This Week in InfoSec

20th May 1993: Neil Woods (24) and Karl Strickland (22) became the first people imprisoned under the UK's 1990 Computer Misuse Act. 

Hackers given six months for 'intellectual joyriding': Judge says jail sentences inevitable to deter others 'similarly tempted'

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1395711166580731908

22nd May 1991: Michael John Lauffenburger's logic bomb was set to detonate on a system at General Dynamics. He'd implemented it 2 months prior. Lauffenburger later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of computer tampering.

Hacker Pleads Guilty in ‘Logic Bomb’ Scheme : Crime: Ex-General Dynamics programmer tried to sabotage computers so the company would have to pay him to fix the problem.

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1396858379285549059

Rant of the Week

Citizen is an app where users report "incidents" in their neighborhoods and, based on those reports and police scanner transcriptions, the app sends "real-time safety alerts" to users about crime and other incidents happening near where a user is located. It is essentially a mapping app that allows users to both report and learn about crime (or what users of the app perceive to be crime) in their neighborhood.

CITIZEN CEO OFFERED TO PERSONALLY FUND LA ARSON MANHUNT — FOR THE WRONG PERSON

More on Citizen Shithousery:

Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force

Citizen data scraped and dumped on dark web

Billy Big Balls of the Week

Nigerian cyber criminals target Texas unemployment system

Cyber criminals use Gmail feature to register the same email address multiple times

Industry News

Telemarketing Fraudster Jailed for 10 Years

Ransomware Gang Gifts Decryption Tool to HSE

Air India: Supplier Breach Hit 4.5 Million Passengers

Amex Fined After Sending Over Four Million Spam Emails

FBI Employee Indicted Over Illegal Document Removal

Europe’s Top Human Rights Court Rules UK Mass Surveillance Illegal

Influencers Offered Money to Vilify Vaccine

Data Breach at Canada Post

Chinese Phishing Attack Targets High-Profile Uyghurs

Tweet of the Week

Students Stuff the Context Box

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1395843517189132300

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