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The Register
What was the plan, showing her his big iron? A now-former manager at Computacenter claims he was unfairly fired after alerting management that a colleague was repeatedly giving his girlfriend unauthorized access to Deutsche Bank's server rooms.…
Krebs on Security
A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged last week that denizens of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) siphoned gigabytes of data from the agency's sensitive case files in early March. The whistleblower said accounts created for DOGE at the NLRB downloaded three code repositories from GitHub. Further investigation into one of those code bundles shows it is remarkably similar to a program published in January 2025 by Marko Elez, a 25-year-old DOGE employee who has worked at a number of Musk's companies.
Krebs on Security
A security architect with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that employees from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) transferred gigabytes of sensitive data from agency case files in early March, using short-lived accounts configured to leave few traces of network activity. The NLRB whistleblower said the unusual large data outflows coincided with multiple blocked login attempts from an Internet address in Russia that tried to use valid credentials for a newly-created DOGE user account.
The Register
Ignored infosec rules, exfiltrated data … then the mysterious login attempts from a Russian IP address began – claim Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation after a tech staffer at the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) blew the whistle on the cost-trimming DOGE's activities at the employment watchdog – which the staffer claims included being granted superuser status in contravention of standard operating procedures, exfiltrating data, and seemingly leaking credentials to someone with a Russian IP address.…
Dark Reading
The security researcher who notified the media of the breach will be free from the city's lawsuit, but not without a caveat.
Dark Reading
Informants have released data that includes thousands of safety complaints the company has received about its self-driving capability, as well as sensitive information regarding current and past employees.
The Register
A long way from password crackers for Windows NT for former L0pht legend Former Twitter security chief and whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko has landed his first official role since he left the company, a part-time job as "executive in residence" with cybersecurity firm Rapid7.…
Dark Reading
Businesses need to turn privacy and security into an advantage. Store less data, and live up to customer expectations that their information is protected. Take small steps, be transparent about data management, and chose partners carefully.
Dark Reading
Twitter did not know what data it had nor who had access to it, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko told Congressional lawmakers during a Senate panel hearing.
The Register
Mudge tells senators his former bosses are 'terrified' of the French, US regulators are toothless Twitter's former head of security Peiter "Mudge" Zatko on Tuesday told the US Senate Judiciary Committee that the social media company's lax data handling and inability to present problems to its board of directors threaten the privacy, security, and democracy for Americans.…