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Airline Passenger Mistakes Vintage Camera for a Bomb

Posted on By infossl
fear, Security technology, security theater, terrorism, Uncategorized, war on the unexpected

I feel sorry for the accused: The “security incident” that forced a New-York bound flight to make an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport on Saturday turned out to be a misunderstanding — after an airline passenger mistook another traveler’s camera for a bomb, sources said Sunday. American Airlines Flight 4817 from Indianapolis — operated by … Read More “Airline Passenger Mistakes Vintage Camera for a Bomb” »

The European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveillance

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biometrics, eu, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

It’s not actually banned in the EU yet — the legislative process is much more complicated than that — but it’s a step: a total ban on biometric mass surveillance. To respect “privacy and human dignity,” MEPs said that EU lawmakers should pass a permanent ban on the automated recognition of individuals in public spaces, … Read More “The European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveillance” »

Syniverse Hack

Posted on By infossl
cybersecurity, data breaches, hacking, Security technology, Uncategorized

This is interesting: A company that is a critical part of the global telecommunications infrastructure used by AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and several others around the world such as Vodafone and China Mobile, quietly disclosed that hackers were inside its systems for years, impacting more than 200 of its clients and potentially millions of cellphone users … Read More “Syniverse Hack” »

Facebook Is Down

Posted on By infossl
dns, facebook, internet, Security technology, Uncategorized, whatsapp

Facebook — along with Instagram and WhatsApp — went down globally today. Basically, someone deleted their BGP records, which made their DNS fall apart. …at approximately 11:39 a.m. ET today (15:39 UTC), someone at Facebook caused an update to be made to the company’s Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) records. BGP is a mechanism by which … Read More “Facebook Is Down” »

A Death Due to Ransomware

Posted on By infossl
cybercrime, hacking, healthcare, ransomware, Security technology, Uncategorized

The Wall Street Journal is reporting on a baby’s death at an Alabama hospital in 2019, which they argue was a direct result of the ransomware attack the hospital was undergoing. Amid the hack, fewer eyes were on the heart monitors — normally tracked on a large screen at the nurses’ station, in addition to … Read More “A Death Due to Ransomware” »