MANHATTAN, NY – July 26: Hundreds of protesters carrying signs. (Photo by Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images) Amnesty sues NYPD, seeking details about facial recognition technology and arrest data The records could shed light on how NYPD surveilled protestors during the Black Lives Matter protests last summer. Jul 16, 2021 By Tonya Riley
(FBI) The FBI’s digital security guide for local police actually has good OPSEC advice A 269 GB file includes a host of revelations. Aug 31, 2020 By Jeff Stone
The “Distributed Denial of Secrets” group marked Juneteenth, the June 19 holiday marking the end of slavery in the U.S., by publishing a searchable database containing 269 GB of data apparently stolen from more than 200 law enforcement agencies. (Getty Images) ‘Distributed Denial of Secrets’ publishes ‘BlueLeaks,’ a trove of law enforcement records The source of the files reportedly is a Texas-based IT firm that provides web development services to police "fusion centers." Jun 22, 2020 By Jeff Stone
(Getty) Facebook removed white nationalist accounts encouraging guns at anti-racist protests The Proud Boys and American Guard both are designated hate groups. Jun 5, 2020 By Jeff Stone
Attendees walk past a Facebook logo during the company’s F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, on April 30, 2019. (REUTERS / Stephen Lam) Facebook announces it will flag state media posts, eventually decline ad dollars Twitter said in 2019 it would no longer accept advertisements from government-sponsored media outlets. Jun 4, 2020 By Jeff Stone
(Emma Whitehead/Getty/Open Whisper Systems) Signal wants to protect protesters’ privacy with new face-blurring feature Use of Signal has surged since George Floyd's killing. Jun 4, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty) Denial of service attacks against advocacy groups skyrocket Internet security firm Cloudflare, which published the figures, didn't say which sites were most affected. Jun 3, 2020 By Jeff Stone
Protesters took to the streets of Seattle to march in response to the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis. The cybersecurity community is grappling with ways to fight injustice. (Flickr/ Kelly Kline) This matters more: How cyber pros are confronting racism in their own ranks, and beyond The past week has forced the cybersecurity community to look inward and consider how its skills can secure more than computers. Jun 3, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas Greg Otto Shannon Vavra
(Pierre/https://flic.kr/p/brWrfZ) Anonymous, aiming for relevance, spins old data as new hacks The group is trying to use the nationwide protests to draw attention to data that was stolen years ago. Jun 1, 2020 By Jeff Stone