New from 404 Media: a startup is selling data hacked from peoples' computers to debt collectors, divorce lawyers, more. People already hacked, now being re-vicitmized by startup. I used the tool, found peoples' personal addresses. “This is so gross and predatory.”

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A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples’ Computers to Debt Collectors

Infostealer data can include passwords, email and billing addresses, and the embarrassing websites you use. Farnsworth Intelligence is selling to d...

I wrote about handling the hacked ICE deportation flight manifests, how we revealed the unknown people on the 3 legally contested deportation flights to El Salvador, and why journalists should not indiscriminately dump data. Most complicated hacking story we've done

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Behind the Blog: High Stakes Data Dumps

This week, we discuss data dumps, high stakes, and lizard brain screen time.