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How a Bunch of Lava Lamps Protect Us from Hackers…

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Edward Craven Walker lived to see his greatest invention, the lava lamp, make its late-’90s cultural comeback. But the British tinkerer (and famed nudist, incidentally) died before he could witness the 21st-­century digital potential of his analog creation. Inside the San Francisco office of the web security company Cloudflare, 100 units of Craven Walker’s groovy […]

Massive Twitter Hack Hits Obama, Biden, Bloomberg, Musk, Kanye, Gates, More…

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The Twitter accounts of some of the world’s most powerful people, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Michael Bloomberg were compromised earlier today, with hackers using their access to tweet out a Bitcoin scam. Bitcoin worth more than $100,000 have reportedly been transferred to the hackers. The compromised accounts included former President Barack Obama, current […]

WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Superseding Indictment: New Allegations Assert Assange Conspired with “Anonymous” Affiliated Hackers, Among Others…

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A federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment today charging Julian P. Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, with offenses that relate to Assange’s alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States. The new indictment does not add additional counts to the prior 18-count superseding […]

Hackers Trick Tesla Cars into Speeding Up by 50 MPH with a Piece of Tape…

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Researchers at McAfee reportedly used a 2-inch strip of tape on a 35-mph speed limit sign to trick two Tesla vehicles into misreading the signs as 85-mph and accelerating 50 mph to match the modified sign. The MIT Tech Review reports that two security researchers tricked two 2016 Tesla vehicles into accelerating 50 mph past […]

Chinese Army Stole Over 13 Million British Citizens’ Personal Data…

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An elite hacker network sponsored by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) stole the personal data, including telephone numbers, credit card details, and passwords, of over 13 million people in Britain. The Chinese reportedly sponsored a 2017 cyberattack on Equifax, a top consumer credit reporting agency. It was described by the United States as the largest […]

China Invokes Edward Snowden in Defense Against Equifax Indictments…

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Chinese officials and state media on Tuesday condemned the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday for indicting four People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military officers for the massive hacking attack on the Equifax credit reporting agency, a 2017 cybercrime that pilfered valuable corporate data and personal information about over 147 million Americans. The four individuals named in […]

FBI Probes Israeli Spyware Firm NSO Group for ‘Hacking Americans and Government Agencies’ After Jeff Bezos and Facebook Both Accused the Company of Malicious Attacks…

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The FBI is investigating the role of Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group Technologies in possible hacks on American residents and companies as well as suspected intelligence gathering on governments, according to four people familiar with the inquiry. Earlier this month, a security firm contracted by Jeff Bezos implicated NSO in hacking the Amazon CEO’s nude […]

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