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How the FBI Is Hunting North Korean Hackers Who Attacked U.S. Healthcare System
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How the FBI Is Hunting North Korean Hackers Who Attacked U.S. Healthcare System

A recently unsealed court document shows the FBI has obtained multiple warrants to read the contents of email inboxes used by suspected North Korean hackers.
Navy Ad: Gig Work Is a Dystopian, Unregulated Hellscape, Build Submarines Instead
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Navy Ad: Gig Work Is a Dystopian, Unregulated Hellscape, Build Submarines Instead

The same government that has failed to regulate gig work has simply opted to agree that it is bad and to use those working conditions to recruit for the military.
Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal
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Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal

DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.
Heritage Foundation Claims to Use Location Data to Track Trump Shooter's Movements
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Heritage Foundation Claims to Use Location Data to Track Trump Shooter's Movements

Organizations are now openly broadcasting the once dirty secret of the location data industry: it can be used to track specific people.
Sydney Sweeney’s Verizon Phone Number Hijacked
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Sydney Sweeney’s Verizon Phone Number Hijacked

A photo posted online shows an apparent SIM swap of Sydney Sweeney on July 2nd. That same day, hackers broke into her Twitter account and posted a cryptocurrency scam.
UK Police Arrest Suspect in MGM Ransomware Attack
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UK Police Arrest Suspect in MGM Ransomware Attack

The arrest is one of the few publicly available signs of movement in the investigation of the massive MGM Resorts cyberattack.
CrowdStrike Outage Impacted U.S. Government Agencies
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CrowdStrike Outage Impacted U.S. Government Agencies

Although the outage was brief in some instances, multiple U.S. agencies confirmed they were impacted by the global Windows outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update.
CrowdStrike ‘Deeply Sorry for the Inconvenience’
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CrowdStrike ‘Deeply Sorry for the Inconvenience’

The Windows outage has disrupted hospitals, airports, public transit, and much more worldwide.
To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says
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To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says

The advice, which is specifically for virtual machines using Azure, shows that sometimes the solution to a catastrophic failure is turn it off and on again. And again.
AI Hell Is Begging a Chatbot for a $5 Discount on a Light Fixture
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AI Hell Is Begging a Chatbot for a $5 Discount on a Light Fixture

I tried to get the best deal from Nibble, a chatbot that allows shoppers to “negotiate” the price of specific items in online stores.
Generative AI Hype Cycle Is Hitting ‘Trough of Disillusionment’
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Generative AI Hype Cycle Is Hitting ‘Trough of Disillusionment’

“Investment in AI has reached a new high with a focus on generative AI, which, in most cases, has yet to deliver its anticipated business value," Gartner has said.
Leaked Docs Show What Phones Cellebrite Can (and Can’t) Unlock
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Leaked Docs Show What Phones Cellebrite Can (and Can’t) Unlock

The leaked April 2024 documents, obtained and verified by 404 Media, show Cellebrite could not unlock a large chunk of modern iPhones.