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[[{"value":"Two US insurance companies are warning that thousands of individuals' personal information may have been stolen after hackers compromised computer systems. Read more in my article on the Hot for…

[[{"value":"Over on Lawfare, Jim Dempsey published a really interesting proposal for software liability: “Standard for Software Liability: Focus on the Product for Liability, Focus on the Process for Safe Harbor.”…

After hundreds of media outlets worldwide repeated the false claim that a botnet of three million toothbrushes attacked a Swiss company, the cybersecurity firm at the centre of the story…

No, three million smart toothbrushes didn't launch a DDoS attack against a Swiss company. Read More  

Via a FOIA request, we have documents from the NSA about their banning of Furby toys. Read More  

A deepfake video conference call—with everyone else on the call a fake—fooled a finance worker into sending $25M to the criminals’ account. Read More  

[[{"value":"Argentina is reporting that there is a good population of illex squid in its waters ready for fishing, and is working to ensure that Chinese fishing boats don’t take it…

[[{"value":"David Kahn has died. His groundbreaking book, The Codebreakers was the first serious book I read about codebreaking, and one of the primary reasons I entered this field. He will…

[[{"value":"China-sponsored attacks likened to "placing bombs in water treatment facilities, and power plants". Is it just me, or does this sound like the plot of a Mission Impossible movie?"}]] Read More  

[[{"value":"In 2009, I wrote: There are several ways two people can divide a piece of cake in half. One way is to find someone impartial to do it for them.…

[[{"value":"Consumer Reports is reporting that Facebook has built a massive surveillance network: Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a…

[[{"value":"In October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a set of rules that if implemented would transform how financial institutions handle personal data about their customers. The rules put…

[[{"value":"A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison after admitting his part in a series of ransomware and malware attacks that hit more than one thousand individuals,…