Lawmakers say Amazon’s facial recognition software may be racially biased and harm free expression
Amazon has “failed to provide sufficient answers” about its controversial facial recognition software, Rekognition — and lawmakers …
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A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes
A security lapse has exposed a massive database containing tens of millions of text messages, including password reset links, two-factor …
Passcodes are protected by Fifth Amendment, says court
There was an underage driver at the wheel, driving on a Florida highway. Police say he was …
Florida Man laundered money for Reveton ransomware. Then Microsoft hired him
A former Microsoft network engineer will be spending a sojourn behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. …
Florida Man Arrested in SIM Swap Conspiracy
Police in Florida have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of being part of a multi-state cyber fraud ring that hijacked mobile phone …
Russian indictments show that the US needs federal oversight of election security
Russian indictments show that the U.S. needs federal oversight of election security Adam Eichen, Phoebe Wong @jshieber / 8 hours ago Adam …
Russian indictments show that the U.S. needs federal oversight of election security
Phoebe Wong is executive director of EqualCitizens.US, a democracy reform non profit based in Washington DC. She was formerly a senior …
Guy jailed for refusing to unlock phones
On 21 June, a Florida cop pulled over William John Montanez for failing to come to a stop before he pulled out from a business’ driveway …
Florida Marketing Firm Leaks Data On 200 Million-plus Americans
When Equifax servers were breached by hackers, they gained access to data on more than 145 million Americans. A Florida-based company …
Smashing Security #082: World Cup cybersecurity, crypto crashes, and a bang of a password fail
Coinrail cryptocurrency exchange goes offline after hack, Russia appears to be ‘live testing’ cyber attacks, and Florida stopped …
Florida skips gun background checks for a year after employee forgets login
In Florida, the site of recent mass shootings such as at the Stoneman Douglas High School and the Pulse nightclub, more than a year went by …
How Florida Agencies are Training for a Cyber Talent Pipeline
Governments are no stranger to budgetary challenges, and that extends to employee salaries, including IT security employees. With 11,000 IT …
Survey Shows Florida at the Bottom for Consumer Cybersecurity
Some states are more dangerous, from a cybersecurity standpoint, than others. That’s the conclusion of a new report by the Ponemon …
Florida residents have the worst cybersecurity habits in the US
A study by cybersecurity company Webroot in conjunction with the Ponemon Institute finds Florida to be the worst state in the US for …
A Florida Bill Would Make Criminal Justice Data More Transparent Than Ever
thing as the US criminal justice system. There are, instead, thousands of counties across the country, each with their own systems, made up …
Florida 12-Year-Olds Charged With Cyberstalking After Classmate’s Death
Two 12-year-olds in Florida are facing charges related to online bullying following the death of their classmate. Last week, the Sun …
Cop buys mobile spyware, says he can’t remember why
FlexiSpy: it’s a nasty little piece of …
Florida Cop Bought Powerful Phone Malware That Can Intercept Emails and WhatsApp
A state law enforcement officer, apparently without the knowledge of his own agency, purchased malware that can intercept social media …
Florida hack exposes 30K Medicaid patients’ files
The state’s Agency for Health Care Administration said in a Friday evening news release that one of its employees “was the victim of a …
Florida hack exposes 30,000 Medicaid patients’ confidential records, medical conditions and diagnoses
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration said hackers may have accessed the personal and confidential information of up to 30,000 …
Report: Uber Paid Florida 20-Year-Old $100,000 Over Hack
Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images The hacker to whom Uber paid $100,000 to destroy user data he’d obtained and keep quiet …
Uber data breach: Hacker who was paid $100,000 is a 20-year-old Florida man ‘living with his mom’
Uber paid $100,000 to a 20-year-old hacker from Florida to cover up a 2016 data breach, which the company revealed late in November this …
Florida Man… pockets Uber cash to keep quiet about data breach
A 20-year-old Florida man who lives with his mom was the “security researcher” that Uber paid off last year not to reveal a massive hack of …
Uber paid 20-year-old man to hide hack, destroy data
Uber reportedly paid a hacker from Florida $100,000 under the guise of a bug bounty program to keep quiet about a data breach which exposed …
Uber Paid 20-Year-Old Florida Hacker $100,000 to Keep Data Breach Secret
Last year, Uber received an email from an anonymous person demanding money in exchange for the stolen user database. It turns out that a …
Florida Man Gets 16 Months Over Bitcoin Bank Hacker Scheme
A Florida software engineer who came to the U.S. from Ukraine as a teenager seeking the American dream was sentenced to 16 months in prison …
New Bitcoin Scam Targets Hurricane Irma Anxiety
Scams that convince people to give away their bitcoins by entering information into a legitimate-seeming (but fake) website are on the rise. But a new phishing campaign that targets people…
Hackers attacked 4 Florida school districts, allegedly hoped to hack voting systems
We’ve heard a lot about Russians attackers attempting to hack the US election, but another hacking group also allegedly wanted to interfere with the election; they attempted to pivot from…
Why ‘I forgot my password’ won’t go down well with a judge
Two Florida cases suggest that if you really, truly can’t remember your iPhone or Android password, don’t hand over mumbo jumbo and then claim to have given the cops your…
Massive data breach exposes over 16,000 concealed weapons permit holders in Florida
Florida officials said hackers may have stolen the names of over 16,000 people who have concealed weapon permits in the state. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services revealed…