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Chicagoan Dinu Horvat was found guilty of four charges – aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy to possess 15 or more counterfeit access devices, and conspiracy to possess access device-making equipment. Horvat was part of an outfit that defrauded banks out of roughly $5 million via fake ATMs that recorded customer data. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years and a $1 million fine. Get more details here:: Chicago mann convicted in ATM skimming spree that netted $5 million

It has been revealed that Apple’s Siri, the digital personal assistant installed on iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch devices, collects and sends users’ voice data to 3^rd party companies. While controversial, this practice is allowed under Apple’s iOS licensing agreement and Apple states that they represent each user with a randomly generated number in order to protect anonymity. For more details on this story, click here:: Apple Shares Your Voice Data with 3rd-Parties

A bug in Facebook’s login allows attackers to not only compromise accounts on Facebook, but also Bit.ly, About.me, Stumbleupon, Angel.co, Vimeo, and Mashable. While it has been recognized and reported a year ago, Facebook has yet to take steps to address the bug. For more details about this flaw, please click here:: Facebook login bug lets attackers hijack accounts on Mashable, other sites

Following the revelation that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a personal email account to do business in Washington, it has been revealed that rumored 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush used his personal email while he was governor in Florida to discuss nuclear plant protection, troop deployments, and other political matters. Both revelations have sparked discussion about security and transparency since private email accounts tend to be more vulnerable to hackers. For more on this story, click here:: Jeb Bush used personal email to discuss security issues: Washington Post

It has been discovered that Google appears to be making a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service for the Android titled “Google VPN.” This was discovered by the people at Pocketables after they found a hidden app called “Google Connectivity Services” which connects to the VPN. Google has yet to confirm this discovery and the VPN doesn’t currently function at this time. For more details on this VPN, click here:: ‘Google VPN’ in-built Hidden Service spotted in Android 5.1