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).
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Colorado Woman Sues Flock After Cameras Used in False Package-Theft Accusation
A cop initially said the case was a lock. "One hundred percent. No doubt."
Gizmodo — AI7 min readOracle Health Data Breach From Last Year Was Reportedly Huge
In March of last year, Bleeping Computer reported some shenanigans that strongly suggested a data breach at Oracle Cloud had occurred. An apparent hacker who went by rose87168 was releasing data that seemed to have been pried out of Oracle’s single sign-on system.
Gizmodo — AI3 min read‘Flock is Eviscerating the Very Notion of Privacy’: Sanders and AOC Propose the Ban Flock Act
“Going to the doctor? Flock knows. Dropping your kid off at school? Flock is tracking you."
Gizmodo — AI4 min readICE Is Reportedly Putting ICE Observers, Protesters in a Palantir Database
A new lawsuit alleges DHS agents drove by observers' and protestors' homes to intimidate them and added their names to Homeland Security's investigations system, according to Wired.
Gizmodo — AI4 min readCops May Have Found a Way Around One of Apple’s Toughest iPhone Security Features
The latest round of the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between Apple and the cops has seemingly gone to the cat. According to a report from 404 Media, a company that develops tools for law enforcement has figured out a way to bypass a key Apple security technique that has been making life considerably…
Gizmodo — AI3 min readPentagon 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 — AI3 min readThe Future of War Is These Four Jerks, Apparently
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has tapped Newt Gingrich, Palmer Luckey, and Elon Musk to write a report on the future of warfare.
Gizmodo — AI5 min readUSPS Is Putting Dashcams in Mail Trucks to Keep an Eye on ‘Community Safety’
The number of roving surveillance machines is growing by the day.
Gizmodo — AI4 min readSix-Month Trial of Live Facial Recognition in London Railway Stations Nets Zero Suspects
London’s police test of live facial recognition (LFR) has ended with more than half a million faces scanned, but zero actual suspects or arrests attributable to the technology, The Guardian reported.
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