Beyond the kill chain: What cybercriminals do with their money (Part 2)
In the second of our five-part series, Sophos X-Ops investigates the so-called ‘white’ (legitimate) business interests of threat actors
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We’re Publishing Our ICE Reporting In Spanish
We’ve been covering the technological infrastructure powering Trump’s mass deportations for months by this point. We believe there is a high public interest in knowing what tech companies are working with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), what surveillance capabilities are being used, and how those may contribute to a lack of due process. Because ICE…
Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police
📄 This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it available to all readers as a public service. FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work. Or send us a one time donation via our tip jar here. Local police in Oregon casually offered…
Sam Altman’s latest pitch to cozy up with the US government: ChatGPT Gov
Sam Altman’s OpenAI launched ChatGPT Gov on Tuesday, which the company said government agencies could use to input sensitive information.
Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
📄 This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it available to all readers as a public service. FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work. Or send us a one time donation via our tip jar here. This article was produced with support from WIRED….
A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America’s Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan resident KJ Pedri doesn’t want her town to be the site of a new $1.2 billion data center, a massive collaborative project between the University of Michigan and America’s nuclear weapons scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL) in New Mexico. “My grandfather was a rocket scientist who worked on Trinity,” Pedri said…
Hacker Broke into ‘Path of Exile 2’ Admin Account, Hijacked Wave of Characters
A hacker compromised an administrative account on the website for popular game Path of Exile 2, which allowed them to reset the passwords on dozens of players’ accounts, according to comments from developer Grinding Gear Games (GGG) made during a podcast on Sunday. This access would have given the hacker the ability to steal powerful…
Scientists Report Surreal Scenes In the World’s Most Northern Town
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the climate warnings, cosmic apocalypses, and wolf tales that made an impression on me this week. First, a dispatch from the northernmost settlement on Earth, where climate warming is completely reshaping the landscape. Then: a case of star-crossed companions, encounters with globular clusters, and some trophic cascades as…
Cybersecurity for medical devices training unveiled
A two-day online training event slated for 8-9 May entitled ‘Cyber-Security for Medical Devices: How to Embed and Apply State-of-the-Art Security In Your Existing Processes’ has been unveiled on the ResearchAndMarkets.com online market research and educational platform. EdTech
How the FBI Tracked, and Froze, Millions Sent to Criminals in Massive Caesars Casino Hack
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here. The FBI managed to track down and freeze millions of dollars of cryptocurrency Caesars Entertainment sent to a group of hackers that held the casino’s computer systems ransom, according to a 404 Media and Court Watch…