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Gilgo Beach probers followed a creepy evidence trail of torture porn, burner phones, and a gnawed pizza crust

A collection of forensics led New York investigators to the doorstep of the suspect in the Gilgo Be…

Laura Italiano   


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Don't use your own phone in Hong Kong, 2 accounting giants reportedly tell workers

KPMG and Deloitte advised its employees not to use their personal devices while visiting the China-…

Jyoti Mann   


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A 33-year-old identity thief who bought a diamond-encrusted bitcoin pendant and stole half a million dollars gets 3 years in prison

The suspect acquired credit card information from "carding websites" on the dark web to carry out h…

Shalini Nagarajan   


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January 6 committee investigating whether Trump used burner phones as the riot unfolded: Washington Post report

The Jan 6 committee is said to be suspicious of a seven-hour gap in Donald Trump's official call re…

Tom Porter   


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Trump denies using burner phones on January 6: 'Why would I care about who called me?'

"There was nothing secretive about it. There was no secret," Trump said of his phone calls on Janua…

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Several January 6 rally organizers used burner phones for top-level communications with Trump's team: report

Kylie Kremer, a "March for Trump" group official, told an aide to retrieve three burner phones in t…

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American athletes were reportedly told to use burner phones in Beijing due to a 'unique opportunity for cybercrime' at the Winter Olympics

Team USA was warned "every device, communication, transaction and online activity may be monitored"…

Hannah Towey,Scott Davis   


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John Bolton says Trump is aware of what 'burner phones' are after the ex-president said he'd 'never even heard the term'

The January 6 panel is investigating the possible use of "burner phones" because of a seven-hour ga…

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Eric Trump threatened to sue a website after it suggested he spoke to Jan. 6 organizers on burner phones

Trump threatened to sue a website for defamation after it suggested that he used burner phones to c…

Thomas Colson   


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The full timeline of Trump's known phone calls on the day of the January 6 insurrection

The January 6 House committee recommended the DOJ charge former President Donald Trump with conspir…

Grace Panetta   


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Staffers at the Los Angeles Times are reportedly buying burner phones amid worries of a newsroom crackdown

Editor-in-chief Lewis D'Vorkin reportedly became livid after Disney banned LA Times journalists fro…

David Choi   


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Reliance Jio lost subscribers for the first time in 10 quarters but there's good news for Mukesh Ambani in this too

Essentially, subscribers who use Jio as a second SIM either to retain their number or to conti…

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Facebook employees are reportedly so paranoid they're buying burner phones 'to talk s--t about the company with each other'

The scandals plaguing Facebook have come at a steady clip: User data was misappropriated for politi…

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Agents had to 'wrest' a phone out of the hands of one of the accused bitcoin launderers as she repeatedly tried to lock the device

Heather Morgan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein allegedly had a "contingency plan" to flee to East…

Rob Price,Becky Peterson   


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George Clooney Used 'Burner Phones' To Protect His Wedding From Hackers

I shall not, without your prior written consent in each instance, publish, directly or indirectly, …

James Cook   


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This startup transformed the burner phone numbers loved by drug dealers into a must-have online dating tool

Instead of giving out a personal cell phone number that can be reversed traced back to the individu…

Biz Carson   


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There's no such thing as a phone that 'cannot be hacked' - the rich and powerful use the same phones as anyone else, and they're just as vulnerable

But there is a common thread between them: They both illustrate how vulnerable the devices we use f…

Lisa Eadicicco   


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Brian Laundrie purchased a new phone after he returned home without Gabby Petito this month, his family's lawyer confirmed

Brian Laundrie left his new cell phone at home the day his family says he went for a hike and never…

Rebecca Cohen   


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Here are 7 steps you can take to secure your phone and data before attending a protest

Use a password instead of a fingerprint to unlock your phone, switch on Airplane Mode, and disable …

Katie Canales   


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The Jeff Bezos phone hack proves anyone can fall victim to cybersecurity attacks. But here's what security experts say you can do to reduce the risk.

Such measures may be practical and worthwhile for public-facing figures like Bezos, one of the worl…

Lisa Eadicicco