Category: law enforcement

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Silk Typhoon Hackers Indicted

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china, cyberattack, cyberespionage, espionage, hacking, law enforcement, Security technology, Uncategorized

Lots of interesting details in the story: The US Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the indictment of 12 Chinese individuals accused of more than a decade of hacker intrusions around the world, including eight staffers for the contractor i-Soon, two officials at China’s Ministry of Public Security who allegedly worked with them, and two … Read More “Silk Typhoon Hackers Indicted” »

Robot Dog Internet Jammer

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denial of service, dhs, Internet of Things, law enforcement, robotics, Security technology, Uncategorized

Supposedly the DHS has these: The robot, called “NEO,” is a modified version of the “Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle” (Q-UGV) sold to law enforcement by a company called Ghost Robotics. Benjamine Huffman, the director of DHS’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC), told police at the 2024 Border Security Expo in Texas that DHS is … Read More “Robot Dog Internet Jammer” »

Criminal Gang Physically Assaulting People for Their Cryptocurrency

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bitcoin, crime, cryptocurrency, extortion, law enforcement, physical security, Security technology, torture, Uncategorized

This is pretty horrific: …a group of men behind a violent crime spree designed to compel victims to hand over access to their cryptocurrency savings. That announcement and the criminal complaint laying out charges against St. Felix focused largely on a single theft of cryptocurrency from an elderly North Carolina couple, whose home St. Felix … Read More “Criminal Gang Physically Assaulting People for Their Cryptocurrency” »

Canadian Citizen Gets Phone Back from Police

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cell phones, courts, law enforcement, passwords, phones, Security technology, Uncategorized

After 175 million failed password guesses, a judge rules that the Canadian police must return a suspect’s phone. [Judge] Carter said the investigation can continue without the phones, and he noted that Ottawa police have made a formal request to obtain more data from Google. “This strikes me as a potentially more fruitful avenue of … Read More “Canadian Citizen Gets Phone Back from Police” »

Secret White House Warrantless Surveillance Program

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att, law enforcement, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

There seems to be no end to warrantless surveillance: According to the letter, a surveillance program now known as Data Analytical Services (DAS) has for more than a decade allowed federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to mine the details of Americans’ calls, analyzing the phone records of countless people who are not suspected … Read More “Secret White House Warrantless Surveillance Program” »

The Hacker Tool to Get Personal Data from Credit Bureaus

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cybercrime, data collection, doxing, finance, law enforcement, Security technology, Uncategorized

The new site 404 Media has a good article on how hackers are cheaply getting personal information from credit bureaus: This is the result of a secret weapon criminals are selling access to online that appears to tap into an especially powerful set of data: the target’s credit header. This is personal information that the … Read More “The Hacker Tool to Get Personal Data from Credit Bureaus” »

Backdoor in TETRA Police Radios

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backdoors, cryptography, eavesdropping, encryption, infrastructure, law enforcement, police, radio, Security technology, Uncategorized

Seems that there is a deliberate backdoor in the twenty-year-old TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) standard used by police forces around the world. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), an organization that standardizes technologies across the industry, first created TETRA in 1995. Since then, TETRA has been used in products, including radios, sold by Motorola, Airbus, … Read More “Backdoor in TETRA Police Radios” »

New York Using AI to Detect Subway Fare Evasion

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artificial intelligence, cheating, law enforcement, public transit, Security technology, Uncategorized

The details are scant—the article is based on a “heavily redacted” contract—but the New York subway authority is using an “AI system” to detect people who don’t pay the subway fare. Joana Flores, an MTA spokesperson, said the AI system doesn’t flag fare evaders to New York police, but she declined to comment on whether … Read More “New York Using AI to Detect Subway Fare Evasion” »

AI and Microdirectives

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artificial intelligence, courts, essays, law enforcement, laws, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Imagine a future in which AIs automatically interpret—and enforce—laws. All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to comply with the law, sent directly by your government and law enforcement. You’re told how to cross the street, how fast to drive on the way to work, and what you’re allowed … Read More “AI and Microdirectives” »