Ed Treleven reports: A teen whose alleged sexual assault of a homecoming partygoer prompted student walkouts last year at East High School was arrested last weekend and charged Tuesday with invading the privacy of a 15-year-old girl at a McDonald’s restaurant in Stoughton where he worked. Read more at Madison.com. This is the first that…
Category: Breaches
EFF’s Flagship Jewel v. NSA Dragnet Spying Case Rejected by the Supreme Court
By Cindy Cohn We all deserve the right to have a private conversation online. That’s why EFF has taken on government surveillance for the past 30-plus years. One of our longest-running efforts has been to stop the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance that sweeps up tens—if not hundreds—of millions of innocent people in its dragnet….
FBI Phoenix Field Office Warns of Increase in Sextortion Schemes Targeting Young Boys
From the Phoenix FBI, originally published June 14, 2022: PHOENIX, AZ—Now that schools across Arizona are on summer break and young people have more unsupervised time online, the FBI Phoenix Field Office is warning parents and caregivers about an increase in incidents involving sextortion of young children. Across the country, the FBI is receiving an…
FDNY seeks firewall to stop doxxing, hacking of rescue workers’ personal data and to protect patients’ data
Carl Campanile reports: The FDNY is seeking to build a digital firewall to protect the Big Apple’s thousands of rescue workers from cyberattacks, including “doxxing,” The Post has learned. The department recently put out a call in the City Record for consultant services “for the development and implementation of protective strategies to address the cyber…