Category: Privacy & Security
Citizen Lab says governments are abusing online ads to hack people with ‘zero-click’ spyware | TechCrunch
Security researchers at digital rights unit Citizen Lab say government spyware makers are abusing global advertising networks to...
Flock CEO defends surveillance technology amid national backlash: ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’ | TechCrunch
Flock’s founder and CEO Garrett Langley doesn’t think the risks of introducing surveillance technology at scale outweigh the...
Flock CEO: We haven’t ‘fired’ any police departments as customers | TechCrunch
Flock CEO Garrett Langley said that his company has not ended any contracts with its customers over abuse...
Justice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated dozens of U.S. companies | TechCrunch
The U.S. Department of Justice is warning that hackers working for the North Korean regime are increasingly relying...
FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device in conference room | TechCrunch
OpenAI said it has alerted the FBI after discovering that an employee allegedly planted a hidden recording device...
Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows | TechCrunch
Surveillance camera maker Flock is cutting its workforce as the company faces ongoing and growing backlash to its...
Asos confirms breach of customer data after hackers send rogue app notification | TechCrunch
UK fashion retail giant Asos has confirmed a data breach of its customers’ personal information after hackers used...
CIA officer admits to creating fake top secret government program to steal over $190 million, including gold bars | TechCrunch
A now-former officer with the Central Intelligence Agency has pleaded guilty to stealing almost $200 million, including hundreds...
Hackers steal 8 million citizens’ records from Danish government database | TechCrunch
The Danish government has confirmed that its central database of citizens’ data was breached and most of its...
Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’ | TechCrunch
A federal judge ruled this week that a Tulsa, Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights...
