Category «Cybercrime»

‘Boggles the mind’: Trump aide central to war plan debacle left Venmo friends list public

Follow up to The High Cost of Team Trump’s Sloppy OPSEC via Raw Story: “A new analysis suggests the widely condemned error triggered by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who included a journalist in a group chat discussing top-secret war plans, may not be an isolated incident, leaving him open to potential national security risks. That’s …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

The High Cost of Team Trump’s Sloppy OPSEC

This OPSEC Special Bulletin, on the left, went out to the Pentagon during the same time period that SECDEF was using an unauthorized Signal chat. The Bulwark: The top issue of the 2016 presidential election, the one that changed Donald Trump from a TV loudmouth to a world historical figure, was information security. Hillary Clinton’s …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

White House directs Social Security to cut phone lines and end services

Axios: “The Social Security Administration is rushing cuts to phone services at the White House’s request, the agency’s acting commissioner told Social Security advocates in a meeting on Monday, two sources who attended tell Axios. Why it matters: These changes will strain the already struggling Social Security system and deprive some people of benefits entirely, …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 22, 2025

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 22, 2025 – 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 increasingly …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Records, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy, Search Engines

AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control Realit

404 Media unlocked: “Any of these Reels could have been and probably was made in a matter of seconds or minutes. Many of the accounts that post them post multiple times per day. There are thousands of these types of accounts posting thousands of these types of Reels and images across every social media platform. …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

CISA Probationary Reinstatements Process Is a Farce

From the homepage of CISA: The Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order in Maryland, et al v. United States Dep’t of Agriculture, et al, No. 25-cv-00748, Docket No. 43 (D. Md.) (March 13, 2025). CISA is making every effort to individually contact all impacted individuals. However, to the extent that you have been terminated by CISA …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Legal Research

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 15, 2025

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 15, 2025 – 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 By Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on …

Subjects: Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Privacy, Social Media

Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised

Cloudflare: “Accessing private content online, whether it’s checking email or streaming your favorite show, almost always starts with a “login” step. Beneath this everyday task lies a widespread human mistake we still have not resolved: password reuse. Many users recycle passwords across multiple services, creating a ripple effect of risk when their credentials are leaked. …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, E-Records, Internet

Smishing Scam Regarding Debt for Road Toll Services

FBI: “Since early-March 2024, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has received over 2,000 complaints reporting smishing1 texts representing road toll collection service from at least three states. IC3 complaint information indicates the scam may be moving from state-to-state. (State Toll Service Name): We’ve noticed an outstanding toll amount of $12.51 on your record. …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity

Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’

Wired [unpaywalled] “Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI…In the days and weeks that followed, DOGE hit one part of the federal government after another. The Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education, …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Government, E-Records, Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Legal Research

Donald Trump, Revenge Junkie

Mother Jones, David Corn: “Now that he’s back in the White House—after his humiliating 2020 defeat—Trump has embarked on a revenge-a-thon that goes beyond what we might have expected even from a vengeance junkie. He has removed security protection from past aides who pissed him off—including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former National Security …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Courts, Cybercrime, Defense, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Housing, Internet, Legal Research