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Mikael Thalen
@MikaelThalen
Staff writer covering all things tech at the
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Joined April 2009
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What does this even mean? Obviously he created this rule to stop posts with publicly available data about his private jet. But if I take a picture of a politician at a restaurant and post it, is that doxxing someone's real-time location info? Just making it up as he goes.
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Elon Musk
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Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info. Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok.
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briankrebs
@briankrebs
Scoop: InfraGard, a program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber/physical threat info sharing partnerships w/ the private sector, this week saw its database of contact information on more than 80,000 members go up for sale.
krebsonsecurity.com
FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked
InfraGard, a program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its database of...
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Evan Rosenfeld
@Evan_Rosenfeld
NEW: There is little evidence that Twitter is taking more aggressive action toward the platform’s long-running problem with child sexual exploitation content, according to interviews with former and current employees, company records, and child advocates.
nbcnews.com
Elon Musk says he can stop child exploitation on Twitter. So far, he’s axed jobs and pushed out...
Under Musk’s new management, Twitter said that its November suspensions for child sexual exploitation content had risen, but internal records show the company has few employees left working on "Trust...
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Adam Rawnsley
@arawnsley
New from me: Graphika and
@stanfordio
found a network of accounts linked to the Russian troll factory on Truth Social, Gettr, and Gab. Their most successful posts came from Kid Rock impersonators who got Donald Trump Jr. to repost their content.
rollingstone.com
Russian Trolls Made Fake Kid Rock Fan Accounts — and Fooled Donald Trump Jr.
Trump Jr. reposted a conspiracy theory from “KidRockOfficial.” The account was a Russian troll trying to meddle in the U.S. midterm election
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Dustin Volz
@dnvolz
Big NEWS: Apple is expanding its end-to-end encryption system to include the iCloud, a significant step that will prevent the company from being able to provide data from iCloud phone backups in response to law-enforcement requests.
wsj.com
WSJ News Exclusive | Apple Plans New Encryption System to Ward Off Hackers and Protect iCloud Data
The optional feature would keep most data secure that’s stored in iCloud, a service used to back up iPhones or save specific device data such as Messages. The data would be protected in the event...
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Sarah Fitzpatrick
@S_Fitzpatrick
EXCLUSIVE: Hackers linked to Chinese government stole millions in Covid benefits. The theft of state unemployment funds is the first pandemic fraud tied to foreign, state-sponsored cybercriminals that the U.S. government has acknowledged publicly.
nbcnews.com
Hackers linked to Chinese government stole millions in Covid benefits
The theft of state unemployment funds is the first pandemic fraud tied to foreign, state-sponsored cybercriminals that the U.S. government has acknowledged publicly.
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Hamed Aleaziz
@Haleaziz
SCOOP: ICE accidentally posted the names, birthdates, nationalities & locations of more than 6K immigrants who claimed to be fleeing torture and persecution to its website Monday. ICE took down the info after it was up for 5 hours & is investigating.
latimes.com
ICE accidentally released the identities of 6,252 immigrants who sought protection in the U.S.
ICE inadvertently published on its website the names, birthdates, nationalities and locations of thousands of immigrants seeking U.S. protections.
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Mikael Thalen
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Was able to find data belonging to numerous high-profile politicians and celebrities in this leak. Several said they were never alerted by Twitter. The hack dates back to around December of last year and was enabled by an API vulnerability that was patched in January.
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The Daily Dot
@dailydot
Hackers release data on 5.4 million Twitter users. dailydot.com/debug/twitter-
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WikiLeaks has now let their certificate expire, making what little was left of their website entirely unavailable. Once again, WikiLeaks has declined to publicly comment on why it has been unable to maintain its online infrastructure over the past several months.
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UPDATE: Google has added a label to search results for the Courage Foundation that says the site "may be hacked." As I reported this week, the site was taken over by spammers selling knockoff designer merch.
@couragefound
, which raises funds for Assange, has not commented.
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Michael Weiss 🌻🇺🇸🇮🇪
@michaeldweiss
“The website for the Courage Foundation, which similarly raised funds for…Assange, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden, was also taken over in the past week and transformed into a Japanese blog selling knockoff designer merchandise.”
dailydot.com
Millions of documents disappear from WikiLeaks as site completely breaks down
WikiLeaks' website appears to be coming apart at the seams as more and more content becomes unavailable without explanation.
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Dustin Volz
@dnvolz
wsj.com
WSJ News Exclusive | Meta Employees, Security Guards Fired for Hijacking User Accounts
Facebook’s parent has fired or disciplined more than two dozen employees and contractors over the last year whom it accused of improperly taking over user accounts.
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