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The pop media seldom does good reporting on the population demographics issue. This report, though, from the Orange County Register, is excellent, with clear and easy to understand charts. I…
Someone stole personal identity data on all customers of Optus and began posting it online. Optus apparently required substantial personal information and identity documents to prove identity when establishing new…
An Uber employee fell for this old phishing trick: The person who claimed responsibility for the hack told The New York Times that he had sent a text message to…
Trying to stop bad drones? This article dives into the different types of counter drone systems (drone jammer, anti-drone gun, etc.) & their legal problems. Source: Big Legal Problems with…
Users of smart televisions and some digital platforms in Russia reported seeing an anti-Ukraine-war message on their screens. Source: Russian TV, online platforms hacked with antiwar message on Victory Day
Interesting ideas: Instead of a password, devices could look for your phone over Bluetooth. Source: Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to kill the password with “Passkey” standard | Ars Technica
Hacked databases Of 100 Russian databases that were analyzed, 92 had been compromised, said Fowler. They belonged to retailers, Russian internet providers and intergovernmental websites, including the Commonwealth of Independent…
Best’s Wikileaks-esque entity published what it claimed was a huge trove of files stolen by a member of the Anonymous hacktivist collective from Russia’s censorship agency, Roskomnadzor. That includes a…
In 2017, US Senators accused Russia of interfering in US energy markets by secretly funding U.S. environmental activist groups. A 2019 report said Russia was secretly funding anti-fracking groups to…
Anonymous, the “hactivist” collective movement, claimed credit Sunday for taking over multiple television and streaming channels in Russia to broadcast messages that opposed the invasion of Ukraine. Source: Anonymous Hackers…