![]() ![]() "This pay-for-removal scheme attempts to profit off of someone else's humiliation," California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement. The other two defendants are Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie and David Usdan. Two of the alleged site owners, Thomas Keesee and Sahar Sarid, were arrested in Florida on Thursday. The California attorney general's office charged four people with extortion, money laundering, and identity theft on Wednesday for their alleged involvement with the website, which posts people's mugshots, but will take them down for a fee. Owners Arrested for Extortion in California Meanwhile, researchers discovered a major flaw in two widely-used encrypted email protocols, and Facebook and Google+ are still riddled with grisly jihadi content depicting and promoting violence. And the Department of Justice successfully prosecuted two men behind a popular malware development tool Scan4You after the security firm Trend Micro brought extensive information about the platform to the FBI. And senators questioned former Cambridge Analytica research director Christopher Wylie on Wednesday, looking to gain some clarity on the company's privacy-infringing tactics.Īlphabet's Jigsaw incubator announced free DDoS attack protection for any US political campaign or candidate-a helpful last-minute option with the midterm elections just six months away. WIRED took a deep look at Robert Mueller's military service in Vietnam and his first year as special counsel, examining the Trump campaign’s interactions with Russia. ![]() ![]() As is often the case, it was a week of mixed messages in security, with the White House eliminating its top cybersecurity policy roles at a crucial moment in geopolitics and the evolution of cyberwar. ![]()
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