Blake Benthall, the operator of Silk Road 2.0, was arrested last week and charged with computer hacking, money laundering, drug trafficking, and an assortment of other crimes. The FBI made the arrest but collaborated with Homeland Security and European law enforcement to seize the Silk Road 2 servers. Silk Road 2 was an online black market for illegal drugs. For more on this story, read a full article here:: FBI Seize Silk Road 2.0 Servers; Admin Arrested
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Facebook Show Face to Tor
While initially blocking Tor users from browsing, Facebook now allows Tor access to their website. While this is seen as progressive, Facebook risks possible security and privacy issues since Tor’s browser indicates to them that the same user can appear connecting from one country’s ISP to another’s. For the full story on this, click here:: Facebook Allows Tor Access to Site
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Hilton Honors Has Hackers Checking In
A number of people have reported to have their Hilton Honors loyalty accounts drained by hackers. The recent trend of rewards programs being attacked comes from the lack of security and oversight by the company and consumer alike. The companies and consumers tend to put more focus on securing their regular account information via elaborate passwords or security checks and do it more often than with their rewards/points accounts. This often leaves them vulnerable for theft. For the full article, please click here:: Thieves Cash Out Rewards, Points Accounts
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TerraCom, YourTel America, Your Information, Your Trust
Recently, telephone companies TerraCom and YourTel America left the personal details of 300,000 people out and ready for cybercriminals to access. Social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, addresses, and other information were exposed because the companies put the data on an open web server rather than destroying it after the data had been verified. As icing on the cake, the companies wrote a “cease and desist†letter to Scripps Howard News Service to prevent word from getting out.
Fortunately, the FCC didn’t let it slide and had fined the companies $10 million. However, punishment after the fact isn’t the issue. Consumers expect their information to be protected when it is shared with professional organizations. When a company holding that many accounts doesn’t have the basic concept of protection or elementary security in place, it makes consumers second-guess everything. It is time for all of us to double check and ask companies what safeguards they have in place when we share our personal information. Based on this incident, no one can be too careful. For a full article on this story, click here:: Private Consumer Data Leaked After Being Left On Publically Accessible Server
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Snapchat Given Worst Privacy Protection Rating, College Kids Shrug and Take Selfie
Despite being given the worst rating possible by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and having nearly 100,000 private photos stolen, surveys show that the majority of college students wouldn’t change how they used Snapchat. In fact, 58% of students still trusted Snapchat with their photos despite the apparent lack of security. For more info on this story, click here:: College kids still using Snapchat despite ‘The Snappening,’ says report
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