Cybersecurity

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Hackers Overheat Fridges at Supermarkets Across France, Wasting Food and Starting Fires
Fridges and freezers at hundreds of stores reportedly surged to temperatures up to 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius).
Gizmodo — AIOct 12, 20263 min read
We Have Entered a Cybersecurity Hellscape, Japan Warns
We haven’t quite reached the cyber apocalypse that artificial intelligence companies have warned their technology could unleash on the world, but we’re getting uncomfortably close to a catastrophe on a national scale.
Gizmodo — AIOct 9, 20263 min read
Pentagon Begins Alerting Possibly Millions of Service Members About Personnel Database Breach
It's not clear how many of the over 3 million troops and others in a breached Pentagon database lost information like Social Security numbers to hackers.
Gizmodo — AIOct 1, 20263 min read
FBI’s Top Cyber Guy Warns ShinyHunters Crew That They Better Watch Their Backs
The best way to show you’re not owned is, of course, posting. So the FBI has taken it up a notch after hackers stole a huge trove of data from its servers in a breach last week, including personal details on thousands of FBI officials.
Gizmodo — AISep 30, 20265 min read