THESE hackers target the POLICE to get YOUR data!
A new report reveals that hackers are gaining access to sensitive data about us from tech companies like ISPs, phone providers, social media companies, by impersonating law enforcement and demanding data as "an urgent matter of life and death." They use a tool called Emergency Data Requests (EDRs), and we'll dive into what these are, and why they're allowing our most sensitive data to be leaked.
For a thorough analysis, visit the news site that broke the story: Krebs on Security https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/hackers-gaining-power-of-subpoena-via-fake-emergency-data-requests/
0:00 Show Pre-roll
0:47 Intro
1:33 Hacking Subpoenas! Sensitive Data Exposed
8:06 The Government Process for Emergency Data Requests (EDR)
11:02 The Lapsus$ Connection
13:27 Why Privacy Matters
18:53 Governments bypassing legal procedures
25:00 The Solution?
29:21 Twitter Poll Results
33:02 And our Privacybeat Quiz Winner is...
35:18 Thanks
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