Extortionists target Revolut customer data
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Group calling itself iamnotavillain demanded three million dollars from UK fintech Revolut and threatened to sell customers' confidential data within 24 hours, and claimed to hold Italian police files.
Reposted by David Murakami Wood, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
NEW: Hackers pulled down a Flock camera. (“Why just destroy them,” one asked, “when we can reverse engineer them and find the secrets of those spying on us?”) @wired.com and @404media.co worked together to find out what it revealed:
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.
www.wired.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:58 AM
NEW: Hackers pulled down a Flock camera. (“Why just destroy them,” one asked, “when we can reverse engineer them and find the secrets of those spying on us?”) @wired.com and @404media.co worked together to find out what it revealed:
If only we could get folks to see how “your data will be used against you” is not a vendor problem but a surveillance problem.
September 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
If only we could get folks to see how “your data will be used against you” is not a vendor problem but a surveillance problem.
👀« revealed that local cops were performing lookups (…) on behalf of ICE, including in areas that banned working with immigration authorities or transferring(…)data out of state. 404 Media also revealed a cop in Texas searched Flock cameras nationwide for a woman who self-administered an abortion» 👀
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2026 at 1:22 PM
👀« revealed that local cops were performing lookups (…) on behalf of ICE, including in areas that banned working with immigration authorities or transferring(…)data out of state. 404 Media also revealed a cop in Texas searched Flock cameras nationwide for a woman who self-administered an abortion» 👀