Peiter Zatko's whistleblower complaint alleges India forced Twitter to hire one of its agents, who could have accessed sensitive user data due to weak security
😱 El antiguo jefe de seguridad de Twitter tira de la manta. Ians / Business Standard : Twitter trashes ex-worker's claim that India forced it to hire ‘govt agent’ Lily Hay Newman / Wired : The Most Da...
EU privacy regulators are clashing over how much to fine Twitter for its handling of 2018 data breach, which could delay investigations into Facebook and Google
leading Ireland to for the first time invoke the GDPR's dispute-resolution mechanism. https://www.wsj.com/... Robert Ward / @robertalanward : More evidence that rules/standards an increasingly importa...
Estonia, which created a volunteer Cyber Defence Unit after cyberattacks in 2007, offers key lessons to the US in attracting tech talent and educating citizens
Monica M. Ruiz / Wired : Tweets: @ilvestoomas Tweets: Toomas Hendrik Ilves / @ilvestoomas : It would help just to take the threats to US elections seriously https://www.wired.com/...
Estonia, which created a volunteer Cyber Defence Unit after cyberattacks in 2007, offers key lessons to the US in attracting tech talent and educating citizens
The tiny European nation has come a long way after crippling cyberattacks in 2007. Now, it offers key lessons in attracting tech talent and educating citizens. Tweets: @ilvestoomas Tweets: Toomas Hen...
Facebook bans misleading posts, photos, ads, and other content about the 2020 US Census, even if posted by a politician, on Facebook and Instagram
this is a good step. But if Facebook is able to stop spreading lies about the census, why won't you stop spreading other lies from politicians?! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Vanita Gupta / @van...
DOJ charges Pakistani man with bribing AT&T employees over $1M to install malware on the company's network, in a scheme that unlocked more than 2M devices
Allegedly bribed workers at AT&T's Bothell, WA Customer Service Center to plant malware and illegally unlock cell phones https://www.justice.gov/... Bobby Chesney / @bobbychesney : Another insider thr...
A look at how the Democratic National Committee has beefed up cybersecurity since 2016, hiring staff from Silicon Valley, warning about phishing, and more
Eric Geller / Politico : Tweets: @ericgeller , @kimzetter , @ilvestoomas , @raffi , @ericgeller , and @donie Tweets: Eric Geller / @ericgeller : New from me: An in-depth look at how the DNC has overh...
Sources: Supermicro firmware portal was breached in 2015 and some customers downloaded malware; Facebook was among them, says no servers were used in production
This week Bloomberg Businessweek (BBW) … Evgeny Morozov / The Guardian : Reasserting cyber sovereignty: how states are taking back control Alan Patterson / EE Times : Analysts Foresee Supply Chain Imp...
Two years after many voter-registration networks were penetrated by hackers, voting infrastructure in US remains largely unchanged, despite officials' warnings
As the midterms approach, America's electronic voting systems are more vulnerable than ever. Why isn't anyone trying to fix them? Tweets: @kimzetter , @kimzetter , @justinhendrix , @ilvestoomas , @ki...
CEOs of social media companies should not hide behind “naiveté” and “free speech” as an excuse for letting fake news and harassment flourish on their platforms
IT'S NOT OFTEN you hear some of the richest, most powerful men in the world described as naive, but it's becoming pretty commonplace. Tweets: @profgalloway , @wired , @ilvestoomas , and @wired Tweets:...