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These are the cybersecurity stories we were jealous of in 2024
- Here are the top cybersecurity stories reported by other outlets on AT&T hack, automakers sharing driving habits, CIA sending an officer deep undercover to spy, ransomware attacks, etc.
- Independent security reporter Kim Zetter broke the news that AT&T had paid a hacker $370,000 to delete the huge cache of stolen phone records and not publicly release the data
- Kashmir Hill’s investigative report revealed that automakers share consumer’s driving habits with data brokers and insurance companies, which use the data to hike premiums, a dystopian use of a driver’s information against them
- Joseph Cox smartly focused on how cellphone location could help identify people visiting abortion clinics in their article on the U.S. government-bought tool that can track phones at abortion clinics
- Andy Greenberg's profile covered ZachXBT helping recover nearly half a billion $ for scam/theft victims and cracking a $243m heist
- Wired's October report revealed how researchers spent years researching vulnerabilities in Sophos firewalls, subsequently used by Chinese-government-backed hacking groups to steal sensitive data
- The Salt Typhoon hack of U.S. telecom providers by a Chinese government-backed hacking group is one of the biggest hacks in history and prompts action from the U.S. government
- 404 Media explored the underground site where “neural networks” churn out fake IDs at speed, exposing how easy it is to generate fake IDs capable of enabling bank fraud and criminal money laundering
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