The University of Central Florida (UCF) has admitted that hackers who broke into its systems may have snaffled the personal details of more than 60,000 staff and students. Link: Disney World-area University admits massive data breach
A version of this post titled “The Tao of NSA” originally appeared in Cyber Saturday edition of Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily tech-business newsletter. Subscribe here. Link: NSA Top Hacker: Here’s How to Make My Life Hard
Sensitive electronic files from America’s biggest police union were posted online this week when a hacker breached the Fraternal Order of Police website. Link: Hackers release data from Fraternal Order of Police, largest U.S. police union
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My PayPal account was hacked on Christmas Eve. The perpetrator tried to further stir up trouble by sending my PayPal funds to a hacker gang tied to the jihadist militant group ISIS. Link: 2016 Reality: Lazy Authentication Still the Norm