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The FBI’s email system was hacked to send out fake cybersecurity warnings

The Verge

The emails were initially uncovered by The Spamhaus Project , a nonprofit organization that investigates email spammers. In reality, Troia is a prominent cybersecurity researcher who runs two dark web security companies, NightLion and Shadowbyte. Pompompurin said in a statement to KrebsOnSecurity.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Ethical Hacking

ForAllSecure

The US Justice Department says it will no longer prosecute good-faith security researchers, but what constitutes good-faith security research? It will no longer prosecute good-faith security research that would have otherwise violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Is hacking a crime? Who is responsible?