If you thought using a proxy server would protect your anonymity or privacy, think again. Steve Ragan writes: The logs maintained by HideMyAss.com, in addition to other evidence, has led to the arrest of another LulzSec member in Arizona, The Tech Herald has learned. Cody Kretsinger, 23, allegedly used the anonymity service during his role…
Category: Breaches
Is Posting Hacked Scarlett Johansson Nudes a Crime—or Art?
Leslie Gornstein writes: An artist is plastering naked photos of Scarlett Johansson in the streets! Haven’t those images been stolen? Does he want to get arrested?! —Flayva, via the inbox As publicity tactics go, getting arrested is a fine strategy, right up there with a leaked sex tape or a staged paparazzi photo op with…
Il: Police Arrest 22 in Phone Tapping Case
Gavriel Queenann reports: Israel’s Hebrew-language Maariv reported Monday that Israel Police arrested 22 ‘private investigators’ for installing spyware on mobile phones allowing access to private conversations and text messages. Documents filed in a Rishon Letzion court revealed the Israel Police Lahav 433 unit and Computer Crimes unit conducted a covert protracted investigation into 11 detective…
News Corp. Paying Phone Hack Victim’s Family $4.7 Million
Damon Poeter reports: News International will reportedly pay the family of a British murder victim about £3 million ($4.7 million) in a settlement to close a phone-hacking case that led to the closure of the News of the World tabloid and rocked Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation media empire to its core. The settlement includes a £2 million payment to…