Crime

6 Charged With Exploiting Electronic Loophole in Lottery Vending Machines

In Connecticut, six individuals have been charged with exploiting a bug in electronic lottery machines that allowed them to select winning tickets last year. In November 2015, Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection noticed an abnormal uptick in dispensed winning tickets, and suspended the 5 Card Cash machines, pending an investigation. The six men arrested, the…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

Hackers Are Selling Customer Data From Verizon’s Business Wing

Verizon Enterprise Solutions is a wing of Verizon that offers IT services to big business and government, often including IT security and incident response. So it’s rather embarrassing that a hacker is offering to sell a database with the data of 1.5 million Verizon Enterprise clients. According to KrebsOnSecurity, a “prominent member of a closely…

Tech News Chris Mills

A Former State Department Employee Is Going to Prison for Twisted Sorority-Girl ‘Sextortion’ Scheme

A former State Department employee will spend 57 months in prison for a “sextortion” cyberstalking crime that sounds like an SVU sweeps-week plot, only weirder and more awful. While working in the US Embassy in London, administrative support worker Michael C. Ford passed time on the job by sending phishing emails to thousands of people.…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Chicago Man Charged with Felony for Jamming Cell Phones on a Train

People squawking on their phones on public transportation is annoying as hell. That’s why one Chicago man allegedly took it upon himself to jam fellow commuters’ cell phone signals as part of a morning ritual that lasted months. Now he’s a charged felon in jail, being held for a $10,000 bail. Dennis Nicholl, 63, is…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

You’d Never Spot These Hidden Card Skimmers That Are on the Rise

Watch where you put your card. The ATM security organization EAST has published a new report pointing out that the use of s0-called Throat Inlay Skimming devices—which are hidden within the card slot—is rising. These kinds of devices, pictured above, are “placed inside the card reader throat in front of the shutter,” according to EAST.…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

Hoverboarding Gunman Shoots Driver, Hovers Away

An alleged gunman in Dallas pulled up to a car on his hoverboard, shot the driver, and made off on his two-wheeled scooter. This ain’t no Griff Tannen shenanigans. Fox 4 in Dallas reports that the unnamed victim was shot at a Dallas gas station around 4am this morning. The hoverboarding suspect, described as a…

Tech News Matt Novak

Judge Confirms Carnegie Mellon Hacked Tor and Provided Info to FBI

A rumor has been circulating for a while that researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) provided information to the FBI, which led to the feds identifying Tor users linked to crimes. Details of any arrangements have been unclear, but evidence from a criminal case has confirmed a few facts. It’s now abundantly clear that researchers…

Tech News Chris Mills

The Latest Crack Counter-Terror Team Comes From…Facebook?

The War On Terror™ continues apace, with dedicated agencies hunting all threats both foreign and domestic. The Wall Street Journal has a new look inside one unlikely group: Facebook. The social network has come under fire before for failing to censor terrorist material or hate speech on its network, especially in the wake of the…

Social Media Chris Mills

Counterfeiters Have Been Painting Expired Olives to Sell Them

A sting operation in Italy has yielded an unlikely cache of loot. Over 85,000 tons of freshly painted green olives were seized by police from food counterfeiters. The Guardian reported on the newest trick forgers are employing to fake out olive-eaters: a coating of copper sulphate, a plant fungicide considered so unlikely to be used…

Tech News Ria Misra

Wendy’s Is Investigating a Credit Card Data Attack

Been eating at Wendy’s? You might want to check your credit card statements: The restaurant chain has admitted that it’s investigating a credit card data breach. Speaking to Krebs on Security, Bob Bertini from Wendy’s explained that: We have received this month from our payment industry contacts reports of unusual activity involving payment cards at…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

3D Cameras Will Help Tokyo Cops Take Futuristic Mugshots in Scary Detail

Soon, police stations could have a lot more dirt on you than just your fingerprints. Cops could soon be taking 3D mugshots that’ll give them unprecedented details of your face, and they’ll store it in a creepy nanny state database to help nail crooks. That’s what’s happening in Tokyo. Starting in April, all 102 of…

Privacy & Security Bryan Lufkin

This Site Lets You Search the Worldwide Netflix Library

Netflix might have declared its plan to crack down on unblockers and VPNs to avoid users country-hopping, but there are still ways to view the different Netflix libraries from other regions. If you’re after one movie in particular, this global Netflix search engine will tell you where to take up virtual residence. Thanks to different…

Tech News Chris Mills

Dutch Police Claim They Can Crack Emails on Special Encrypted Blackberries

Blackberry already trades on the strength of its software’s security, so you’d think that a special $2,000 ultra-encrypted Berry would be a guarantee of privacy. According to Dutch police, not so much. In a report on Dutch blog misdaadnieuws.com, since confirmed by Motherboard, the Netherlands Forensic Institute has claimed to break a series of encrypted…

Gadgets Chris Mills

Feds Raid Hoverboard Booth at CES

Two US federal marshals raided the booth of a Chinese hoverboard company earlier today at CES. The badged law enforcement agents collected all of the company’s one-wheeled “Trotter” electric skateboards, as well as all related marketing materials. It was dramatic. This all happened despite the Trotter’s apparent popularity with trade show attendees. But the reason…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy

Is It OK to Shoot Down Your Neighbor’s Drone?

Before you decide to shoot that drone out of your backyard, there are a few important things you need to know. First of all, damaging any flying robot is a federal crime. It doesn’t matter if it’s crashing your pool party or watching you in your skivvies through the skylight in your master bath. “In…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

This Chart of Every Execution in US History Shows How Capital Punishment Has Changed

Time Magazine has put together an eye-popping chart showing every execution performed in the United States since 1770, and how each deed was done. The interactive chart, which can be found here, was compiled by Chris Wilson with help from Emily Maltby and Lon Tweeten. When browsing the chart, mouseover actions call up the figures…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Safeway Stores Have Been Hit By Card Skimming Attacks

If you’ve shopped at Safeway in California or Colorado recently, you may want to check your bank accounts. The supermarket chain has admitted that it’s investigating card skimming attacks at several of its stores in those states. Krebs on Security reports that financial institutions are investigating a series of attacks that seem to have taken…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

Man Arrested in UK Suspected of Horrible VTech Hack

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in the UK on suspicion of “unauthorised access” to a computer over the VTech hack, which saw the personal information of nearly 6.4 million children stolen from servers. The BBC reports that the man was arrested in Berkshire following an investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit.…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

Smugglers Busted With Nearly $400 Million Worth of Cocaine Molded Into Shipping Pallets

Remember that scene in Traffic where they mold cocaine into dolls? This kind of trickery happens in real life, too. A band of international smugglers recently got caught with over $370 million worth of cocaine disguised as 40 shipping pallets. No, the pallets weren’t filled with cocaine. The pallets were cocaine. A total of 11…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Shoplifting On Hoverboards Is the Future of Lazy Crime

Auto-balancing skateboards, incorrectly but widely known as hoverboards, are this year’s must-have novelty toys for people bored of their selfie sticks. But it would seem they also have use for shoplifters who can’t be bothered to walk. London’s Metropolitan Police published a videoof a young male shoplifting a case of Lucozade energy drink from a…

Tech News Chris Mills

6 Charged With Exploiting Electronic Loophole in Lottery Vending Machines

Hackers Are Selling Customer Data From Verizon’s Business Wing

A Former State Department Employee Is Going to Prison for Twisted Sorority-Girl ‘Sextortion’ Scheme

Chicago Man Charged with Felony for Jamming Cell Phones on a Train

You’d Never Spot These Hidden Card Skimmers That Are on the Rise

Hoverboarding Gunman Shoots Driver, Hovers Away

Judge Confirms Carnegie Mellon Hacked Tor and Provided Info to FBI

The Latest Crack Counter-Terror Team Comes From…Facebook?

Counterfeiters Have Been Painting Expired Olives to Sell Them

Wendy’s Is Investigating a Credit Card Data Attack

3D Cameras Will Help Tokyo Cops Take Futuristic Mugshots in Scary Detail

This Site Lets You Search the Worldwide Netflix Library

Dutch Police Claim They Can Crack Emails on Special Encrypted Blackberries

Feds Raid Hoverboard Booth at CES

Is It OK to Shoot Down Your Neighbor’s Drone?

This Chart of Every Execution in US History Shows How Capital Punishment Has Changed

Safeway Stores Have Been Hit By Card Skimming Attacks

Man Arrested in UK Suspected of Horrible VTech Hack

Smugglers Busted With Nearly $400 Million Worth of Cocaine Molded Into Shipping Pallets

Shoplifting On Hoverboards Is the Future of Lazy Crime

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