Distributed Denial of Secrets Releases BlueLeaks Exposing Files From hundreds Of police Departments
14BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments
Hundreds of thousands of potentially sensitive files from police departments across the United States were leaked online last week. The collection, dubbed “BlueLeaks” and made searchable online, stems from a security breach at a Texas web design and hosting company that maintains a number of state law enforcement data-sharing portals.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/06/blueleaks-exposes-files-from-hundreds-of-police-departments/
A new group devoted to transparency is exposing secrets Wikileaks chose to keep
“THE TRUTH IS ITS OWN GOAL,” Emma Best says of the new journalist collective, Distributed Denial of Secrets. Think of DDoSecrets (a play on the name of a type of cyberattack called a “distributed denial of service”) as an alternative to Wikileaks—indeed, in some cases it hosts the same material—that devotes more attention to explaining its standards for the material it distributes and less to eye-catching press releases. It distributes caches of previously secret data—emails, government records, contracts—some via direct download through the site linked above, some by carefully vetted request. “We simply want to make the information available, and to prevent it from disappearing,” Best, who is the only non-pseudonymous member, says.
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/emma-best-ddosecrets.php
Leaked documents show what it looks like when TikTok hands over a user's data to police
Like all apps, TikTok is constantly collecting information about its users. Newly leaked documents show what happens when that information is requested by police.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-police-law-enforcement-requests-2020-7