We live in confusing times when those whom society brands
as “criminals” are more ethical than their victims.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai writes:
Back in July of last year, the
controversial government spying and hacking tool seller Hacking
Team was hacked itself by an outside attacker. The breach made headlines worldwide, but no
one knew much about the perpetrator or how he did it.
That mystery has finally been
revealed.
After eight months of almost
complete silence, the pseudonymous digital vigilante behind the hack has
resurfaced, publishing a
detailed explanation of how he broke into the company’s systems and laid
bare its most closely guarded secrets.
Read more on Motherboard.
The investigation continues.
20
Foreigners Linked to $81 Million Bangladesh Bank Heist: Police
… Lead police
investigator in the case, Shah Alam, said "at least 20 people from
multiple foreign countries" have been found to have been involved with the
robbery.
… Bangladesh's
ambassador in Manila, John Gomes, said the hackers were from nations other than
the Philippines.
… Investigators
had earlier said local hackers were likely involved as "the names of local
development projects were used in the payment advices sent to the Federal
Reserve Bank".
Earlier this month, detectives found suspicious malwares
in the central bank's computer system which had been sending information to
Egypt, although it is unclear whether this played a role in the heist.
The spectacular cyber-theft has embarrassed the
government, triggered outrage in the impoverished country and raised alarm over
the security of Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves of more than $27
billion.
… They attempted
to steal a further $850 million by bombarding the New York bank with dozens of
transfer requests, but the bank's security systems and typing errors
in some requests prevented the full theft.
The central bank governor, his two deputies and the
country's top banking bureaucrat have lost
their jobs over the incident and the government has been scrambling to
contain the damage from the spiralling scandal.
Long and interesting.
America's
biggest police department is using Facebook to take down its most dangerous
gangs
… While individual
assaults or shootings may not be enough to prove a conspiracy, Facebook
messages are often used to offer compelling evidence that a criminal network
exists.
… In recent years,
conspiracy indictments have grown to rely more heavily on Facebook messages
than anything else. Lane estimated that
60% of the overt acts alleged by the Manhattan DA in two
2014 indictments consisted of quotes taken
from Facebook.
… Although similar
indictments in states such as Michigan
and California have
used social-media evidence to build a case for conspiracy charges, it's
difficult to determine how common the practice is throughout the
US. It is clear, however, that prosecutors
in New York have increasingly relied on it.
"It still feels like the Wild West,"
Lane said. "I feel like we're
going to start seeing a lot more social-media evidence, just because so much of
life is entered there."
Because researching law is useful.
New on
LLRX – Legal Research at Your Fingertips: Lexis Views, Bestlaw, and Google for
Lawyers?
by Sabrina I. Pacifici on Apr 17, 2016
Via LLRX.com
– Legal
Research at Your Fingertips: Lexis Views, Bestlaw, and Google for Lawyers?
– Ashley
Ahlbrand is the Educational Technology at Librarian Indiana University’s
Maurer School of Law. Her expert
teaching and training skills offer readers insights into the role of Google as
well as integrative browser add-ons like Lexis Views in preparing students to
effectively and comprehensively complete research assignments.
There’s an App for that!
LinkedIn’s
newest app helps college grads find jobs
For all the talk about its benefit to the “economic graph,”
one of the main things LinkedIn is
recognized for is being an online resume — it’s a social network that most
professionals understand how to take advantage of. But what about those who aren’t working yet,
specifically college students who are about to graduate but have no idea what
they want to do afterwards?
It’s a question that some of us face as we’re starting
out: What job can I get with my major? LinkedIn
saw this problem and has developed LinkedIn Students, an app that gives you a
starting point for exploring the first stage of your professional career. Available starting Monday to users in the
U.S., the app highlights companies and job titles that might be suitable, based
on what school you attend and the area you’re majoring in. Students can also get started building their
network, as LinkedIn Students lists any alumni that work at each recommended
company.
In case my students feel geeky…
How to
Create a Telegram Bot in Ruby
… This
tutorial by Ardian Haxha on the SitePoint blog shows followers how to
quickly create a Telegram bot in Ruby. The tutorial begins with signing up for an
account and creating a new bot, then using the telegram-bot-ruby
gem to interact with the bot API.
For my (you had better be) researching students.
How to
Convert PDF to Word for Free
Dilbert perfectly(?) sums up the Privacy vs. National
Security debate.
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