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Google says some Pixel phone owners were hacked in zero-day attacks | TechCrunch

Google says that a bug in its Pixel smartphones’ software was exploited in limited and targeted cyberattacks. The...

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Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database | TechCrunch

The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files from a Florida state database of vehicles...

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Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies | TechCrunch

Google’s Gemini accessed the protected systems of three other companies in what The Wall Street Journal reports were...

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North Korean hackers suspected in $351M crypto theft, the largest so far this year | TechCrunch

North Korean hackers are suspected of stealing more than $351 million from the servers of cryptocurrency exchange Bitget...

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New Technique Bypasses 1,024-Bit RSA Without Factoring It

The technique still takes 1,380 CPU core-years, but that's down from the estimated 500,000 to 1 million CPU...

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Hackers Hack the FBI’s Hacking Unit: Report

Compromised FBI personnel records identified members of the bureau’s Remote Operations Unit.

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Signal Finally Lets You Skip the Phone Number, but Now Google Is Involved

A $2.99 Google Play billing fee leaves hardened, Play-free Android phones out for now.

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Prepare Yourself for a Discord Age Check

You'll soon know whether you behave like a child.

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Why Are Water Treatment Plants Still Connected to the Internet?

"We just need to teach this generation how to get back to paper very, very quickly."

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Hackers Defaced the FBI Jobs Site and Say They Have Agents’ Home Addresses

ShinyHunters calls it coercion, not extortion, and gave the bureau a week to retract a May warning about...