HBO Security Contractor: Hackers Stole ‘Thousands of Internal
Documents’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The HBO hack may have been worse than the initial leaks of a few
unaired TV show episodes suggested. A
security company hired by HBO to scrub search results for the hacked files from
search engines has told Google that the hackers stole “thousands of Home Box
Office (HBO) internal company documents.”
The disclosure came as part of a DMCA take-down notice
sent to Google Tuesday to force the search engine to take down links to the
leaked files. The take-down notice also
detailed that the hackers did away with “masses of copyrighted items including
documents, images, videos and sound.”
… The perpetrators
of the hack have claimed that they were able to access some of HBO’s key
network infrastructure, and steal a total of 1.5 terabyte of data, and have
suggested that they will release additional information in the near future. An image file published as part of the leaks
seems to corroborate at least the first part of that claim, as it appears to
show screenshots of HBO’s internal administration tools, listing employee names
and email addresses and their functions within the organization.
A system my Architects could fix.
Air Canada disappeared off SFO air
traffic radar equipment for 12 seconds before near-disaster, NTSB says
The wayward Air Canada plane that nearly caused an
aviation disaster at San Francisco International Airport last month dropped off
radar displays for 12 seconds in the moments before it approached four fully
loaded passenger jets on the taxiway, according to new information released
Wednesday from federal aviation officials investigating the incident.
… The Airport
Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC) system monitors incoming aircraft to
ensure they are safely landing at SFO and 34 other airports across the country.
The system, which provides a
computerized visual to air traffic controllers, is designed to sound a warning
from a loudspeaker in the tower if an airplane on final approach is heading for
an occupied runway. But it does not warn
for planes that may be incorrectly aligned to land on a taxiway, as was the
case for the Air Canada plane.
Since last year, the Federal Aviation Administration has
worked to upgrade the system to also alert towers to planes lined up to
taxiways, where planes awaiting takeoff queue up.
“The agency expects to begin testing some modified systems
in a few months,” a FAA spokesman said.
… Federal
officials were not able to gather information from the airplane’s cockpit voice
recorder because it had been overwritten.
[Horsefeathers! Bob]
It’s not the money laundering that should concern
shareholders, it’s the inability to detect or fix the problem!
Commonwealth
Bank Sued for Alleged Money Laundering Breaches
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the nation’s
largest lender, has been sued by the government’s financial crime agency over
53,700 alleged breaches of money laundering and terrorism financing laws.
… The automated
machines were introduced in May 2012, and the amount of cash flowing though
them grew exponentially, the court documents say. In the six months to November 2012 about
A$89.1 million was deposited. By May and
June 2016 this had risen to more than A$1 billion per month. About A$8.9 billion in cash was put through
the system before the bank conducted any assessment of the money laundering
risk, Austrac said.
Austrac alleges the lender failed to report suspicious
matters either on time or at all involving transactions totaling more than A$77
million. It says the lender didn’t
monitor its customers to mitigate the risk even after being made aware by law
enforcement agencies of suspected money laundering.
Cool! My Ethical
Hacking students should make their own App to do this!
'Dumbo' Tool Helps CIA Agents
Disable Security Cameras
The U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) has developed a tool that disables security cameras
and corrupts recordings in an effort to prevent its agents from getting
compromised, according to documents published on Thursday by WikiLeaks.
The tool, dubbed “Dumbo,” is
executed directly from a USB thumb drive by an operative who has physical
access to the targeted device. Once
executed, the program can mute microphones, disable network adapters, and
suspend processes associated with video recording devices.
Dumbo also informs its user of where those video recording
processes store footage so that the files can be corrupted or deleted.
A prank or a prelude to something else? Certainly uncommon.
Navy Clears All 6 Bomb Threats Called In To Hampton Roads
Bases Wednesday
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating
a series of bomb threats called in against Norfolk and Virginia Beach bases
throughout Wednesday that forced several evacuations and lockdowns and affected
ships and pier operations while emergency crews fanned out in response, the
Navy said.
The calls were deemed not credible and normal operations
had resumed by mid-to-late afternoon at both bases, Naval Station Norfolk and
Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, said Beth Baker, Navy Region
Mid-Atlantic spokeswoman.
… Wednesday’s
threat also came just two days after the Norfolk base locked down its piers for
several hours after watch standers reported seeing someone wearing scuba gear
and goggles in the water near Pier 7. No
diver was found and all ships were later cleared.
… While area bases
handle threats on occasion, neither Baker nor Mohr could recall recent cases in
which so many were made in quick succession.
“This is outside the norm,” Mohr said.
Even though it sounds like a noble idea, there are other
consequences.
Tech groups rally against online sex trafficking bill
Internet companies are stepping up their opposition to a
Senate sex trafficking bill they believe could make websites liable for what
their users publish online.
… “Rather than
target criminals, including traffickers and buyers of victims, the proposed
legislation would have a devastating impact on legitimate online services
without having a meaningful impact on ending trafficking crimes,” the
letter reads.
… Portman and
Blumenthal are sponsors of the Stop
Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, which would make websites liable for
publishing information that facilitates sex trafficking.
An article for President Trump? (From his alma mater)
You Are What You Tweet: Using Social Media to Assess
Well-being
New research from the University of Pennsylvania attempts
to understand the personality traits of Americans and the well-being of the
communities they live in, by studying what they tweet. In studying a mind-boggling volume of 37
billion tweets, the researchers at the World Well-Being Project have created an interactive map of U.S.
counties with scores for each on select well-being indicators. The project has been busy: A year ago, it
tracked heart disease trends based on a billion tweets, and is now working on
projects in Spain, Mexico and the U.K., and is in the early stages of a project
in China.
An interesting challenge.
The Coming Consumer Data Wars
When companies come looking for permission to use their
European customers’ data after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
takes effect on May 25, 2018, the answer may well be “no.” In a recent
OliverWyman survey of 1,500 British consumers, our company discovered that as
many as half said they were already leaning toward reclaiming their
information.
That gives companies less than 12 months to figure out
what it will take to get customers to say “yes” — as well as to figure out
procedures and safeguards to assist consumers with accessing, editing,
exporting, and deleting any or all of their personal data. And neither job will
be easy.
Repeat! Mark is not
running for President in 2020! Maybe the
charity will run?
Mark Zuckerberg hires former Hillary Clinton pollster
The charitable initiative of Facebook founder Mark
Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, has reportedly taken on Democratic
pollster Joel Benenson as a consultant, further fuelling speculation about his
possible political ambitions.
… The Chan
Zuckerberg Initiative also took on Obama campaign manager David Plouffe earlier
this year to head up policy and advocacy, as well as Amy Dudley, a former
adviser to Clinton running mate Tim Kaine who is now the charity’s
spokesperson.
PowerPoint. Enough
said.
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