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Kindles could be hacked using e-books, the DIA collects location data without a warrant, and an ADT tech was spying on couples! All that coming up now on ThreatWire.  

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Kindle Ebook Email Hack Allows Attackers to Hijack Accounts:

https://medium.com/realmodelabs/kindledrip-from-your-kindles-email-address-to-using-your-credit-card-bb93dbfb2a08 
https://thehackernews.com/2021/01/sharing-ebook-with-your-kindle-could.html
https://threatpost.com/amazon-kindle-attack-email/163282/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93wgzy/bugs-allowed-hackers-to-hack-kindle-accounts-with-malicious-ebooks

DIA Bought Cell Phone Location Data Without Warrants:

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/dia-memo-for-wyden-on-commercially-available-smartphone-locational-data/d7d41dccdd1d46b0/full.pdf 
https://www.cnet.com/news/intelligence-agency-buys-location-data-on-us-residents-without-warrants/ 
https://www.cyberscoop.com/phone-location-data-privacy-dia-dhs/ 
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/22/22244848/us-intelligence-memo-admits-buying-smartphone-location-data 

ADT Tech Spies On Couples and Women:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/adt-technician-pleads-guilty-hacking-home-security-footage 
https://www.cyberscoop.com/adt-technician-aviles-spying-women/
https://threatpost.com/adt-hacks-home-security-cameras/163271/ 
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/01/home-alarm-tech-backdoored-security-cameras-to-spy-on-customers-having-sex/ 

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