In a statement released the day before the investigation was announced, Jayd Henricks, the group’s president, said: “It’s not about heterosexual or homosexual priests and seminarians. It is about conduct that harms everyone involved, to some extent and in some way, and is a witness against the ministry of the church.”
There are no national US data privacy laws that prohibit the sale of this type of data.
On Wednesday, the District of Columbia health insurance exchange confirmed that it was working with law enforcement to investigate the alleged leak after the database contained the personal information of about 170,000 individuals are for sale on a hacker forum popular with cybercriminals. Breach reported in DC Health Link, as the exchange is known, could expose sensitive personal data of lawmakers, employees, and their families. Thousands of exchange participants work in the US House of Representatives and Senate, and a sample of stolen data is reviewed by CyberScoop pointed out that the victims of the breach also ranged from lobbyists to cafe employees.
According to a letter sent to the head of the DC Health Benefits Exchange from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the FBI apparently purchased some stolen data from the dark web. While the FBI has yet to determine the extent of the breach, according to the letter, “the size and scope of the affected House customers could be substantial.”
A Politico report published March 7 details how Ring, Amazon’s home surveillance company, turned over videos to law enforcement that were captured with a man’s 20 Ring camera. Mr. Ohio against his will. In December, the Hamilton Police Department requested a subpoena for camera footage—including footage from inside the man’s home—while investigating his neighbor. According to the report, after he was ready to provide video to police showing the road outside his home, police used the court to access additional footage against his will.
While law enforcement often seeks warrants for digital data, such warrants are often related to the subject of a particular investigation. However, as networked home surveillance cameras become more and more popular, sometimes covers city blocks, law enforcement is increasingly turning to individuals completely unrelated to the case to provide data. According to Politico, the lack of legal controls over what police can claim has opened the door for police to legally obtain footage of an outsider’s home.
After Politico’s story, Gizmodo reports that a Ring customer service agent told a concerned customer that the Politico story was a “hoax” perpetrated by a competitor. In response, an Amazon spokesperson told Gizmodo that the company did not in fact think the story was a hoax and that the claim was the result of a misunderstanding on the part of customer support staff. “We will ensure that the agent receives the appropriate training,” the spokesperson said.
‘s old roommate note fafalist George Santos told federal authorities that the US congressman from Long Island, New York, orchestrated a credit card theft operation in Seattle in 2017. In a statement sent to authorities and obtained by Politico , this Brazilian man convicted of credit card fraud and deported from the United States—told the FBI, “Santos taught me how to skim card information and how to copy cards. He gave me all the materials and taught me how to put skimming devices and cameras on ATMs.”
According to the statement, Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha met Santos in 2016 when he rented his room in his Florida apartment. There, Santos is said to have taught Trelha how to use a credit card duplication device and eventually brought him to Seattle to begin stealing financial information. “My deal with Santos is 50% for him, 50% for me,” wrote Trelha.
