Lavabit used 4-point type in attempt to prolong Snowden SSL key release
Edward Snowden's e-mail provider, now-defunct Lavabit, attempted to defy the government's request for Snowden's SSL keys by printing the 2,560 characters in 11 pages of 4-point type. That way, the FBI would have to retype the key manually. Read more from Wired.
Silk Road closed by FBI, others promptly take its place
The FBI shut down Silk Road earlier this week, but the Huffington Post reports that many alternatives exist, and black market vendors have already made the move.
“I am now offering all of my inventory at a discounted rate due to the fall of SR!” wrote [a] vendor at Black Market Reloaded.Read past Cybercrime Review posts about Silk Road here.
California bans revenge porn
California governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law a bill that could punish violators with up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for posting revenge porn. Revenge porn is when a person posts sexual photos of an ex on the Internet in an act of revenge.
Read more about the law from CNN, and more about revenge porn in an earlier Cybercrime Review post.
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