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FlightAware Exposed Pilots’ and Users’ Info
The popular flight tracking website informed users that it inadvertently exposed user data, including names, physical addresses, aircraft owned, pilot status, and flights tracked.
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Hacker Breaks Into GPS Tracker Tool, Looks Up User Locations
A set of credentials related to the GPS tracking company Trackimo let a hacker access an internal troubleshooting tool and retrieve customers’ recent locations.
Podcast
Podcast: The OSINT Hunt for a Sex Trafficking Ringleader
Sam has a new narrative feature all about the hunt for Michael Pratt.
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Inside the FBI's Dashboard for Wiretapping the World
Never-before-published screenshots of an internal FBI tool show how the agency monitored millions of messages from the secretly backdoored messaging app Anom.
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Co-Founder of DDoSecrets Was Dark Web Drug Kingpin
Thomas White ran the Silk Road 2.0 drug marketplace and was convicted of child abuse imagery-related crimes. He was also a co-founder of transparency activist organization Distributed Denial of Secrets.
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Here are the Hacker Tools a DEF CON Hotel is Hunting For
Resorts World is searching rooms daily for hacker tools. 404 Media obtained the list of hunted items.
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DEF CON Badge Maker Pulled Off Stage Amid Claims of Non-Payment and Failed Work
Entropic Engineering, the small company that helped manufacture this year’s DEF CON badge, claims the conference organizers failed to pay for completed work. DEF CON says the company went well over budget.
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‘Airbnb Hopping’: How Hunted Hackers Stay on the Run From Kidnappers
Hackers are using false identities to book Airbnbs after being doxed and hunted by violent criminals.
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Hotel to Search Rooms During DEF CON Hacking Conference
“As you may or may not know, a well-known hacking convention will be held in Las Vegas during your stay,” Resorts World Las Vegas writes. “We will be conducting scheduled, brief visual and non-intrusive room inspections daily,” it adds.
Podcast
Podcast: Signal's President Meredith Whittaker on Backdoors and AI
We speak to Meredith Whittaker about the threat posed by AI to end-to-end encryption, what backdoors actually look like, and much more in this special interview episode.
FOIA Forum
Here's the Video for Our Fourth FOIA Forum: PACER with Seamus Hughes
PACER expert Seamus Hughes shows us how to dig up interesting court cases and so much more.
Podcast
Podcast: Google, Reddit, and the Robots.txt Rebellion
We go long on robots.txt, AI scraping, and what it means for search and the web today. Also, a leaked document shows a multibillion dollar AI company scraped YouTube videos from specific creators, and we discuss Skibidi.