Category «Cybercrime»

China-Linked Spies Are Reportedly Using Job Platform Scams to Harvest Intel

Gizmodo: “A joint public warning issued by “Five Eyes,” an alliance between the intelligence agencies of five anglophone countries including the U.K. and U.S., says China-linked spies are using job boards to pry classified information or other secrets out of its targets. The report claims China’s military intelligence operation is finding people in places like …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Economy, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

The details of Trump’s long-awaited, scaled-back AI order

Fortune Tech: “President Trump’s long-rumored executive order about artificial intelligence has finally dropped. The EO, published Tuesday with little fanfare, aims to address cybersecurity threats posed by AI. It calls for the prioritization of cyber defense, the provision of cybersecurity tools and services (including frontier models) for government agencies and various other organizations, and a …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, Government Documents, Internet

I found a second vote.gov and it’s registered to the White House

The Drey Dossier – “There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead. Mine found me on TrumpRx. If you have not been to TrumpRx, it is a federal drug pricing website that looks like Wix and a Pinterest board threw up on each other. There …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 29, 2026

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 29, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the …

Subjects: AI, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Health Care, Privacy, Transportation

2026 U.S. Midterm Election Threat Outlook

Check Point – 2026 U.S. Election Threat Outlook: “The 2026 U.S. midterm election cycle is expected to drive elevated cyber threat activity across the broader election ecosystem, including political organizations, fundraising and media platforms, government services, campaign personnel, and the providers that support them. Current intelligence and reporting indicate that the most likely 2026 election-related …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Government Documents, ID Theft, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

This is how Identity Verification Companies Store Your Data

Via Reddit – “This is what the storage of user information by an age verification company called FaceTec looks like, one of the big players alongside Persona and Yoti. They claim to be “privacy-friendly,” but they proudly allow companies that purchase their software/solution to store as much user data as they want. The company permits …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

SolarWinds Hack Was More Humiliating for the Government Than We Thought

Gizmodo: “The SolarWinds attack in 2020 was a humiliating all-out assault on U.S. government cybersecurity, and it’s likely that one key reason it’s not more famous is that we still know very little about what the hackers achieved. But we now have a few more crumbs to work with, because new revelations from Bloomberg have …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Thousands of journalists’ data exposed to dark web

Proton Blog: “Journalists have always operated in the crosshairs. They investigate the powerful, protect confidential sources, and publish uncomfortable truths. Today the threats they face are evolving, with political pressure and surveillance coming not only from authoritarian regimes but also from backsliding liberal democracies. Bad actors can use hacks and data breaches to disrupt their …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, E-Records, ID Theft, Internet, Privacy

White House is ordering agencies to place its new app on all employees’ government phones

Government Executive: “The White House recently unveiled a new app to give the public “unfiltered” access to “key priorities,” “historic moments” and “policy breakthroughs.” Now, it’s directing agencies to help install it on the government phones of federal employees.  The Trump administration launched the app, which promises to “[keep] you connected to President Donald J. …

Subjects: Censorship, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Privacy

The hidden way dictatorships are shaping what AI tells you

Vox – no paywall: “….AI models learn by identifying patterns within enormous bodies of text. This widely-understood fact has an underappreciated consequence: LLMs don’t necessarily give the same answers in every language — certain phrases or arguments may appear more regularly in Japanese training data than in the English kind. This is not inherently a …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Agencies won’t hand over records for investigation into how DOGE accessed data

Washington Post [no paywall]: “It’s been nearly a year since Elon Musk left the federal government, and while there have been a few recent revelations, there is still plenty about how the U.S. DOGE Service operated and what its members did in government that remains shrouded in mystery. For months, the Government Accountability Office has …

Subjects: Censorship, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research

AI in Finance and Banking, May 15, 2026

Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking, May 15, 2026 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided …

Subjects: AI, Climate Change, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Legal Research, Privacy