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Chinese hackers are determined to ‘wreak havoc’ on US critical infrastructure, FBI director warns
Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the…
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UK Police Use Driver License Photo In Facial Recognition Search
A recent change to a single clause in a UK criminal justice law will soon allow police or the National…
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Google Just Denied Cops a Key Surveillance Tool
A hacker group calling itself Solntsepek, previously linked to the infamous Russian military hacking unit Sandworm, took credit this week…
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ChatGPT Spit Out Sensitive Data When Told to Repeat ‘Poem’ Forever
OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment on the researchers’ findings. When we tried the “repeat ‘poem’ forever”…
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The 23andMe User Data Leak May Be Far Worse Than Believed
With the Israel-Hamas war intensifying by the day, many people are desperate for accurate information about the conflict. Getting it…
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Your Cheap Android TV Streaming Box May Have a Dangerous Backdoor
When you buy a TV streaming box, there are certain things you wouldn’t expect it to do. It shouldn’t secretly…
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Dropping Rocks In Road So Cars Would Hit Them
Earlier today, we wrote about a woman in Texas who barely avoided being impaled by a spear while driving after…
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Police Arrested A 10 Year Old For Peeing Behind His Mom’s Car
Public urination is never a good idea, but arresting an innocent child for doing something like that is maybe taking…
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Google’s New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn’t Been Hacked. Here’s How It Works | WIRED
If you think about all the businesses involved in maintaining the software on your phone, from individual app developers to…
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Security News This Week: US Energy Firm Targeted With Malicious QR Codes in Mass Phishing Attack
At the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas last weekend, thousands of hackers competed in a red-team challenge to find…
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