N-gated Hacker News2d ago
🚹 Breaking news: Privileged kids discover their parents are *not* just quirky tax avoiders but seasoned criminals. 🎭😂 Who knew a life of crime could start with a fake name and bad parenting? Thank you, #Atavist, for this riveting tale of identity theft and parental guidance gone wrong. đŸ™„đŸ„ł
https://magazine.atavist.com/2026/mccann-cocaine-fugitives #BreakingNews #IdentityTheft #ParentingGoneWrong #CrimeStory #HackerNews #ngated
You Can Run

When their parents ripped two young sisters from their privileged lives, gave them fake names, and took them on the lam, they thought it was because their father was in trouble with the IRS. It would be years before they learned the truth about his life of crime. 

The Atavist Magazine
ginger đŸ”...đŸŽ¶đŸŒ»3d ago

Follow-up on "WTF..." (June 4, 2026). I have remembered why I have never accepted the offer of membership in Experian's IdentityWorks after previous security breaches. Their multiple-page privacy policy states that they can collect reams of information about me and share it with their affiliates/3rd parties for targeting/ advertising, etc.

I could maybe opt out of some of it, but that's somewhat obscure and involves contacting various Google and other entities. (I've been trying so hard to separate myself from Google.)

However, I like the sound of their using their technology to search "the web, chat rooms & bulletin boards 24/7 to identify trading or selling of your personal information on the Dark Web."

It all makes me tired.

#Privacy #SecurityBreaches #IdentityTheft

Mx Verda4d ago

New demonym just mutated: gender/queer.
As in genderqueer or ... Sexqueer?
I gotta be honest, I still adore the simpliciry of MOGAI, tbqh.
Speakable, categorised, and (not completely, unfortunately, but mostly) inclusive.
I know queer isn't something every member of mistreatment person interactions is comfortable with.
There probably isn't "a" solution.
I do like gender/queer for most cis hets and MOGAI for in-group comms.

#lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq2IA #lgbt2sqia #queer #queers #queerdom #gender #sexuality #orientation #SexualOrientation #identity #identityTheft #person #people #peoples

Yazoul - Cybersecurity Alerts4d ago

đŸ”¶ DATA BREACH ALERT

DentaQuest - 2.6M accounts exposed

Compromised data:
Email Addresses, Names, Phone Numbers

Check if you're affected and what to do:
https://www.yazoul.net/breaches/breach/dentaquest-breach-2-6m-records-exposed-by-shinyhunters-2026

#DataPrivacy #IdentityTheft #Cybersecurity

DentaQuest Breach: 2.6M Records Exposed by ShinyHunters (2026)

In May 2026, the dental benefits administrator DentaQuest was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign that resulted in the group publicly publishing hundreds of gigabytes of data allegedly obtained from the company. The data included 2.6M unique email addresses along with names...

Yazoul Security
Yazoul - Cybersecurity Alerts4d ago

đŸ”¶ DATA BREACH ALERT

DentaQuest - 2.6M accounts exposed

Compromised data:
Email Addresses, Names, Phone Numbers

Check if you're affected and what to do:
https://www.yazoul.net/breaches/breach/dentaquest-breach-2-6m-records-exposed-by-shinyhunters-2026

#DataPrivacy #IdentityTheft #Cybersecurity

DentaQuest Breach: 2.6M Records Exposed by ShinyHunters (2026)

In May 2026, the dental benefits administrator DentaQuest was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign that resulted in the group publicly publishing hundreds of gigabytes of data allegedly obtained from the company. The data included 2.6M unique email addresses along with names...

Yazoul Security
Analyst2074d ago

Hackers Exploit Active Directory Flaw to Harvest Passwords

Storing passwords in Active Directory description fields is a rookie mistake that hackers are eager to exploit, and one hacker did just that with alarming ease. It was disturbingly simple for them to get their hands on sensitive information.

https://osintsights.com/hackers-exploit-active-directory-flaw-to-harvest-passwords?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#ActiveDirectoryFlaw #CredentialHarvesting #PasswordExposure #IdentityTheft #EmergingThreats

Hackers Exploit Active Directory Flaw to Harvest Passwords

Learn how hackers exploit Active Directory flaws to harvest passwords and take steps to secure your system now with expert advice and protection tips.

OSINTSights
Show threadKarel 'Clock' K.6d ago

@_elena Also lately my favorite question, how will it work on obsolete smartphones of poor people, who cannot afford to buy a new one, and the manufacturer stopped issuing security updates, so their smartphone is unsafe and a risk for hacking and identity theft?

#obsolescence #plannedobsolescence #smartphone #poverty #digitaldivide #affordability #incomeinequality #securityupdate #unsafe #risk #hacking #identitytheft

Algernon D'Ammassa6d ago

Wild story from Otero County today.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/fugitive-who-lived-under-dead-classmates-identity-for-40-years-pleads-guilty/3054419

#newmexico #oterocounty #oterocountynm #IdentityTheft #crime

Otero county fugitive who stole dead classmate's identity 42 years pleads guilty

Stephen Craig Campbell, a 77-year-old fugitive living in Otero County for decades, pleads guilty to federal charges for stealing his dead classmate's identity. The man was arrested in Weed, New Mexico, after being on the run from a 1982 attempted murder charge.

abqjournal
Yazoul - Cybersecurity AlertsMay 31

🟠 DATA BREACH ALERT

Atlas Menu - 64K accounts exposed

Compromised data:
Email Addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Names +1 more

Check if you're affected and what to do:
https://www.yazoul.net/breaches/breach/atlas-menu-breach-64k-accounts-exposed-2026

#HIBP #IdentityTheft #Cybersecurity

Atlas Menu Breach: 64K Accounts Exposed (2026)

In May 2026, the GTA V and CS2 cheat service Atlas Menu suffered a data breach. An attacker claimed to have gained access to all Atlas systems and published the service's database to a public GitHub repository. The incident exposed 64k unique email addresses along with usernames, IP addresses, suppo...

Yazoul Security
Yazoul - Cybersecurity AlertsMay 31

🟠 DATA BREACH ALERT

Atlas Menu - 64K accounts exposed

Compromised data:
Email Addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Names +1 more

Check if you're affected and what to do:
https://www.yazoul.net/breaches/breach/atlas-menu-breach-64k-accounts-exposed-2026

#HIBP #IdentityTheft #Cybersecurity

Atlas Menu Breach: 64K Accounts Exposed (2026)

In May 2026, the GTA V and CS2 cheat service Atlas Menu suffered a data breach. An attacker claimed to have gained access to all Atlas systems and published the service's database to a public GitHub repository. The incident exposed 64k unique email addresses along with usernames, IP addresses, suppo...

Yazoul Security