Plus: A leaked US “no fly” list, the SCOTUS leaker slips investigators, and PayPal gets stuffed.
. The operation used weaknesses in the advertising ecosystem to target some 1,700 apps and 11 million phones, resulting in around 12 billion requests for ads each day at Vastflux’s peak. The fraud has since been largely shut down, but those behind it have yet to be named.
Fraud aside, it’s increasingly lucky to be able to get online at all. Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare this week published its first annual report intoand found a startling uptick. From outages in North Carolina caused by an attack on the power grid to Iran’s authoritarian internet shutdowns meant to stifle anti-government protests, 2022 is looking like the first year in a new era of online blackouts.
But that’s not all. Each week we dive into the stories we weren’t able to cover in-depth ourselves. Click on the headlines to read the full stories. And stay safe out there. Hundreds of law enforcement agencies in the United States have access to a little-known database of 150 million money transfers sent between the US, Mexico, and 22 other regions, according to a report this week by.
According to the report, the program was created to assist government agencies in gathering evidence of financial crimes such as fraud and money laundering. However, it has raised concerns among privacy advocates as it allows bulk access to data on money transfers, which are not as heavily regulated as traditional banking transactions.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
House Judiciary Committee to investigate leak of Supreme Court opinion after SCOTUS whiffsThe House Judiciary Committee will investigate the leak of the opinion that signaled the overturning of Roe v. Wade, after a formal investigation failed to identify the culprit.
Read more »
PayPal breach leaks sensitive data of thousands of users | Digital TrendsPayPal has recently suffered a massive databreach that might have left tens of thousands of users at risk of identity theft.
Read more »
Sen. Kennedy sends message to SCOTUS leaker: 'Congratulations, butthead,' you almost got a justice killedSen. John Kennedy, R-La., slammed the decision to not continue to find who leaked the Dobbs decision on Roe v. Wade after justices were targeted by abortion activists.
Read more »
Lawrence on SCOTUS leak report: What about Ginni Thomas?MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why it’s almost certain none the Supreme Court justices or their spouses were interviewed in the investigation that failed to identify who leaked the draft ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade despite credible reasons to investigate them and how the Chief Justice’s statement about why it was leaked shows the conservative majority has no interest in analyzing the harm that decision is causing to women and girls.
Read more »