Enlarge / = (credit: SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images) TikTok is under investigation by US government agencies over its handling of child sexual abuse material, as the burgeoning short-form video app struggles to moderate a flood of new content. Dealing with sexual predators has been an enduring challenge for social media platforms, but […]
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CBP’s warrantless Usage of Mobile Phone location Information is under Analysis
Expand (charge: Getty Images | skaman306) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general is investigating the government’s usage of mobile phone location information accessed without search warrants. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a branch of DHS,”has obtained a government company named Venntel almost half a million bucks to get access to some commercial […]
FBI/DHS: Government election Methods face Danger from Busy Zerologon exploits
Expand (credit: Getty Images) Even the FBI and the cybersecurity arm at the Department of Homeland Security said they’ve discovered hackers harnessing a critical Windows vulnerability against local and state authorities and in some circumstances the attacks have been used to breach networks utilized to encourage elections. Participants of unspecific APTs–that the abbreviation for complex […]