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Assange indicted on 17 counts under Espionage Act

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Teri Robinson

May 24, 2019

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was indicted Tuesday on 17 counts of violating the rarely invoked Espionage Act for the 2010 procurement and publication of classified documents nicked by former Army Private and intelligence officer Chelsea Manning. The charges leveled against Assange, seen as courageous whistleblower by proponents and a criminal by critics, have raised concerns…

Security News, Vulnerabilities

Google G Suite glitch left some passwords stored in plain text for 14 years

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Teri Robinson

May 22, 2019

A bug in Google’s G Suite left the passwords of some users to be stored in plain text for the past 14 years, though the company doesn’t believe the information was accessed by unauthorized third parties. “We recently notified a subset of our enterprise G Suite customers that some passwords were stored in our encrypted…

Government/Defense, Privacy & Compliance News and Analysis, Security News

Chinese-made drones could transmit flight data back to makers, gov’t, DHS CISA warns

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Teri Robinson

May 21, 2019

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned in a Monday alert that drones made in China might be transmitting flight data back to their makers that the Chinese government can access. Noting the drones “contain components that can compromise your data and share your information on a server accessed…

Privacy & Compliance News and Analysis, Security News

Unsecure Chtrbox AWS database exposes data on 49 million Instagram influencers, accounts

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Teri Robinson

May 21, 2019

An unsecured Chtrbox database hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and discovered by security researcher Anurag Sen has exposed the records of more than 49 million Instagram influencers. Data scraped from the accounts include bios, account details like number of followers, location information, email addresses, phone numbers and profile pictures as well as a calculated…

Privacy & Compliance News and Analysis, Security News

ACLU backs Calif. legislation to curb facial recognition tech with body cams

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Teri Robinson

May 20, 2019

Just days after San Francisco became the first city to ban the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement and government agencies, a coalition led by the ACLU of California is backing a bill that would “prevent the use of face surveillance and other biometric surveillance technology with police body cameras and similar devices”…

Data Breach, Privacy & Compliance News and Analysis, Security News

Hackers add bogus scores to Trump’s U.S. Golf Association account

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Teri Robinson

May 19, 2019

Hackers accessed President Trump’s U.S. Golf Association account and added four fake golf scores for games allegedly played at two courses. After being alerted to media reports, “as we dug into the data it appears someone has erroneously posted a number of scores on behalf of the GHIN user,” Golfweek cited Craig Annis, the managing…

Election Coverage, Government/Defense, Security News

Senate unlikely to vote on election security despite risk

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Teri Robinson

May 17, 2019

Despite evidence that Russia launched an assault on the 2016 election – most recently, the FBI briefed Florida Gov. Rick DeSantis on election database hacks in two of the state’s counties – Sen. Mitch McConnell has nixed taking up election security legislation in the Senate. “At this point I don’t see any likelihood that those…

Huawei responds to allegations of NSA hacking

APTs/cyberespionage, Government/Defense, Security News

Trump national emergency on info security allows ban on Huawei

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Teri Robinson

May 16, 2019

Amid escalating trade war tensions with China and a lengthy dispute over Huawei Technologies over espionage allegations, President Trump declared a national emergency that bans U.S. telecommunications companies from using equipment from foreign firms that could threaten national security. The Commerce Department followed up immediately by placing Huawei Technologies and 70 affiliates on the Bureau…

Data Breach, Privacy & Compliance News and Analysis, Retail, Security News

Hackers access, steal info from 460K Uniqlo Japan online accounts

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Teri Robinson

May 15, 2019

Hackers stole data, including partial credit card numbers, on 460,000 Uniqlo Japan online customers in an incident that took place between April 23 and May 10. “We deeply apologize to our customers and pledge to prevent this from happening again,” according to a statement from Fast Retailing Co., the parent of Uniqlo and GU Japan, which…

Government/Defense, Privacy & Compliance News and Analysis, Security News

San Francisco vote could lead to facial recognition ban

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Teri Robinson

May 14, 2019

With its Board of Supervisors poised to vote today, San Francisco may become the first city in the U.S. to ban police and city agencies from using facial recognition technology. The use of facial recognition technology has become more prevalent in recent years with proponents praising its importance in helping law enforcement solve crime and…

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Most recent articles by Teri Robinson

Assange indicted on 17 counts under Espionage Act

Google G Suite glitch left some passwords stored in plain text for 14 years

Chinese-made drones could transmit flight data back to makers, gov’t, DHS CISA warns

Unsecure Chtrbox AWS database exposes data on 49 million Instagram influencers, accounts

ACLU backs Calif. legislation to curb facial recognition tech with body cams

Hackers add bogus scores to Trump’s U.S. Golf Association account

Senate unlikely to vote on election security despite risk

Trump national emergency on info security allows ban on Huawei

Hackers access, steal info from 460K Uniqlo Japan online accounts

San Francisco vote could lead to facial recognition ban

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