23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months
Police took a digital rendering of a suspect's face, generated using DNA evidence, and ran it through a facial recognition system in a troubling incident reported for the first time by WIRED this week. The tactic came to light in a trove of hacked police records published by the transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets. Meanwhile, information about United States intelligence agencies purchasing Americans' phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant was revealed this week only after US senator Ron Wyden blocked the appointment of a new NSA director until the information was made public. And a California teen who allegedly used the handle Torswats to carry out hundreds of swatting attacks across the US is being extradited to Florida to face felony charges. The infamous spyware developer NSO Group, creator of the Pegasus spyware, has been quietly planning a comeback, which involves investing millions of dollars lobbying in Washington while exploiting the Israel-Hamas war to stoke global security fears and position its products as a necessity.
Jan-27-2024, 14:00:00 GMT
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