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3,400-Year-old Head of King Ramses II Statue Returned to Egypt After Theft https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/3400-y-o-king-ramses-ii-statue-head-returned-to-egypt-after-theft/

3,400 y-o King Ramses II Statue Head Returned to Egypt After Theft
Working alongside Swiss officials, Gawad and his colleagues were able to establish rightful ownership, and the artifact was seized.

Rockstar Games beordert Angestellte für finale Arbeit an "GTA 6" ins Büro
2025 soll mit Grand Theft Auto 6 eines der am heißesten ersehnten Videospiele überhaupt erscheinen. Daran soll nun nicht mehr im Homeoffice gearbeitet werden.

😿 GTA VI Publisher Cancels $140 Million In New Projects And Lays Off Hundreds
https://kotaku.com/gta-6-grand-theft-auto-take-two-layoffs-cancelled-1851414715

GTA VI Publisher Cancels $140 Million In New Projects And Lays Off Hundreds
Take-Two is the latest big game publisher to can developers

Immer das gleiche Spiel und damit ein systematisches Versagen: ob bei den Studien mit genetischem Material, dass Uiguren unter Zwang abgenommen worden war, oder hier der Plünderung ukrainischer Fundstätten durch Russland - bei der Verleihung von Publikationsweihen sind die großen Verlage gerne dabei.
https…

The way Christopher Nolan invokes the concept of theft here is really interesting. He calls 4K Blu-ray "a version that you can buy and own at home and put on a shelf so no evil streaming service can come steal it from you.” https://www.theverge.com/24…

The case for 4K Blu-ray in a world of streaming
Streaming might be dominant, but physical media is still king. If you want to own your movies in the highest possible quality, then 4K Blu-ray is the obvious choice.

Bitfinex hacker turns government witness, explains tactics used in 2016 theft
https://crypto.news/bitfinex-hacker-tactics-court/

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.06607 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCR_…

False Claims against Model Ownership Resolution
Deep neural network (DNN) models are valuable intellectual property of model owners, constituting a competitive advantage. Therefore, it is crucial to develop techniques to protect against model theft. Model ownership resolution (MOR) is a class of techniques that can deter model theft. A MOR scheme enables an accuser to assert an ownership claim for a suspect model by presenting evidence, such as a watermark or fingerprint, to show that the suspect model was stolen or derived from a source mod…

A US judge clears Chinese state-backed chipmaker Fujian Jinhua of economic espionage and other charges, over five years after the US blacklisted the company (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-2…

Chinese Chipmaker Cleared in US Criminal Trade Secrets Case
A Chinese chipmaker was cleared of economic espionage and other criminal charges in a setback for a US Justice Department crackdown on intellectual property theft by China.

In relation to the recent discovery of the missing Moon in the garden Shed of my Who Stole The Moon pressure group HQ and house, I would like to confirm I have been researching Moon theft and will be releasing a very justifying podcast that I previously recorded but which will only be available in the future.
I will have no further Moon/Shed comments at this time.

This story details a valid cause for alarm with deep fakes and identity theft (without, apparently, recourse).
But I'm posting mainly to shake my head at the unintended pun with "bad actors" in the part I put in the screenshot.
"Women’s faces stolen for AI ads selling ED pills and praising Putin" - The Washington Post

AI hustlers stole women’s faces to put in ads. The law can’t help them.
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft, altering people’s social media posts to sell erectile dysfunction pills or praise Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

People who emulate games should be shot and killed for theft. Emulation is illegal and hurts the industry. I pay for my games. So should you. It's only fair.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/24/revealed-car-industry-was-warned-keyless-vehicles-vulnerable-to-theft-a-decade-ago
Revealed: car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago

Yikes! $4.5 million in gambling debts...
Dodgers fire Shohei Ohtani's interpreter amid allegation of 'massive theft'
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39768770/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-interpreter-fired-theft…

Dodgers fire Shohei Ohtani's interpreter amid allegation of 'massive theft' - ESPN
The interpreter for the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was fired Wednesday after questions surrounding at least $4.5 million in wire transfers sent from Ohtani's bank account to a bookmaking operation set off a series of events.

Scammers are using sample videos of influencers with modest social media presence to create AI deepfake ads that often push offensive products and ideas (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/28/ai-women-clone-ads/

AI hustlers stole women’s faces to put in ads. The law can’t help them.
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft, altering people’s social media posts to sell erectile dysfunction pills or praise Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Secret papers reveal Post Office knew its court defence was false - #BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68663750
'The Post Office said it would be "inappropriate" to comment.'

Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?
https://www.economist.com/business/2024/04/14/generative-ai-is-a-marvel-is-it-also-built-on-theft

Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?
The wonder-technology faces accusations of copyright infringement

This story details a valid cause for alarm with deep fakes and identity theft (without, apparently, recourse).
But I'm posting mainly to shake my head at the unintended pun with "bad actors" in the part I put in the screenshot.
"Women’s faces stolen for AI ads selling ED pills and praising Putin" - The Washington Post

AI hustlers stole women’s faces to put in ads. The law can’t help them.
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft, altering people’s social media posts to sell erectile dysfunction pills or praise Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in crackdown on car theft | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/02/canada-vows-to-ban-flipper-zero-device-in-crackdown-on-car-theft/

DeJoy faces pain over postal 'crime wave’ - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/louis-dejoy/?rsplus

DeJoy faces pain over postal 'crime wave’
From mail theft to letter carrier assaults to inadequate police, the gloom of night has descended upon the Trump-appointed postmaster general.

"It turns out that generative AI companies don’t like it when you steal, sorry, scrape, images from them. Cue the world’s smallest violin."
In Moment of Unbelievable Irony, Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft
https://www.themarysue.com/midjourney-accu

In Moment of Unbelievable Irony, Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft
The leopards are eating each others faces

‘It has really gotten out of hand’: wage theft rampant in US construction
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/14/construction-worker-unions-wage-theft

#CanPoli #CdnPoli Canada Politics Poll of the Day! #CPPotD
Is car theft a legitimate national political issue?
CBC (

Scammers are using sample videos of influencers with modest social media presence to create AI deepfake ads that often push offensive products and ideas (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/28/ai-women-clone-ads/

AI hustlers stole women’s faces to put in ads. The law can’t help them.
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft, altering people’s social media posts to sell erectile dysfunction pills or praise Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

This timeline has no self-respect
https://80.lv/articles/midjourney-accuses-stability-ai-of-theft-bans-its-employees

Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft, Bans Its Employees
Apparently, MJ is now in conflict with Stable Diffusion developer over image theft. Ironic.

It’s like that old saying, the theft of ill-gotten gains is also theft.
From: @…
https://mastodon.social/@bruces/112124548132779360<…

For any people in #Belgium with a bike:
The system for registering your bike with the gov (so that if someone finds it, they can easily return it) that was active in Brussels is now also available in Flanders and Wallonia: https://mybike.belgium.be…

The latest report of the UN Panel of experts on North Korea for the UN Security council has some interesting numbers on how much North Korea (DPRK) relies on the theft of cryptocurrencies for their program of weapons of mass destruction: 40 to 50% of the budget comes from stolen cryptocurrencies. 1/4

Ohtani’s Former Interpreter Charged With Bank Fraud Due To Theft Of Over $16MM
#MLB #Baseball #MLBTradeRumors

If #FlipperZero is outlawed, only car thieves will have a #FlipperZero.
https://

Secret papers reveal Post Office knew its court defence was false - #BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68663750
'The Post Office said it would be "inappropriate" to comment.'

Chromium is introducing device bound session cookies: https://blog.chromium.org/2024/04/fighting-cookie-theft-using-device.html

If you use AI generated images for your #GameDev #IndieGameDev you get blocked. Don't need that theft polluting my timeline.
ˢᶦᵍⁿᵉᵈ, ᵃ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ ᵃʳᵗᶦˢᵗ ʷʰᵒ'ˢ ʷᵒʳᵏ ʷᵃˢ ᵘˢᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ᴹᶦᵈʲᵒᵘʳⁿᵉʸ ᴬᴵ ⁽ᵃⁿᵈ ᵖʳᵒᵇᵃᵇˡʸ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳˢ⁾ ʷᶦᵗʰᵒᵘᵗ ᵖᵉʳᵐᶦˢˢᶦᵒⁿ ᵒʳ ᶜᵒᵐᵖᵉⁿˢᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿ

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.06607 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCR_…

False Claims against Model Ownership Resolution
Deep neural network (DNN) models are valuable intellectual property of model owners, constituting a competitive advantage. Therefore, it is crucial to develop techniques to protect against model theft. Model ownership resolution (MOR) is a class of techniques that can deter model theft. A MOR scheme enables an accuser to assert an ownership claim for a suspect model by presenting evidence, such as a watermark or fingerprint, to show that the suspect model was stolen or derived from a source mod…

Might be shopping for a new T shirt....
#ontpoli
https://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2024/03/grand-theft-ontario-doug-ford/

People are loving this Doug Ford-themed 'Grand Theft Ontario' parody merch
A Toronto artist known for his creative digs at major Canadian companies and corporations, including Loblaws, Metrolinx, and Rogers, has unveiled y...

Picked up my #Kroger order and discovered they gave me a little something extra. This “Spider Wrap” anti-theft device made quite the racket when I snipped a wire to liberate the soap.

Chromium developing device bound session tokens to combat session token theft techniques https://blog.chromium.org/2024/04/fighting-cookie-theft-using-device.html

Chinese National Residing in California Arrested for Theft of Artificial Intelligence-Related Trade Secrets from Google (US Department of Justice)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-residing-california-arrested-theft-artificial-intelligence-related-trade
http://www.memeorandum.com/240306/p85#a240306p85

Don't miss today's Metacurity for the crucial infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--LockBit reappears, threatens to release Fulton County data by March 2 unless ransom is paid,
--Attackers actively exploit ScreenConnect servers to deploy LockBit ransomware,
--Crypto wallets show LockBit received $125 million,
--RCMP copes with cyber event,
--MicroStrategy X account hacked to steal $440K in Bitcoin,
--Hackers stole $9.7m from Axie Infinity co-founder,
--Malicious JavaScript smuggled into Tornado Cash governance proposal,
--Facial recognition data collected by M&M vending machines,
--Auto industry knew of theft risk from keyless tech,
--Biden rival consultant created voice-cloned Biden call,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/lockbit-reappears-threatens-release-fulton-county-data-march-2-unless-ransom-paid

Once again, “moderates” are just conservatives.
“Newsom… pointed out that the $950 threshold for felony theft in the law is actually one of the lowest in the country. Texas, for example, has a minimum felony theft threshold of $2,500.” I can’t believe Breed is even making Newsom look like the good guy here.
https://www…

“Wellbeing region” käännöksenä hyvinvointialue-sanalle on kyllä aika naurettava. Mielestäni.
From: @…
https://mastodon.social/@tivilehti/111

This timeline has no self-respect
https://80.lv/articles/midjourney-accuses-stability-ai-of-theft-bans-its-employees

Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft, Bans Its Employees
Apparently, MJ is now in conflict with Stable Diffusion developer over image theft. Ironic.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/02/canada-vows-to-ban-flipper-zero-device-in-crackdown-on-car-theft/ - banning well-documented tools for security research will not hamper criminals from obtaining specialized tools. When will we move beyond knee-jerk media-bite reactions and back towards a nuanced discourse? I think I will carry our research group's test Flipper Zero by default in my laptop bag when I travel to talks and conferences from now on and show people a few small tricks, but that it is not a bad thing.
Thanks @… for the article!

The bank pinned the theft on a Hispanic woman.
Woman Sues Truist Bank for $2.5 Million After Bank Wrongly Pins $20,000 Theft on Her and Shares Surveillance Images with the Public
https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/02/0

Woman Sues Truist Bank for $2.5 Million After Bank Wrongly Pins $20,000 Theft on Her and Shares Surveillance Images with the Public
A woman is suing Truist Bank for $2.5 million after they allegedly defamed her business reputation by sharing surveillance images of her with the public

A century on from Rhapsody in Blue, debates about cultural ‘theft’ rage still | Kenan Malik | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/18/century-on-from-rhapsody-in-blue-debat…

Alarming news! Market research shows that the majority of humans are not actually our paying customers! And because we Create Value for all of society, they are able to indirectly gain benefit from our Products and Services without paying us anything.
This is legally theft and we are suing the UN for the world's entire supply of money in damages.

The latest report of the UN Panel of experts on North Korea for the UN Security council has some interesting numbers on how much North Korea (DPRK) relies on the theft of cryptocurrencies for their program of weapons of mass destruction: 40 to 50% of the budget comes from stolen cryptocurrencies. 1/4

Check out today's Metacurity for the most important infosec developments you should know, including
--Anonymous claims theft, erasure of documents from Israeli nuclear reactor
--Treasury sanctions Russian nationals for disinformation campaign,
--Congress passes bill banning data brokers from selling data to adversaries,
--Apex Legends tournament hacker claims he did it for fun,
--Canada narrows Flipper Zero ban,
--Footwear maker Vans hacked,
--GitHub code auto-fix feature released,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/anonymous-claims-theft-erasure-documents-israeli-nuclear-reactor

Ohtani’s Former Interpreter Charged With Bank Fraud Due To Theft Of Over $16MM
#MLB #Baseball #MLBTradeRumors

Na, wer darf hier noch im Homeoffice arbeiten? und vor allem, wie viele Tage pro Woche?
Rockstar Games beordert Angestellte für finale Arbeit an "GTA 6" ins Büro
2025 soll mit Grand Theft Auto 6 eines der am heißesten ersehnten Videospiele überhaupt erscheinen. Daran soll nun nicht mehr im Homeoffice gearbeitet werden.

Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan: ‘She knew he was dead’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/brazil-woman-corpse-bank-fraud

Today, #DuckDuckGo is launching a new browser-based tool that
🌟automatically scans data broker websites for your name and address
🌟and requests that they be removed.
Gabriel Weinberg, the company’s founder and CEO, says the personal-information-removal product is the first of its kind where users don’t have to submit any of their details to the tool’s owners.
The service will ma…

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers
Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is launching a tool to remove data from people-search websites, a VPN, and an identity theft restoration service.

Canada‘s version of car theft prevention.
Just give them the keys !
Awesome, why did no one ever thought of giving thieves what they want.
Canada is dead !
https://x.com/thevivafrei/status/1768079702730666181?s=61

Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) on X
Welcome to @JustinTrudeau’s Canada. Where guns are illegal. Except criminals have them, and you don’t. And the police are imploring you to leave your keys at the front door so armed criminals can steal your cars, and hopefully spare your life. It’s been a while since I’ve said…

Immersed in Reality Secured by Design -- A Comprehensive Analysis of Security Measures in AR/VR Environments
Sameer Chauhan, Luv Sachdeva
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16839

Immersed in Reality Secured by Design -- A Comprehensive Analysis of Security Measures in AR/VR Environments
Virtual reality and related technologies such as mixed and augmented reality have received extensive coverage in both mainstream and fringe media outlets. When the subject goes to a new AR headset, another AR device, or AR glasses, the talk swiftly shifts to the technical and design details. Unfortunately, no one seemed to care about security. Data theft and other forms of cyberattack pose serious threats to virtual reality systems. Virtual reality goggles are just specialist versions of comput…

Isabella DeLuca, former intern to GOP representatives #LeeZeldin and #PaulGosar, has been arrested for her participation in the #January6th

Social media influencer is charged with joining the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol
A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police. Court records unsealed on Monday show that Isabella Maria DeLuca is charged with misdemeanors, including theft of government property, disorderly conduct and entering a restricted area. She was arrested last Friday in Irvine, California. DeLuca has more than 333,000 followers on the platform formerl…

Joint filing: Apple and Rivos say they reached a deal to settle Apple's 2022 lawsuit accusing the SoC startup of poaching 40 engineers to steal trade secrets (Rachel Graf/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Apple Is Settling Chip Secrets Theft Case Against Startup Rivos
Apple Inc. said it’s reached an agreement that potentially settles its 2022 lawsuit accusing startup Rivos Inc. of poaching engineers to steal trade secrets.

The bank pinned the theft on a Hispanic woman.
Woman Sues Truist Bank for $2.5 Million After Bank Wrongly Pins $20,000 Theft on Her and Shares Surveillance Images with the Public
https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/02/0

Woman Sues Truist Bank for $2.5 Million After Bank Wrongly Pins $20,000 Theft on Her and Shares Surveillance Images with the Public
A woman is suing Truist Bank for $2.5 million after they allegedly defamed her business reputation by sharing surveillance images of her with the public

And people say California isn’t tough on crime. https://flipboard.com/@theverge/policy-law-eanhr25uz/-/a-EFhy5sRqQ5ikEneosxFeyg:a:43611565-/0

Police arrested four people with $300,000 of stolen Lego kits
A brick-construction crime ring is disassembled. Los Angeles citizens can rest easy knowing that a criminal theft ring is no longer stalking the city’s retail stores to feed a Lego black market. That’s because the California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced this week that it had arrested four people …

The situation in this story sounds like straight-up theft, but in general, I can’t imagine why I would even consider copying company data onto hardware that I take with me after leaving my job. I loathe to put my personal data on company hardware, and I *never* put company data on my personal hardware.
It shocks me to hear that some people purposely take their work with them when they leave.
“Ex-Apple engineer sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets ab…

Ex-Apple worker on secret car project gets prison sentence
The engineer was accused of downloading data on Apple's secretive car project right before joining a Chinese automaker.

got a lot out of this 2-part interview (by @…'s creamo coyl) with jim mchugh about the '00s southern punk/DIY/psychedelic nexus in greensboro/chapel hill/athens & PIT, his music-centered anarchist space in brooklyn. buried inside is the sad news that jim's great band sunwatchers is no more.
part 1:

A.Cave #4 — BRAVE MOVES
Talking with Jim McHugh [The P.I.T. - Sunwatchers - Eugene Chadbourne - Arthur Doyle - Dark Meat]

Looking forward to seeing this pilot effort to install #bike shelters in #Minneapolis come to fruition. MPS is a “bike city” that’s made substantial progress - with quite a bit of pushback - to develop needed #infrastructure

Minneapolis bike shelters pilot program might have e-bike charging
A Minneapolis pilot program will offer covered, locked bicycle shelters to better protect bikes, especially e-bikes, from theft and vandalism.

⚾ @… @… #MLB #Baseball

He did it every Sunday, after mowing the grass. He would put up his feet, open a beer, and watch a movie about the theft of a Gatling gun. That was the high point of your dad's week.

Shohei Ohtani's attorneys accuse interpreter of 'massive theft' tied to alleged gambling (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-20/gambling-story
http://www.memeorandum.com/240320/p95#a240320p95

CrowdStrike's 2024 Global Threat Report: cloud intrusions jumped 75%, a 76% rise in data theft victims named on data leak sites, 34 newly named groups, and more (Louis Columbus/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/security/the-f

The Five Most Alarming Cyber Threats from CrowdStrike’s 2024 Global Threat Report
The five cyber threats described below reflect how attackers are getting more efficient at exploiting identities, cloud infrastructures and third-party relationships

Alarming news! Market research shows that the majority of humans are not actually our paying customers! And because we Create Value for all of society, they are able to indirectly gain benefit from our Products and Services without paying us anything.
This is legally theft and we are suing the UN for the world's entire supply of money in damages.

Oh nein, jetzt bin ich zu spät zum Sender losgehetzt wegen #RadioIrrtum! und stolpere draußen ausgerechnet noch über eine alte B-Kante, die mich jetzt noch ewig aufgehalten hat. Hofffffffffentlich schaffe ich es noch; geht ja schon 20 Uhr los...
htt…

Herr Irrtum! (@herr_irrtum)
Wait – is this perhaps one of those strange **Radio Irrtum! announcements** again?! OMG, yes it is! ↓↓↓ German version far below the English one ↓↓↓ RADIO IRRTUM! — newest issue — is indeed going to be aired this Saturday, 2024-04-13 at 8:00PM (UTC+2) at Alex Berlin/FM 91 MHz/DAB+ Ch.7D, or via stream: https://www.alex-berlin.de/radio/15-live-auf-91.0 . This time we bump into old friends, check a scam around Liv.e or is it even identity theft or nothing at all?, and of cou…

why is auto theft spiking in canada?

Check out today's Metacurity for the most important infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Russia's Cozy Bear targeted German political parties with a party invitation
--German authorities took down Nemesis Market,
--China was behind theft of UK voter rolls,
--GM to stop sharing drivers' details with data brokers,
--Mozilla jettisons Onerep people search service,
--MuddyWater uses fake compensation lures,
--Cops bust notorious rug puller,
--much more
p.s. Metacurity will be on a break starting tomorrow through April 2. We resume publication on April 3. May the force be with you.
https://www.metacurity.com/p/russias-cozy-bear-targeted-german-political-parties-party-invitation

Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter faces damning claims; A’s closer Mason Miller is throwing gas
#MLB #Baseball #KenRosenthal

""If they're stopping you and you feel like you don't have an ability to leave, and there is no basis for them to detain you, that qualifies as false imprisonment," he said. "
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-receipt-scanners-1.…

Threat actors leverage document publishing sites for ongoing credential and session token theft https://blog.talosintelligence.com/threat-actors-leveraging-document-publishing-sites/

And people say California isn’t tough on crime. https://flipboard.com/@theverge/policy-law-eanhr25uz/-/a-EFhy5sRqQ5ikEneosxFeyg:a:43611565-/0

Police arrested four people with $300,000 of stolen Lego kits
A brick-construction crime ring is disassembled. Los Angeles citizens can rest easy knowing that a criminal theft ring is no longer stalking the city’s retail stores to feed a Lego black market. That’s because the California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced this week that it had arrested four people …

DuckDuckGo launches Privacy Pro, a new $9.99 per month service with a VPN, personal information removal, and identity theft restoration, available in the US (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/duckduckgo-vpn-data-removal-tool-privacy-pro/

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers
Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is launching a tool to remove data from people-search websites, a VPN, and an identity theft restoration service.

The rise of the bee rustlers;
Every year, the bloom of thousands of almond trees in California spurs one of the world’s largest, albeit artificial, migrations of animals; as billions of #honeybees are loaded onto trucks and sent to deliver lucrative pollination fees for their human keepers.
This insect odyssey ensures paydays for often struggling beekeepers, the production of most of the wor…

The Rise Of The Bee Bandits | NOEMA
Where once there was cattle and horse rustling, the American West is now confronting the theft of its bees.

⚾ @… @… #MLB #Baseball

⛐ GTA Online’s community is in limbo while hype builds for GTA 6
#games

GTA Online’s community is in limbo while hype builds for GTA 6
Grand Theft Auto Online started as a part of GTA 5 and has become a wildly successful beast in its own right, but fans aren’t sure what the arrival of GTA 6 means for their hobby.

He did it every Sunday, after mowing the grass. He would put up his feet, open a beer, and watch a movie about the theft of a Gatling gun. That was the high point of your dad's week.

Ex-Google Engineer Charged With AI Tech Theft for Chinese Firms
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/justice-department-charges-ex-google-engineer-with-ai-tech-theft

⛐ GTA Online’s community is in limbo while hype builds for GTA 6
#games

GTA Online’s community is in limbo while hype builds for GTA 6
Grand Theft Auto Online started as a part of GTA 5 and has become a wildly successful beast in its own right, but fans aren’t sure what the arrival of GTA 6 means for their hobby.

This is a crazy story.
Iowa sysadmin pleads guilty to 33-year identity theft of former coworker
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/sysadmin_33_year_id_theft/

Who called it “intellectual property problems around the acquisition of training data for Large Language Models” and not Grand Theft Autocorrect?

AI chip developer Rivos, which recently settled with Apple over trade secret theft, raised $250M led by Matrix to compete with Nvidia using its RISC-V chips (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Chip Startup Rivos Raises More Than $250 Million to Tap AI Boom
Silicon Valley chip developer Rivos Inc. raised more than $250 million as it works toward bringing out its first product, underscoring the push for new hardware to meet the needs of artificial intelligence.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-state-department-investigates-alleged-theft-of-government-data/
US State Department investigates alleged theft of government data

Check out today's Metacurity for the top infosec developments you should know, including
--IntelBroker claims theft of Five Eyes data from State Department contractor
--Google sues two pig-butchering crypto app scammers,
--Ukraine to report Kyivstar hackers to The Hague,
--Ukraine sends awards to vigilante hackers,
--Omni Hotels hit by likely ransomware attack,
--NYC payroll system offline due to smishing attacks,
--Russia indicts credit card skimmers,
--Google fixes exploited Pixel zero days,
--Canonical delays Ubuntu release due to XZ-utils backdoor,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/intelbroker-claims-theft-five-eyes-data-state-department-contractor

Filing: Take-Two will fire 5% of its workforce and expects to incur up to $200M in charges as part of a downsizing effort, including $140M from canceled titles (Rob Golum/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Take-Two (TTWO) Fires 5% of Staff, Drops Some Project to Cut Costs
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the company behind the Grand Theft Auto video games, plans to fire 5% its workforce and drop several projects as part of a cost-savings drive.

Grandmother wins $4M after cops using Find My iPhone mistakenly raid home
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/12/grandmother-denver-raid-find-my/

Grandmother wins $4M after cops using Find My iPhone mistakenly raid home
78-year-old Ruby Johnson’s home was ransacked by police who mistakenly believed she was involved in a theft because they misread Apple’s Find My iPhone app.

Don't miss today's Metacurity for a run-down of the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Operation Cronos obliterates LockBit operations
--Alleged treasure trove of Chinese offensive operations leaked,
--FixedFloat exchange exploited for $26m,
--UK higher ed hit by DDoS attacks,
--Cactus gang claims 1.5TB data theft from Schneider Electric,
--Global defense sector targeted by DPRK,
--Zenlayer leak exposes 380 million records,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/operation-cronos-obliterates-lockbit-operations

Last week a US judge acquitted China's Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit in the DOJ's Micron trade secrets case, months after Micron changed its posture on China (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/micron-chipmaker-ip-theft-trial-verdict…

Before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity for the most important infosec developments you should know, including
--FBI's Wray ramps up rhetoric on Chinese hackers, says they're poised to deal a 'devastating blow'
--Frontier Communications forced to shut down some systems following cyberattack,
--Akira gang has earned $42M,
--Jury finds Mango Markets exploiter guilty,
--Hacker claims theft from financial crime database,
--LastPass users targeted by CryptoChameleon,
--FIN7 targeted US carmaker,
--Ransomware attack threatens US and European blood supply,
--Cybersec pros ask Congress to solve NVD problems,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/fbis-wray-ramps-rhetoric-chinese-hackers-says-theyre-poised-deal-devastating-blow

A Canadian minister says the country plans to ban devices that copy wireless signals for remote keyless entry, like Flipper Zero, to combat auto theft (Lucas Ropek/Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/canada-moves-to-ban-the-flipper-zero-over-car-hac…

Canada Moves to Ban the Flipper Zero Over Car Hacking Fears
The tiny hacking device has been viewed as a threat by law enforcement. Now it looks like a major western government is trying to ban it.

Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer who pled guilty in August 2022 to IP theft of Apple's car project, is sentenced to 120 days in prison and a ~$147K fine (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/08/apple-engineer-project-titan-secre…

Former Apple engineer who stole Project Titan trade secrets sentenced to prison - 9to5Mac
For the last six years, we’ve been following the case of Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer who pled guilty...

Experts say the US government and tech companies are failing to mount a clear response to the theft of trade secrets by Chinese corporate and government spies (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/lin…

Linwei Ding was a Google software engineer. He was also a prolific thief of trade secrets, say prosecutors.
The Linwei Ding case illustrates what U.S. officials say is an ongoing nightmare: Google and other top U.S. tech firms have had their pockets picked by China.

Wiz details two now-fixed security issues on the Hugging Face AI platform that put customer data at risk, as Hugging Face partners with Wiz to improve security (Kevin Poireault/Infosecurity)
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/wiz-discovers-fla…

Wiz Discovers Flaws in GenAI Models Enabling Customer Data Theft
Wiz researchers found architecture flaws in generative AI models available on the AI hub Hugging Face

Google details Device Bound Session Credentials, a feature that aims to stop browser cookie theft and uses PCs' TPM chip, testing it in beta versions of Chrome (Michael Kan/PCMag)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-to-fight-co…

Google to Fight Cookie Hijacking With Encryption Keys for Chrome Browser
Device Bound Session Credentials' will tap the TPM chip in today's PCs. Google is testing it with some users running the beta version of Chrome.

Check out today's Metacurity for the top infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend.
Lead items via @… @… @…

US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Officials for Cyberattack on Pennsylvania Water Facility
Deefake video conference led to $25m BEC scam, Hackers accessed AnyDesk's production systems, Taylor Swift AI nudes started in 4chan, Mastodon fixes critical flaw, Binance denies theft, much more

Google details Device Bound Session Credentials, a feature that aims to stop browser cookie theft and uses PCs' TPM chip, testing it in beta versions of Chrome (Michael Kan/PCMag)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-to-fight-co…

Google to Fight Cookie Hijacking With Encryption Keys for Chrome Browser
Device Bound Session Credentials' will tap the TPM chip in today's PCs. Google is testing it with some users running the beta version of Chrome.

Check out today's Metacurity for the top infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend.
Lead items via @… @… @…

US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Officials for Cyberattack on Pennsylvania Water Facility
Deefake video conference led to $25m BEC scam, Hackers accessed AnyDesk's production systems, Taylor Swift AI nudes started in 4chan, Mastodon fixes critical flaw, Binance denies theft, much more

The US DOJ says a former Google software engineer has been charged with stealing AI technology from Google while secretly working with two China-based companies (Eric Tucker/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/china-google-justi…

Ex-Google software engineer charged with stealing AI technology while working with Chinese companies
The Justice Department says a former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China. Linwei Ding was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal trade secret theft. The case against Ding was being announced at an American Bar Association Conference in San Francisco by Attorney General Merrick Garland, who along with other law enforcement leaders has repeatedly w…

The US sentences Joseph Garrison, a 19-year-old involved in the 2022 DraftKings hack, to 18 months in jail; Garrison admitted to stealing $600K from 1,600 users (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024…

DraftKings Hacker Sentenced to 18 Months Over $600,000 Theft
A 19-year-old Wisconsin man involved in the 2022 hack of the DraftKings fantasy sports website was sentenced to 18 months in jail by a federal judge.