a leaked NSA cyberweapon to race around the planet Cory Doctorow
security Retracted! Wcry ransomware is reborn without its killswitch, starts spreading anew Cory Doctorow
nsa In 2000, the NSA hacked the Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Cory Doctorow
picks NSA contractor Harold Thomas Martin to face espionage charges over 50TB of "stolen code" Xeni Jardin
security FBI arrests "Shadow Brokers" leak suspect charged with theft of NSA cyberweapons Xeni Jardin
surveillance Was NSA Hacked? Leak from 'Shadow Brokers' suggests so, Russian intelligence suspected Xeni Jardin
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politics Clearview AI founder linked to Trump world and Far-Right, NYPD denies facial recognition firm's boast that it helped catch terrorist suspect Xeni Jardin
Technology Twitter tells facial-recognition app maker to stop scraping photos, Clearview AI used by 600+ US law enforcement agencies Xeni Jardin
corruption ICANN hits pause on the sale of .ORG to Republican billionaires' private equity fund Cory Doctorow
