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Ksenia Sobchak says email breach let hackers into her Telegram channels

Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak said attackers used her email account to hijack Telegram channels and post allegedly f...

By Dana Voss

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LAPD drops Flock after audit finds false stolen-car stops

An inspector general review found LAPD officers investigated 161 drivers in two months after plate readers wrongly flagg...

By Dana Voss

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CISA says contractor’s GitHub leak exposed internal credentials for months

CISA’s postmortem says unclear reporting paths and slow key rotation complicated its response to leaked AWS GovCloud key...

By Dana Voss

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UK and EU sanction Russia’s FSB over Polish energy grid attack

London and Brussels blamed the FSB’s Center 16 for cyber sabotage attempts against Polish utilities and widened sanction...

By Dana Voss

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Katalyst’s $3,000 EMS suit runs into a human usability problem

A 404 Media test found Katalyst’s electrical muscle-stimulation suit delivered intense workouts, but also numbness, ting...

By Dana Voss

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404 Media readers document the spread of AI flyers in public life

Reader submissions show AI-made posters and ads turning up on menus, store signs, civic notices and billboards, often wi...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

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Astronomers find possible giant planet at Tabby’s Star

A TESS signal from 2019 points to a giant companion that could disturb comet-like debris around KIC 8462852 and help exp...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

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European Parliament restores legal cover for voluntary CSAM message scans

Lawmakers revived a temporary rule letting major platforms scan for child sexual abuse material, despite privacy objecti...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Researchers find structural tells in AI-written short fiction

A preprint from University of Maryland and Google DeepMind says AI stories differ from human fiction in plot, time, them...

By Dana Voss

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License plate reader searches face new Fourth Amendment pressure

Legal scholars say the Supreme Court’s Chatrie ruling on geofence warrants could complicate warrantless police use of au...

By Dana Voss

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Ryuk defendant pleads guilty as Blackcat fixer gets 70 months

U.S. prosecutors advanced two ransomware cases involving Ryuk and Blackcat, including a guilty plea in Oregon and a Flor...

By Dana Voss

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Dutch police suspect local role in Odido breach affecting 6 million

Police say a Dutch-speaking caller helped attackers get access to Odido systems before customer data was stolen in Febru...

By Mara Chen-Doyle