More details have emerged about how Facebook data on millions of US voters was handled after it was obtained in 2014 by UK political consultancy Cambridge Analytica for building psychographic profiles of Americans to target election messages for the Trump campaign. The dataset — of more than 50M Facebook users — is at the center […]
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Atlanta Ransomware Attack Leaves Court Systems Offline As City Enters Recovery Phase …
“We are dealing with a hostage situation,” Atlanta’s Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told reporters this week as her government, the target of a malicious cyberattack, ground to a halt. Residents were kept from paying their bills, and those trying to go online to switch on water services at new homes have been left with dry […]
WAT?: Google Targeting ‘Underserved or Low-Income’ Teens on Fake News…
As Facebook and other Internet sources continue to come under fire for promulgating fake news, Google decided that more education at a younger age is required. Pledging $3 million to fight the “fake-news epidemic,” Google is seeking to educate teens so that they can differentiate between online fact and fiction. The project aims to reach […]
Surveillance State? Nah, Can’t Happen…Because it Happened Already…
Many have argued that there is neither a surveillance state, nor a concerted effort to disarm the public door-to-door, house by house, etc. Some of these are far-leftists, masquerading as conservatives…trying to appear “skeptically cynical.” We’ll “game” the thought, to bring everyone back from opacity to transparency. The Communists, Marxists, Leftists, Progressives, Liberals, Democrats, and […]
Leader of Hacking Group Who Stole $1B from Banks Arrested in Spain…
Spanish Police has arrested the alleged leader of an organised Russian cybercrime gang behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks, which stole over a billion euros from banks worldwide since 2013. In a coordinated operation with law enforcement agencies across the globe, including the FBI and Europol, Police detained the suspected leader of Carbanak hacking […]
U.S. Charges 9 Iranians with Hacking Universities to Steal Research Data…
The United States Department of Justice has announced criminal charges and sanctions against 9 Iranians involved in hacking universities, tech companies, and government organisations worldwide to steal scientific research resources and academic papers. According to the FBI officials, the individuals are connected to the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company created in 2013 whose members were […]
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U.S. Government Confirms It’s Investigating Facebook, Sending Shares Plummeting…
The US Federal Trade Commission confirmed Monday morning that it has opened a preliminary investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices. The news came in a press release sent out Monday morning, and Facebook’s shares have already dropped more than 5% from opening. The FTC serves as the consumer watchdog over privacy issues, so it’s no surprise […]
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FCC Wants Chinese Tech Out of U.S. Phones, Routers…
U.S. officials are discouraging U.S. telephone and internet companies from purchasing Chinese technology that could be used for surveillance, Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai announced Monday. “Threats to national security posed by certain communications equipment providers are a matter of bipartisan concern,” Pai said. “Hidden ‘back doors’ to our networks in routers, switches — and […]
Yes, a Chinese Space Station Is About to Plummet to Earth…
Sometime between Thursday and the middle of next week, the Chinese space station known as Tiangong-1 is expected to fall out of the sky. Most of the 18,740-pound space lab likely will burn up in the atmosphere, experts said. But not all of it. Between 10% and 40% of the station’s mass probably will land […]
The Uber Crash Is Just the Start: How the Gig Economy Threatens the Future of Work …
Uber, the embodiment of the sharing economy, was once again propelled into the spotlight on March 19, 2018, after one of its self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona. This has resulted in renewed debate over the safety of Uber’s driverless cars, as well as over its illegal and unethical tactics of skirting […]
Overhaul of U.S. Telecoms Database Sparks Fear of Catastrophic Failure…
An impending overhaul of the national U.S. telecommunications database is prompting fears the transition could spark a catastrophic failure, crippling emergency communications networks across the United States, according to industry insiders who told the Washington Free Beacon the foreign firm handling the upcoming transition may not be prepared to initiate the switch. On April 8, […]
Mark Zuckerberg Is Asked If People Can Trust Facebook — His Answer Says It All…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg didn’t give the best answer to CNN Wednesday when asked about whether people can trust his company. CNN’s Laurie Segall asked, “Facebook has asked us to share our data, to share our lives on its platform and it has wanted us to be transparent, and people don’t feel like they’ve received […]
There’s an Open Secret about Cambridge Analytica in the Political World: It Doesn’t Have the ‘Secret Sauce’ It Claims…
As Sen. Ted Cruz mounted a bid for the presidency in 2016, a nascent, data-obsessed company presented his campaign with an intriguing proposition. It had a “secret sauce” that no other firm could deliver. Cambridge Analytica promised a data service that was enhanced by its “psychographic” voter profiles. Unlike other services, Cambridge Analytica could micro-target […]
Tesla Will Pay Elon Musk Only If Company Stocks Does ‘Extraordinarily Well’…
Elon Musk, the head of US electric vehicle producer Tesla, will only get paid if company stock shows strong performance, according to a plan approved by Tesla shareholders on Wednesday. Shareholders agreed on a 10-year performance stock award “entirely contingent on achieving market cap and operational milestones that would make Tesla one of the most […]
What’s Genius for Obama Is Scandal When It Comes to Trump…
On Sunday, The Guardian reported on the supposedly nefarious workings of President Trump’s data-gathering team at Cambridge Analytica. The report suggested that Cambridge Analytica had essentially issued questionnaires through a third party; those questionnaires, which were personality quizzes, requested that you use your Facebook login. Cambridge Analytica then compiled data regarding those who completed the […]
Cambridge Analytica’s Ad Targeting Is the Reason Facebook Exists…
“Thousands of third party apps were designed solely to obtain and sell your data. It’s no surprise that the data ended up being used again on Facebook, one of the biggest advertising platforms on Earth.”
Cambridge Analytica Responds to Dirty Tricks Charge…
Cambridge Analytica rejects the allegations made in tonight’s Channel 4 News story regarding its business practices. The Channel 4 News report contained conversations between Cambridge Analytica senior executives and an undercover reporter posing as a Sri Lankan businessman. The report is edited and scripted to grossly misrepresent the nature of those conversations and how the […]
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The Problem Is Facebook, Not Cambridge Analytica…
Facebook is being hammered for allowing the data firm Cambridge Analytica to acquire 50 million user profiles in the U.S., which it may or may not have used 1 to help the Trump campaign. But the outrage misses the target: There’s nothing Cambridge Analytica could have done that Facebook itself doesn’t offer political clients. Here, […]
Ruh Roh: Former Obama Campaign Director Drops Bombshell Claim on on Facebook: ‘They Were on Our Side’…
A former Obama campaign official is claiming that Facebook knowingly allowed them to mine massive amounts of Facebook data — more than they would’ve allowed someone else to do — because they were supportive of the campaign. In a Sunday tweet thread, Carol Davidsen, former director of integration and media analytics for Obama for America, […]
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Rivals Chip Away at Google’s and Facebook’s U.S. Digital Ad Dominance, Data Show…
Google and Facebook Inc. FB -2.71% have dominated the U.S. digital advertising market for years, earning them the title of “the digital duopoly” and leaving competitors scrambling for crumbs. But now there are signs that platforms like Amazon and Snapchat are chipping away at their market share. In its latest forecast, research company eMarketer predicts […]
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