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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

@lorenzofb

Real-time historian of the late cyber capitalist era @TechCrunch. Writing a book on Hacking Team and the industry of government spyware. ☎️ +1 917 257 1382

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DEF CON legal update: Truth is a complete defense against defamation. The Hadnagy lawsuit against us is over. Summary judgement. Dismissed, with prejudice. We look forward to returning our full attention to the community and conference we love. We also thank everyone who

DEF CON legal update: Truth is a complete defense against defamation.

The Hadnagy lawsuit against us is over.  Summary judgement. Dismissed, with prejudice.  

 We look forward to returning our full attention to the community and conference we love.

We also thank everyone who
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I couldn't make it to offensivecon unfortunately. But if you wanna talk about exploits, 0days, etc...my Signal is +1 917 257 1382. Always happy to keep folks anonymous.

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NEW: Coinbase says it was breached and customers' personal information — including IDs — stolen. The crypto giant said hacker was "paying multiple contractors or employees working in support roles" and contacted Coinbase with a ransom demand this week. techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/coi…

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NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Eric Council Jr. was sentenced to 14 months in prison for the hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account. techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/us-…

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NEW: Cocospy, Spyic and Spyzie, the stalkerware apps that were breached earlier this year and caught spying on millions of people's phones, now appear to have shut down. The apps not working, their websites gone, and Amazon-hosted cloud storage deleted. techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/coc…

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The pope's funeral, now Cannes. I expected Assange to spend most of his time posting on Twitter but I guess is all about IRL experiences these days.

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Despite what CISA says, Google told me: "there has been no reports of or evidence of exploitation of the vulnerability. We are reaching out to CISA for clarification of their categorization."

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NEW: A Massachusetts student plead guilty to hacking and extorting a U.S. education tech company. Prosecutors said the hacker stole personal data on 60 million students and 10 million teachers. And all signs point to that victim being PowerSchool. techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/us-…

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NEW: Coinbase says its recent data breach affected at least 69,000 customers. Compmay said breach dates back to Dec. 26, 2024 and continued until earlier this month. Stolen data is great for doxing or even physical attacks. techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/coi…

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1989: FBI Director William Sessions said "Viruses are easy to create and propagate, require little expertise, and may be nearly impossible to prevent or detect."

1989: FBI Director William Sessions said "Viruses are easy to create and propagate, require little expertise, and may be nearly impossible to prevent or detect."
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Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales 🔗 404media.co/hacker-confere… 404media.co/hacker-confere…