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Two individuals have been charged with being members of ViLE, a group of doxxers that even impersonated police officers to obtain personal information about their victims.

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Hackers fool major tech companies into handing over data of women and minors to abuse

April 28, 2022 admin Alex Stamos, Allison Nixon, Alphabet, child exploitation, discord, doxxing, Facebook, google, harassment, juvenile hackers, meta, Social engineering, SWATting, teen hackers, Twitter

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:01:36 +0000

Law enforcement believes that these hackers duping major tech companies are teenagers. But they are causing severe harm.

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Please stop posting your X-rays to social media

June 9, 2017 admin cybercrime, doxxing, hacking, health records, medical records, MRI, privacy, Social engineering, social media, X-Ray

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:00:36 +0000

Many people post unredacted medical images to Twitter and Instagram. They shouldn’t because the details included on the image often can compromise personal identity online and in rare instances, lead to a possible attack on an exposed piece of medical IT infrastructure.

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