#Apple and #Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Who Used Forged Legal Requests
The systems for requesting data from companies is a patchwork of different email addresses and company portals. Fulfilling the legal requests can be complicated because there are tens of thousands of different law enforcement agencies, from small police departments to federal agencies, around the world. Different jurisdictions have varying laws concerning the request and release of user data.
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“Dark web underground shops contain compromised email accounts of law enforcement agencies, which could be sold with the attached cookies and metadata for anywhere from $10 to $50,” said Gene Yoo, chief executive officer of the cybersecurity firm Resecurity, Inc.
Our #security is therefore the #responsibility of #authorities who cannot even secure their own access to the #Internet for #law #enforcement. Brave new world.
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