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Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill

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Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers said he was troubled by the report and is now asking technology companies and federal agencies for information about the frequency of such schemes. Today, one of the U.S. At issue are forged “emergency data requests,” (EDRs) sent through hacked police or government agency email accounts.

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Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”

Krebs on Security

Virtually all major technology companies serving large numbers of users online have departments that routinely review and process such requests, which are typically granted as long as the proper documents are provided and the request appears to come from an email address connected to an actual police department domain name.

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Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths

Krebs on Security

This includes people who run or work at cryptocurrency-focused companies; those who participate as speakers at public conferences centered around Blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies; and those who like to talk openly on social media about their crypto investments.

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Google Suspends Chinese E-Commerce App Pinduoduo Over Malware

Krebs on Security

Google said it believes the exploit chain for Samsung devices belonged to a “commercial surveillance vendor,” without elaborating further. The highly technical writeup also did not name the malicious app in question.

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