Uber ex-CISO Charged ‘Obstruction and Misprision,’ say DoJ/FBI - Security Boulevard

Sullivan Charged—is Kalanick Next?

Joe Sullivan, the former security honcho at @Uber, stands accused of obstructing justice and covering up a crime. It all stems from a cloud #security breach at Uber Technologies in 2016, which leaked the personal information of 57 million drivers.https://t.co/ie9r6jMVGU

— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) August 21, 2020

Secret Service dodges location-data warrants … there’s an app for that - TechBeacon

He’d let us in—knows where we’ve been

Law enforcement continues to buy private data from brokers. And investigative journalists continue to uncover these shocking truths. https://t.co/uoyUn7e5ZY

— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) August 20, 2020

Paper Ballots: More Secure Than E-voting or Blockchain - Security Boulevard

Vote Early, Vote Often

A brace of experts opined at the weekend that voting using paper #ballots is best. Letting computers help is bound to lead to trouble, they both say—independently of each other, it seems. https://t.co/70zgoz5OVV

— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) August 19, 2020

Drovorub: Russia Pushing Invisible Malware, say NSA and FBI - Security Boulevard

Penguin vs. Bear

#FancyBear is at it again, claim @NSAgov and @FBI. This time, it’s said to be infecting #Linux machines with #Drovorub (#rootkit malware that’s very hard to detect). https://t.co/7DbHrm2r2U

— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) August 16, 2020

TikTok hands over data to police as Microsoft eyes buying the app - TechBeacon

Po-po shut us down

It’s emerged that @TikTok_us is handing over user data to US law enforcement. The info is thanks to the #BlueLeaks hack last month. https://t.co/VkZAM2uMUR

— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) August 13, 2020