Instacart customer data sold online, Trump wants to send more federal officers, how pandemic experts vacation
THE BIG STORY Hundreds of thousands of Instacart customers' personal data is being sold online The personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of Instacart customers is being sold on the dark web. This is not old, dormant data — it appears to impact customers who used the grocery delivery service as recently as yesterday.
This data includes names, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and order histories. Sellers in two dark web stores were offering information from what appeared to be 278,531 accounts, although some of those may be duplicates or not genuine.
We spoke with two women whose personal information was for sale — they confirmed they were Instacart customers, that their last order date and amount matched what appeared on the dark web, and that the credit card information belonged to them.
In a statement, Instacart denied that there had been a data breach.
The account information was being sold for around $2 per customer.
STAYING ON TOP OF THIS Trump says he's sending federal agents to Chicago and Albuquerque even though they're not wanted
President Donald Trump vowed to send federal officers to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico. He says local officials aren't doing enough to combat violent crime.
This decision comes despite criticism from state and local officials that they're only making things worse, particularly in Portland, Oregon, where protesters were picked off the streets by camouflage-wearing officers and taken to unmarked vehicles.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted the president's decision. At a press conference, Lightfoot said, "The president has been on a campaign now for some time against Democratic mayors across the country."
  SNAPSHOTS A federal judge temporarily barred the release of NYPD disciplinary records. Amid nationwide protests over police brutality, New York legislators repealed a law used to keep the records secret, but several police unions sued to prevent their disclosure.
The man arrested for allegedly killing three men who went fishing is "pure evil," sheriff says. Three people, including one man with a history of 230 felony charges, have been charged in connection with the killing of three friends in Florida last week.
A security breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a major genealogy database. First GEDmatch, the DNA database that helped identify the Golden State Killer, was hacked. Then email addresses from its users were used in a phishing attack on another leading genealogy site.
Kim Kardashian released a statement addressing Kanye West's mental health. Kim addressed her husband's bipolar disorder for the first time, calling for "compassion and empathy" from the media and public.
Trump's campaign made masks. They're just not selling them. The Trump campaign purchased thousands of branded masks for surrogates but won't add them to the collection of Trump keychains and coffee mugs sold on the campaign website.
COOL FOR THE SUMMER We asked coronavirus experts whether they're taking a vacation this summer As hard as it's been to deal with the lengthy months of everything being locked down, it's probably harder to look ahead into the future and not have much to look forward to. Around this time, many people take a mini-vacation, or find a pool to while away the hours, or hop on a plane to go somewhere exciting.
Those options are significantly limited this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic. So we asked coronavirus experts about their summer plans — and if it's safe to fly, rent an Airbnb, swim in a pool, or dine outside. Their responses varied greatly.
"I wouldn't get on a plane right now for a vacation, but I would take up to a two-hour drive in our family car and go camping at a secluded site where I could ensure that my family would be adequately distanced from other people," one expert told us.
Here are the summer plans of people who spend their time studying the coronavirus.
(DON'T) PARTY IN THE USA Tyler Oakley called out James Charles, Charli D'Amelio, and more for attending an "insane surprise party" during lockdown After a YouTube star threw a surprise birthday party for another YouTube star, social media influencer Tyler Oakley called out those who attended for apparently ignoring social distancing rules and partying with large groups of people.
Videos of the party were posted to social media, and appeared to show a number of familiar faces in attendance, including James Charles, Nikita Dragun, and Tana Mongeau, as well as D'Amelio sisters Charli and Dixie.
The party took place in Hype House, a home shared by many influencers, in Los Angeles. Right now, L.A. is regarded as "high risk" and at a threat level of orange.
Oakley went as far as to suggest that people breaking lockdown rules were "bad influences" and should be unfollowed.
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