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A Tesla Helped Police Track Down a Hate Crime Suspect
Photo: Frederic J. BROWN / AFP (Getty Images) In the category of news that is both good but also unsettling:…
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LinkedIn Job Offers May Actually Be Laced With Malware
Photo: Carl Court (Getty Images) With unemployment at formidable levels and the economy doing weird, covid-related reversals, I think we…
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Hackers Hiding Malware Inside Fake Call of Duty: Warzone Cheats
Photo: Robert Reiners (Getty Images) Look out, n00bs. Hackers are apparently deploying fake game “cheats” for Call of Duty: Warzone.…
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Guns.Com Got Hacked
Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP (Getty Images) Watch out, firearm lovers. The subtly-named guns.com, a place where Americans can go to pick…
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Ulysses Group Claims It Can Track Nearly Any Car in Real-Time
Photo: HENNING KAISER/DPA/AFP (Getty Images) A defense contractor that claims to have access to motor vehicle location data on a…
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Navajo Nation Hospital Still Recovering From Ransomware Attack
The Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, circa 2002.Photo: David McNew (Getty Images) If you want a good example of the kind…
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Ransomware Gang Claims to Sell Off Data from AFTS Cyberattack
Screenshot: Lucas Ropek/Cuba Ransomware website A ransomware gang called “Cuba” claims to be selling off data on the dark web…
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California DMV Warns of Potential Data Breach
Photo: David McNew (Getty Images) The California Department of Motor Vehicles has warned state residents that over a year’s worth…
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One of Trump’s Law Firms Gets Data Stolen By Hackers
Photo: Mandel Ngan (Getty Images) A ransomware gang claims to have stolen over 100 gigabytes of data from Jones Day,…
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Clearview AI Thinks The Solution to Dating Is Facial Recognition
Photo: Philip Fong (Getty Images) Clearview AI, now the byword for unchecked surveillance, has filed a wide-ranging patent application that…
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