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Thomas Brewster

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Senior writer covering security, surveillance and privacy for @Forbes. Tip me anything sensitive on Signal: +1 929-512-7964. Email: [email protected].

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🚨NEW🚨 - Trump supporters on Telegram and X are being targeted by scammers who try to trick folks into believing that just by owning Trump memorabilia they're due millions. One woman sent the fraudsters $150k believing it would unlock $13 million. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

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🚨SCOOP🚨 In what is one of, if not the biggest crypto theft from an individual ever, someone lost $150 million in XRP last year. It's now worth $715 million. How'd it go missing? Feds believe the LastPass hackers are behind it and other crypto thefts. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

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Unsealed court docs: US investigators believe hackers behind the 2022 LastPass breach stole $150M in XRP, now worth ~$700M, from one person in January 2024 (Thomas Brewster / Forbes) forbes.com/sites/thomasbr… techmeme.com/250307/p24#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

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🚨NEW 🚨Google has tried to get AI to read requests from cops for user data and get the information. It was trained on staff work and should make their jobs a lot easier. Except the AI hasn't worked. And now folks are getting laid off. Scoop here: forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

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I don't buy into the deep state thing, but if I did, I imagine it would involve government officials on a Signal chat planning and discussing how to meddle in other countries without the President knowing about it.

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NEW - Staff inside CISA, the government's premier cybersecurity agency, have been left flabbergasted at the use of Signal by senior defense and intelligence officials. Some amazed no one has been fired. The White House is playing down the leak. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

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🚨NEW🚨 To chase down an alleged arsonist who set fire to some Teslas in Las Vegas, the cops got some tower dumps from Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. They helped locate the suspect getaway vehicle via its Verizon onboard Wi-Fi. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

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🚨NEW🚨 The DHS tells me AI generation of child sexual abuse material via social media is exploding. Now a man is accused of taking photos of children from their mom's Facebook account and turning them into CSAM. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

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New: Hoan Ton-That, the co-founder and former CEO of Clearview AI, has been removed from the controversial facial recognition company's board. forbes.com/sites/davidjea…

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🚨NEW🚨 Cops secretly took control of the dark web's Gmail alternative. In 2023, Dutch police seized the Darknet Mail Exchange, DNMX, finding evidence of terrorism, drug trafficking and child sexual abuse. US and EU also have access to the emails. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

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🚨NEW🚨 Trump's China tariffs look set to make his immigration mission much more expensive. Massive ICE and CBP tech contractors like Axon and Cellebrite are both expecting increased costs, Axon warning of a potential price hike for customers. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

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🚨NEW🚨 The DOJ and Microsoft had a major bust up earlier this year, as the agency said the tech giant, "regularly and substantially fails to comply" with its requests for user data. Microsoft appears to have a backlog of data demands, much like Google. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…