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US Judge Dismisses New Mexico Privacy Claims Against Google
2020-09-30 12:53

A U.S. district judge has dismissed New Mexico's privacy claims against Google over privacy concerns, but New Mexico's top prosecutor vowed Monday to continue the legal fight to protect child privacy rights. "The law is clear that Google must protect our children's privacy, and we strongly disagree with the court's ruling," New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas said in a statement to The Associated Press.

Romanian Skimmer Gang in Mexico Outed by KrebsOnSecurity Stole $1.2 Billion
2020-06-03 22:00

An exhaustive inquiry published today by a consortium of investigative journalists says a three-part series KrebsOnSecurity published in 2015 on a Romanian ATM skimming gang operating in Mexico's top tourist destinations disrupted their highly profitable business, which raked in an estimated $1.2 billion and enjoyed the protection of top Mexican authorities. The multimedia investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and several international journalism partners detailed the activities of the so-called Riviera Maya crime gang, allegedly a mafia-like group of Romanians who until very recently ran their own ATM company in Mexico called "Intacash" and installed sophisticated electronic card skimming devices inside at least 100 cash machines throughout Mexico.

New Mexico Agencies on Edge Amid Rising Ransomware Attacks
2020-03-23 13:02

New Mexico school districts, universities, and government agencies have collectively spent millions of dollars to regain control of their computer systems after employees unknowingly opened emails containing an encrypted code that effectively shut them out of their systems. The ransomware attacks occurred between January 2018 and February 2020, and have put school districts and agencies on edge amid warnings of more technology terror, the Albuquerque Journal reports.

New Mexico Sues Google Over Children's Privacy
2020-02-24 14:18

New Mexico is suing Google, alleging the company violates federal child privacy law by collecting personal data of students younger than age 13 without their parents' consent. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court, New Mexico alleges that Google collects from children their physical locations, browsing histories including YouTube videos, search terms, personal contact lists, voice recordings, saved passwords and behavioral data.

New Mexico Sues Google Over Collection of Children's Data
2020-02-21 18:54

New Mexico's attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegally collecting personal data generated by children in violation of federal and state laws. In a separate case, Google already has agreed to pay $170 million combined to the Federal Trade Commission and New York state to settle allegations its YouTube video service collected personal data on children without their parents' consent.

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Video from the Gulf of Mexico
2020-01-03 22:25

Boeing convinced itself that their product was extremely safe. I've made my own effort to imagine how this process went so far "Off the rails" and what might have prevented the catastrophe.

Majority of Simjacker Attacks Aimed at Mobile Phones in Mexico
2019-10-14 12:50

Researchers believe hundreds of millions of SIM cards may be vulnerable to Simjacker attacks after determining that the targeted technology, despite being very old, is still used by at least 61...

Friday Squid Blogging: Humbolt Squid in Mexico is Getting Smaller
2019-07-26 21:42

The Humbolt squid are getting smaller: Rawley and the other researchers found a flurry of factors that drove the jumbo squid's demise. The Gulf of California historically cycled between warm-water...

Alleged Chief of Romanian ATM Skimming Gang Arrested in Mexico
2019-04-04 22:44

An alleged top boss of a Romanian crime syndicate that U.S. authorities say is responsible for deploying card-skimming devices at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) throughout North America was...

Pegasus Spyware Targets Investigative Journalists in Mexico
2018-11-27 22:57

Colleagues of slain Javier Valdez Cárdenas, known for investigating drug cartels, were targeted just days after his death.