The prospect comes as a range of professionals report real progress in security, from slowing ransomware attacks to more timely sharing of information by the U.S. government.
Author: Joseph Menn
Former Uber security chief Sullivan avoids prison in data breach case
More than 180 letters were filed with the judge praising Joe Sullivan and asking that he be spared prison time for covering up the hack of data of 50 million Uber customers.
Iran gained access to election results website in 2020, military reveals
U.S. officials disrupted the attack before the votes were tallied.
Russians boasted that just 1% of fake social profiles are caught, leak shows
An analysis of Russia’s effectiveness at boosting propaganda on social media platforms is part of a trove of documents recently leaked on the chat app Discord.
Indicted Chinese exile controls Gettr social media site, ex-employees say
Guo Wengui has previously been described as an investor in the site, which was founded by Trump adviser Jason Miller. But former employees say he really controlled the site.
U.S., U.K. team up to sanction 7 members of Trickbot ransomware gang
The actions taken Thursday were another sign that international cooperation against ransomware criminals is growing.
Attacks on U.S. Jews and gays accelerate as hate speech grows on Twitter
Former employees and online researchers say an increase in physical attacks in the United States tracks with spikes in some categories of hate speech on Twitter, notably antisemitic and anti-gay slurs and rhetoric.
Senator seeks FTC probe of data sales to U.S. government agencies
Wyden cited a paragraph in the record of the Justice Department’s prosecution of Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann stipulating that companies associated with a longtime industry entrepreneur had sold browser history data to government agencies.
Elon Musk uses QAnon tactic in criticizing former Twitter safety chief
Musk used a misleading tweet to imply over the weekend that Twitter’s former trust and safety head had been lax about pursuing reports of child porn on the site.
Surging Twitter antisemitism unites fringe, encourages violence, officials say
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday warned that domestic terrorists were maintaining “a visible presence online in attempts to motivate supporters to conduct attacks.”