Security News
San Francisco legislators this week changed course on their killer robot policy, banning the police from using remote-control bots fitted with explosives. "This fight isn't over, but we are grateful that the board explicitly banned police robots with deadly force," San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston said in a statement following Tuesday's decision to send the policy back to the drawing board.
San Francisco police can deploy so-called "Killer robots" following a Board of Supervisors' vote on Tuesday, clearing the cops to use robots equipped with explosives in extreme situations. The robots primarily will be used to neutralize and dispose of bombs, and provide video reconnaissance, according to San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman.
San Francisco police are now set to use non-city-owned video cameras for real-time surveillance under a rule approved by the Board of Supervisors. The controversial policy [PDF] allows the US West Coast city's cops to use privately owned surveillance cameras and camera networks to conduct investigations as well as to live monitor "Significant events with public safety concerns" and investigations relating to active misdemeanor and felony violations.
NFL's San Francisco 49ers are mailing notification letters confirming a data breach affecting more than 20,000 individuals following a ransomware attack that hit its network earlier this year. The San Francisco Bay Area professional American football team confirmed that personal information belonging to 20,930 impacted individuals was accessed and/or stolen in the attack between February 6 and February 11, 2022.
The new proposal-championed by Mayor London Breed after November's wild weekend of orchestrated burglaries and theft in the San Francisco Bay Area-would authorize the police department to use non-city-owned security cameras and camera networks to live monitor "Significant events with public safety concerns" and ongoing felony or misdemeanor violations. Currently, the police can only request historical footage from private cameras related to specific times and locations, rather than blanket monitoring.
San Francisco lawmakers are mulling a proposed law that would allow police to use private security cameras - think: those in residential doorbells, medical clinics, and retail shops - in real time for surveillance purposes. The new proposal - championed by Mayor London Breed after November's wild weekend of orchestrated burglaries and theft in the San Francisco Bay Area - would authorize the police department to use non-city-owned security cameras and camera networks to live monitor "Significant events with public safety concerns" and ongoing felony or misdemeanor violations.
San Francisco police have been using driverless cars for surveillance to assist in law enforcement investigations. A handful of tech giants have pledged more than $30 million to implement a plan to improve open-source and software supply chain security.
American football team the San Francisco 49ers have been hit by ransomware, with the criminals responsible claiming to have stolen corporate data and threatened to publish it. Calling itself Blackbyte, the ransomware gang responsible published samples of stolen documents on a dark web blog over the weekend, as seen by The Register.
The NFL's San Francisco 49ers team is recovering from a cyberattack by the BlackByte ransomware gang who claims to have stolen data from the American football organization.The 49ers confirmed the attack in a statement to BleepingComputer and said it caused a temporary disruption to portions of their IT network.
Last summer, the San Francisco police illegally used surveillance cameras at the George Floyd protests. It prohibits city agencies like the SFPD from acquiring, borrowing, or using surveillance technology, without prior approval from the city's Board of Supervisors, following an open process that includes public participation.