The ride-sharing service was hacked. The attacker is thought to have gained full access to the systems. The company says it has no evidence that the attacker accessed users' trip logs. As of late Friday afternoon, relatively few details were available, so be prepared for the other shoe to fall.
Peiter "Mudge" Zatko testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee about his claims against the company. Zatko seems to be having the intended effect by blowing the whistle. According to WIRED contributor Matt Laslo, the hearing has renewed US lawmakers' hopes of better regulating Big Tech.
We hope you won't need to use the two new security features in Apple's newest operating system. The cyberwar chief of Ukraine, Yurii Shchyhol, gave us an update on the battlefront in the country's war with Russia. There is a fight going on in the US Congress over the passage of a new federal privacy law.
There is more to come. The news we didn't cover is highlighted each week. The full stories can be found below. Stay safe out there.
If you have crossed the US border in the last few years, there is a chance that your text messages, contacts, call records, and more are in a Customs and Border Protection database. According to Senator Ron Wyden, the Customs and Border Protection agency copies data from as many as 10,000 devices annually. These phones, tablets, and computers are searched by agents. Chris Magnus, commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection, told Wyden that the content taken off the devices is in a central database. Wyden condemned the practice as an "egregious violation" of citizens' constitutional rights.
It shouldn't be a big deal that we are being surveilled. One thing to know is that you are being watched and another is to see it in action. The follower is a project by Belgian artist Dries Depoorter. Depoorter was able to find the exact moments when people took their photos with the help of artificial intelligence. It is a potent reminder that someone could be looking at you whenever you are out in public.
The US Department of Justice this week indicted three Iranian nationals for carrying out a series of ransomware attacks that targeted a swath of entities in at least five countries. The Justice Department says that victims in the US include a utility company in Mississippi and an accounting firm in New Jersey. Entities in the health care sector are also targets. The FBI's Most Wanted list has three people on it, and the US State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information that leads to their location.
The popular school messaging app Seesaw was hacked and used to send out a picture of a goat. Don't use a search engine to find it. NBC News reported that school districts in Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, and Texas said they were exposed to the image. The company is taking the matter very seriously and is trying to prevent further spread of these images from being sent or seen by any Seesaw users.
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