Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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Real-time cyber historian of the late capitalist era @TechCrunch, writing about the intersection of hackers, human rights, and spies. Also writing a book about Hacking Team and the history of government spyware. Posts about infosec, surveillance by day. 🍕, ⚽️, 🎸, 🎮 by night. 
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NEW: Hackers stole more than $2.7 billion in crypto last year, according to multiple blockchain monitoring companies. North Korea alone stole 2 of those billions, thanks to the jackpot of the Bybit hack, which netted them $1.4 billion.
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Hackers stole over $2.7B in crypto in 2025, data shows | TechCrunch
This was another banner year for crypto hacks and heists — 2025 was the third year in a row that a new crypto theft record was set.
NEW: A flaw in the website of Hama Film, a photo booth maker with presence in Australia, UAE and the U.S., exposes pictures and videos of its customers. Security researcher alerted the company last month, no answer. We reached out to the company a few times, no answer.
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Flaw in photo booth maker’s website exposes customers’ pictures | TechCrunch
Hama Film makes photo booths that upload pictures and videos online. But their back-end systems have a simple flaw that allows anyone to download c...
NEW: Staffers at notorious spyware maker Intellexa had live remote access to their customers' surveillance systems. This allowed them to see the personal data of targets hacked with Intellexa's spyware Predator, according to new research based on a leaked training video. Needless to say, this is bad for several reasons.
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Sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa had direct access to government espionage victims, researchers say | TechCrunch
Based on a leaked video, security researchers alleged that Intellexa staffers have remote live access to their customers' surveillance systems...
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NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train...