Massive Oklahoma Government Data Leak Exposes 7 Years of FBI Investigations – unsecured rsync

Last December, a whopping 3 terabytes of unprotected data from the Oklahoma Securities Commission was uncovered by Greg Pollock, a researcher with cybersecurity firm UpGuard. It amounted to millions of files, many on sensitive FBI investigations, all of which were left wide open on a server with no password, accessible to anyone with an internet Read more about Massive Oklahoma Government Data Leak Exposes 7 Years of FBI Investigations – unsecured rsync[…]

Let’s Encrypt ends TLS-SNI-01 validation support

Let’s Encrypt allows subscribers to validate domain control using any one of a few different validation methods. For much of the time Let’s Encrypt has been operating, the options were “DNS-01”, “HTTP-01”, and “TLS-SNI-01”. We recently introduced the “TLS-ALPN-01” method. Today we are announcing that we will end all support for the TLS-SNI-01 validation method Read more about Let’s Encrypt ends TLS-SNI-01 validation support[…]

Famous freak wave recreated in laboratory mirrors Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’

A team of researchers based at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh have recreated for the first time the famous Draupner freak wave measured in the North Sea in 1995. The Draupner wave was one of the first confirmed observations of a freak wave in the ocean; it was observed on the 1st of January Read more about Famous freak wave recreated in laboratory mirrors Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’[…]

TAUS – machine matching for better AI translations

TAUS, the language data network, is an independent and neutral industry organization. We develop communities through a program of events and online user groups and by sharing knowledge, metrics and data that help all stakeholders in the translation industry develop a better service. We provide data services to buyers and providers of language and translation services. Read more about TAUS – machine matching for better AI translations[…]

Online casino group leaks information on 108 million bets, including winner personal details

An online casino group has leaked information on over 108 million bets, including details about customers’ personal information, deposits, and withdrawals, ZDNet has learned. The data leaked from an ElasticSearch server that was left exposed online without a password, Justin Paine, the security researcher who discovered the server, told ZDNet. ElasticSearch is a portable, high-grade Read more about Online casino group leaks information on 108 million bets, including winner personal details[…]

Google fined $57 million by French data privacy body for hiding terms and forcing users to accept intrusion or lose access

Google has been hit by a €50 million ($57 million) fine by French data privacy body CNIL (National Data Protection Commission) for failure to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulations. The CNIL said that it was fining Google for “lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding the ads Read more about Google fined $57 million by French data privacy body for hiding terms and forcing users to accept intrusion or lose access[…]

Torrent Paradise Creates Decentralized ‘Pirate Bay’ With IPFS

The BitTorrent protocol has a decentralized nature but the ecosystem surrounding it has some weak spots. Torrent sites, for example, use centralized search engines which are prone to outages and takedowns. Torrent-Paradise tackles this problem with IPFS, a searchable torrent indexer that’s shared by the people. IPFS, short for InterPlanetary File System, has been around Read more about Torrent Paradise Creates Decentralized ‘Pirate Bay’ With IPFS[…]