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Hackers leak John Brennan’s financial records

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:00:00 +0000

As Salon noted earlier this week, Russian hackers have been leaking personal information of U.S. celebrities and public figures including Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and Beyoncé on the site Exposed.Su. On Friday afternoon, the hackers added John Brennan to their list of targets, leaking what they say are his personal financial records.

Russia Today reported:

Russian hackers release sensitive information on stars including Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Biden and Clinton

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:46:00 +0000

A growing list of celebrities have been hacked (TMZ first reported 12, then 14, but the recent count is 17), including Michelle Obama, Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. Unlike many other high-profile celebrity hacking incidents in recent memory, which include the release of George W. Bush's emails and photos of paintings, the Russian hackers doxxed the stars, meaning that they outed the stars by publishing personally identifiable information available on public record. But the hackers also published sensitive information, including social security numbers, bank statements and more.

The full list of victims, according to the hacker's Web site:

Michelle Obama, Kim Kardashian, Joe Biden, Robert Mueller (FBI Director), Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder (U.S. Attorney General), Charlie Beck (LAPD Chief), Mel Gibson, Ashton Kutcher, Jay Z, Beyonce, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears,Sarah Palin, Hulk Hogan, Donald Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Lawyer outs journalists who released gun permit holder data

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:00:00 +0000

A New York newspaper, The Journal News, sparked outrage among conservatives earlier this week when it posted an interactive feature showing the addresses and names of individuals who hold gun permits in New York's Westchester and Rockland counties (screenshot above). The paper notes that "the data does not include owners of long guns — rifles or shotguns — which can be purchased without a permit. Being included in this map does not mean the individual at a specific location owns a weapon, just that they are licensed to do so."

The Journal News submitted requests for records "for all permit categories," citing the Freedom of Information Act, as part of a larger feature aimed at reexamining the area's gun ownership in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings.