The Host Unknown Podcast Episode 57 - The Deleted Show Notes Episode
This Week in InfoSec
20th May 1993: Neil Woods (24) and Karl Strickland (22) became the first people imprisoned under the UK's 1990 Computer Misuse Act.
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1395711166580731908
22nd May 1991: Michael John Lauffenburger's logic bomb was set to detonate on a system at General Dynamics. He'd implemented it 2 months prior. Lauffenburger later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of computer tampering.
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1396858379285549059
Rant of the Week
Citizen is an app where users report "incidents" in their neighborhoods and, based on those reports and police scanner transcriptions, the app sends "real-time safety alerts" to users about crime and other incidents happening near where a user is located. It is essentially a mapping app that allows users to both report and learn about crime (or what users of the app perceive to be crime) in their neighborhood.
CITIZEN CEO OFFERED TO PERSONALLY FUND LA ARSON MANHUNT — FOR THE WRONG PERSON
More on Citizen Shithousery:
Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force
Citizen data scraped and dumped on dark web
Billy Big Balls of the Week
Nigerian cyber criminals target Texas unemployment system
Cyber criminals use Gmail feature to register the same email address multiple times
Industry News
Telemarketing Fraudster Jailed for 10 Years
Ransomware Gang Gifts Decryption Tool to HSE
Air India: Supplier Breach Hit 4.5 Million Passengers
Amex Fined After Sending Over Four Million Spam Emails
FBI Employee Indicted Over Illegal Document Removal
Europe’s Top Human Rights Court Rules UK Mass Surveillance Illegal
Influencers Offered Money to Vilify Vaccine
Chinese Phishing Attack Targets High-Profile Uyghurs
Tweet of the Week
Students Stuff the Context Box
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1395843517189132300
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