Hackers stole access tokens from Okta's support unit(krebsonsecurity.com)

279 points by todsacerdoti 3 years ago | 137 comments

Happy 14th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity(krebsonsecurity.com)

7 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 1 comments

Alleged Jabber Zeus Coder 'MrICQ' in U.S. Custody(krebsonsecurity.com)

165 points by todsacerdoti 11 months ago | 65 comments

Feds Link Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks(krebsonsecurity.com)

365 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 231 comments

KrebsOnSecurity article reporting that U.S. federal agents linked a $150 million cryptocurrency heist to master passwords cracked from the 2022 LastPass breach.

Hacker in Snowflake extortions may be a U.S. soldier(krebsonsecurity.com)

329 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 183 comments

KrebsOnSecurity investigation suggesting the hacker Kiberphant0m, linked to Snowflake customer data extortions, may be a U.S. Army soldier stationed in South Korea.

U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions(krebsonsecurity.com)

254 points by mmsc 1 year ago | 150 comments

I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services(neilzone.co.uk)

905 points by speckx 7 months ago | 554 comments

A personal blog post explaining why the author can think of few online services for which he would be willing to verify his identity or age, amid policy proposals for age checks.

CEO of data privacy company Onerep.com founded dozens of people-search firms(krebsonsecurity.com)

549 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 142 comments

KrebsOnSecurity investigation finding that the CEO of data-removal service Onerep.com, operating from Belarus and Cyprus, founded dozens of people-search sites.

Encrypting private data and private communications is now an ethical duty(blog.tripu.info)

416 points by gasull 3 years ago | 200 comments

A personal blog essay arguing that end-to-end encrypting private data and communications has become an ethical duty, using a glass-walls analogy.

Hackers Had a Live Feed of Every ID Verification Company Scanned for over a Year(techdirt.com)

481 points by beardyw 1 month ago | 197 comments

Techdirt article reporting that hackers had a live feed of every ID scanned by an identity verification company for over a year, exposing 153 million license scans.

Backups Aren't Simple(filipovski.net)

318 points by afilipovski 1 month ago | 190 comments

Personal blog post by Aleksandar Filipovski arguing that backups are more complex than they seem, starting from a family story of losing photos to a reformatted drive.

The EARN IT bill is back, seeking to scan our messages and photos(eff.org)

1159 points by glitcher 3 years ago | 423 comments

EFF Deeplinks post from April 2023 warning that the reintroduced EARN IT bill would push online services to scan users' messages and photos, threatening encryption.