law enforcement

The US Military Buys Commercial Location Data

Vice has a long article about how the US military buys commercial location data worldwide. The U.S. military is buying…

2 weeks ago

IMSI-Catchers from Canada

Gizmodo is reporting that Harris Corp. is no longer selling Stingray IMSI-catchers (and, presumably, its follow-on models Hailstorm and Crossbow)…

1 month ago

New Report on Police Decryption Capabilities

There is a new report on police decryption capabilities: specifically, mobile device forensic tools (MDFTs). Short summary: it’s not just…

1 month ago

Rogue Shopify Staff Accessed Customer Records, Says Ecommerce Platform Investigating Security Breach

Members of Shopify’s support team abused access to company network Customer contact information and order details accessed FBI and international…

2 months ago

Supplementing SCCs to Solve Surveillance Shortfalls

This article was originally published in the IAPP Daily Dashboard on August 19, 2020. By invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield…

4 months ago

Garbage In, Gospel Out: The Security Problem of Data Accuracy

The accuracy or integrity of data is only as good as its source In two separate incidents, one in Colorado…

4 months ago

COVID-19 Research and Vaccine Research Targeted by APT29 Group

Organizations from the US, UK and Canada involved in COVID-19 research have been targeted by a hacking group known as…

5 months ago

European Agencies Hack Criminal Encrochat Messaging System

A joint operation headed by European and British law agencies dismantled the Encrochat messaging service, leading to the arrests of…

5 months ago