We told you guys, no pets: Following a 2013 infestation, the work release section of the Snohomish County Jail is again having to deal with bed bugs, the tiny blood-sucking insects that hide in bedding and furniture and can be difficult to eradicate.
But here’s an opportunity for a current inmate to write a book that Netflix can base a new series on: “Inflamed Rash is the New Black.”
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The seven-year itch: Hundreds of federal government workers with jobs in national security and law enforcement are among those who apparently registered to use the Ashley Madison adultery website. The discovery was made when hackers made members’ information public.
We don’t know how long a sentence that misuse of a government email address brings, but we know just the jail cell they can use.
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There’s personal; then there’s personal: The IRS is being sued after a data breach compromised the personal information of at least 330,000 taxpayers. Hackers took advantage of a service that allowed taxpayers to see the information they had filed.
“What’s the big deal?” said an IRS official. “It’s only taxpayers’ personal information. It’s not like we let them get the email addresses of Ashley Madison members.”
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