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The best robot vacuum for me is the one I hacked
Conceptually, I love robot vacuums. A little friend who cleans up my floor? Fantastic. Into it. The issue is, unfortunately, I don’t trust them. They constantly report back to the external servers, and they can be a huge security liability. I don’t want that. Someone has to have hacked these things, I reasoned. A quick …
“Dozens” of top Treasury email accounts hacked, senator says
Email accounts used by the Treasury Department’s senior leadership were compromised by suspected Russian government hackers who carried out a massive cyber-espionage campaign against several U.S. federal agencies, according to Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon. The ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee said the “full depth” of the Treasury hack “isn’t known.” Senate Finance …
Apple, Biden, Musk and other high-profile Twitter accounts hacked in crypto scam – TechCrunch
A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers who used the accounts — some with millions of followers — to spread a cryptocurrency scam. Apple, Elon Musk and Joe Biden were among the accounts compromised in a broadly targeted hack that remained mysterious hours after taking place. Those accounts and …
The Old Guy: On being hacked and the frustration of technology
And so, the saga begins. I’m in the middle of a very important email exchange with my editors Gail and Tom and BANG!!! that annoying pop up appears, the one that tells me that, no matter which way I go, the mail stops here! No amount of flim-flamming or shilly-shallying is going to get my …
Texas Public Utility Commission Allegedly Hacked by Iran – Electric Choice
Breaking news on 1/28/20 | Published @ 7:38 AM Central 8:57 AM NEW UPDATE: PUCT’s website appears to have been restored. *** ORIGINAL POST: As of 7:38 AM Central, the official Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) website is offline, apparently hacked and defaced by someone claiming to be associated with Iran. Instead of the …
Microsoft has a new way to keep your computer’s firmware from being hacked
Now Microsoft thinks it has a solution to the problem. As part of a new partnership with PC manufacturers, the company is launching an initiative called Secured-core PC. With Secured-core PC, Microsoft is rethinking Windows’s relationship with firmware and how it handles booting up a device. Under this new system, a processor’s firmware will power …
One of World’s Most Popular Games Just Got Hacked, With 218 Million Accounts at Risk
The bigger they come, the harder they fall, the old saying goes – or in this case, the more popular the game, the more user data is at risk, should hackers get access to it. That’s reportedly what’s happened with smash mobile hit Words With Friends. A hacker by the name of Gnosticplayers claims to …
StockX confirms it was hacked (updated)
TC verified the claims by contacting people from a sample of 1,000 records using information only they would know. While the intruders don’t appear to have taken particularly sensitive info, like payment cards, it’s still a significant breach — especially when the seller intends to make the data available through the dark web. It also …
BREAKING: Student names, birthdays hacked through D428 third-party web platform
DeKALB – The first and last names, and birthdays of DeKalb School District 428 students were accessed by a third party due to a data breach on a web platform used by Pearson Clinical Assessment, a performance assessment tool used by educators around the globe, says District 428 Superintendent Jaime Craven. On July 19, the …
Met Police hacked with bizarre tweets and emails posted
Image caption Some tweets called for the release of drill rap artist Digga D The Metropolitan Police’s website has been hit by hackers who posted a series of bizarre messages. A series of tweets were also sent from the force’s verified account, which has more than a million followers, including one about rapper Digga D. …
