Vinny Troia, the cybersecurity researcher mentioned in a fake alert gushed out of the FBI’s email system, says it’s just one of a string of jabs from a childish but cybercriminally talented tormentor.

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Someone appears to have hacked an FBI server just for lulz. At least, that’s what the supposed target of the email hack believes.

To hack an FBI email system, it takes a lot of motivation, even more technical skill, and, perhaps, a dash of humor. Over the weekend, someone—or a team of someones—compromised an FBI email system and sent out a flurry of bogus messages to state and local law enforcement about a supposed cyberattack.

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Nearly one billion people in China had their personal data leaked, and it’s been online for more than a year

A massive online database apparently containing the personal information of up to one billion Chinese citizens was left unsecured and publicly accessible for more than a year — until an anonymous user in a hacker forum offered to sell the data and brought it to wider attention last week.

Vinny Troia, a cybersecurity researcher and founder of dark web intelligence firm Shadowbyte, said he first discovered the database “around January” while searching for open databases online.

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