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According to this story (non-paywall English version here), Israeli scientists released some information to the public they shouldn’t have. Defense establishment officials are now trying to erase any trace of the secret information from the web, but they have run into difficulties because the information was copied and is found on a number of platforms. … Read More “Israeli Scientists Accidentally Reveal Classified Information” »
In November, the company Strava released an anonymous data-visualization map showing all the fitness activity by everyone using the app. Over this weekend, someone realized that it could be used to locate secret military bases: just look for repeated fitness activity in the middle of nowhere. News article. Powered by WPeMatico
Jim Risen writes a long and interesting article about his battles with the US government and the New York Times to report government secrets. Powered by WPeMatico
ZDNet is reporting about another data leak, this one from US Army’s Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), which is also within to the NSA. The disk image, when unpacked and loaded, is a snapshot of a hard drive dating back to May 2013 from a Linux-based server that forms part of a cloud-based intelligence sharing … Read More “NSA “Red Disk” Data Leak” »
Uber was hacked, losing data on 57 million driver and rider accounts. The company kept it quiet for over a year. The details are particularly damning: The two hackers stole data about the company’s riders and drivers – including phone numbers, email addresses and names — from a third-party server and then approached Uber and … Read More “Uber Data Hack” »
Amazon has a cloud for US classified data. The physical and computer requirements for handling classified information are considerable, both in terms of technology and procedure. I am surprised that a company with no experience dealing with classified data was able to do it. Powered by WPeMatico
In the wake of the Equifax break, I’ve heard calls to replace Social Security numbers. Steve Bellovin explains why this is hard. Powered by WPeMatico
Apple is fighting its own battle against leakers, using people and tactics from the NSA. According to the hour-long presentation, Apple’s Global Security team employs an undisclosed number of investigators around the world to prevent information from reaching competitors, counterfeiters, and the press, as well as hunt down the source when leaks do occur. Some … Read More “Fighting Leakers at Apple” »
Last week, the Department of Justice released 18 new FISC opinions related to Section 702 as part of an EFF FOIA lawsuit. (Of course, they don’t mention EFF or the lawsuit. They make it sound as if it was their idea.) There’s probably a lot in these opinions. In one Kafkaesque ruling, a defendant was … Read More “The Dangers of Secret Law” »
President Barack Obama’s public accusation of Russia as the source of the hacks in the US presidential election and the leaking of sensitive e-mails through WikiLeaks and other sources has opened up a debate on what constitutes sufficient evidence to attribute an attack in cyberspace. The answer is both complicated and inherently tied up in … Read More “Attributing the DNC Hacks to Russia” »