Here we go again...
http://www.databreaches.net/?p=20035
AntiSec hackers release ‘largest cache yet’ of law enforcement data
Zack Whittaker reports:
Hackers associated with the AntiSec movement — a LulzSec and Anonymous combined effort to breach systems with weak security — have released a 10GB in size cache of data belonging to law enforcement.
Known as ‘Shooting Sherrifs Saturday’, this follows ‘F**k FBI Friday’ in June, where LulzSec published hundreds of hacked usernames, passwords and other details from an FBI contractor.
In the latest cache, over 300 email accounts, personal information of suspects and officers, police training videos, and the contents of an insecure anonymous tip system can be found. Confidential information such as personal details of informants and police officers alike are included in the cache, along with social security numbers and credit card information.
Read more on ZDNet.
A Google spreadsheet. Depressing.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20071830-245/keeping-up-with-the-hackers-chart/
Keeping up with the hackers (chart)
A 10 minute video... ISPs will slow your connection based on accusations by content owners. Interesting points, including (paraphrased): Internet is not like the phone providers where no one listens to your call to determine if you are doing anything wrong...
ISPs Will Now Be Copyright Cops
"Wendy Seltzer, Fellow at Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy, talks about the new plan by ISPs and content providers to 'crack down on what users can do with their internet connections' using a 6-step warning system to curb online copyright infringement."
[From the comments:
Massive Respect for Wendy Seltzer
She explicitly said that "study after study has shown that those who pirate the most frequently are also the ones who are willing to pay the most for legal access to that copyrighted material." And then she also pointed out that it's disturbing to see the conglomeration of media companies and service providers like NBC-Comcast.
For my Ethical Hackers.
DARPA Commits To Funding Useful Hacking Projects
"Fahmida Y. Rashid reports that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will fund new cyber-security proposals under the new Cyber-Fast Track project intended to cut red tape for hackers to apply for funding for projects that would help the Defense Department secure computer networks, says Peiter Zatko, a hacker known as Mudge who was one of the seven L0pht members who testified before a Senate committee in 1998 that they could bring down the Internet in 30 minutes and is now a program manager for the agency's information innovation office. Anything that could help the military will be considered, including bug-hunting exercises, commodity high-end computing and open software tools and projects with the potential to 'reduce attack surface areas, reverse current asymmetries' are of particular interest. Under the Cyber-Fast Track initiative, DARPA will fund between 20 to 100 projects annually. Open to anybody, researchers can pitch DARPA with ideas and have a project approved and funded within 14 days of the application."
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