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FBI Issues Warning on IoT Toy Security

18

Jul

2017

IoT toys are more than fun and games and can potentially lead to a violation of children’s privacy and safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Monday. Internet-connected toys carry the potential of violating children’s privacy and safety, given the amount of information the toys can collect and store, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned on Monday.

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Telecom Hacker Sentenced for Laundering Millions

07

Jul

2017

Pakistani man sentenced to prison for hacking into PBX systems and generating millions of dollars via bogus premium phone calls and laundering the money. A federal court sentenced a Pakistani telecom hacker to four years in prison, after he and his cohorts illegally infiltrated PBX systems run by companies and organizations to set up a fake premium phone service and laundered money.

Category Hacker Security Written by Darkreading 0 Comments

FBI catches mail bomber in dark web covert operation

04

Jul

2017

Clinton Scott Bass, of Georgia, pleaded guilty in April to charges of purchasing explosives on a dark web marketplace to kill or harm a human target, according to documentation dug up by Forbes. His plan would have worked out, if the bomb supplier weren’t actually an undercover FBI agent. Because of its anonymity, the dark […]

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