In 2015 some 380 million international travelers arrived in the U.S. and only 8,503 of those travelers had their electronic devices searched – only .002 percent. That is a pretty small number. In 2016 there were 390 million international arrivals and CBP examined the devices of 19,033 of them – a little more than double […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Computer Cop is a piece of software that the maker sells to police departments for them to give out to the community. Departments buy thousands of copies, it appears for around $6 a copy ,and hands them out, hoping for donations. In some cases, they bought the software with seized drug money. There is only […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Several months ago the White House floated a trial balloon about banning the use of personal cell phones by staffers in the West Wing due to security concerns. You may remember that John Kelly was using his personal cell phone for government business and it was owned by hackers for six months before he figured […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]21st Century Oncology, who bills itself as the world’s largest operator of cancer treatment centers with 179 locations, suffered a breach in 2015, losing control of 2+ million patient records. According to law firm Motley Rice, they found out about the breach when the FBI notified them – not a great way to start your […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]UPDATE: A 25 year Los Angeles resident, Tyler Barriss, has been arrested by police. Barriss has served time in California for making threats. As a repeat offender and possibly being charged by both state and federal authorities, this idiot’s game is likely “game over” for the rest of his life. Swatting, the practice of calling in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the intelligence community to collect intelligence on non-Americans outside the United States without a warrant. As the intelligence community hoovers up huge quantities of data (they just built a new facility in Utah so that they could bring enough storage online to hold all the data), […]
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