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Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

April 27, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, Apple, AT&T, Coinbase, discord, emergency data request, FBI, github, Google, kodex, LinkedIn, matt donahue, meta, Microsoft, snapchat, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm, TikTok, twilio, twitter, verizon, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:27:35 +0000

When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers, many security experts called it a fundamentally unfixable problem. But don’t tell that to Matt Donahue, a former FBI agent who recently quit the agency to launch a startup that aims to help tech companies do a better job screening out phony law enforcement data requests — in part by assigning trustworthiness or “credit ratings” to law enforcement authorities worldwide.

Independent Krebs Security

Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill

March 31, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, Apple, bloomberg, Bug, discord, facebook, Instagram, lapsus, meta, Ne'er-Do-Well News, sen. ron wyden, snapchat, twitter, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 22:54:45 +0000

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers said he was troubled by the report and is now asking technology companies and federal agencies for information about the frequency of such schemes.

Independent Krebs Security

Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”

March 29, 2022 0 Comments anitsu, data extortion, discord, doxbin, emergency data request, everlynn, fake edr, FBI, kt, lapsus, mark rasch, Microsoft, miku, Ne'er-Do-Well News, oklaqq, palo alto networks, pompompurin, recursion team, The Coming Storm, unit 221b, Web Fraud 2.0, white, whitedoxbin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:07:27 +0000

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. It involves compromising email accounts and websites tied to police departments and government agencies, and then sending unauthorized demands for subscriber data while claiming the information being requested can’t wait for a court order because it relates to an urgent matter of life and death.

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