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2 weeks ago

Meet the Plant Hacker Creating Flowers Never Seen (or Smelled) Before

Wired

The money he earned doing that was enough to put Cocioba through the first couple of years of a biology degree at Stony Brook University. A Petunia bioengineered by Sebastian Cocioba, a plant biotechnology researcher who works out of his home laboratory in Huntington, New York on October 30, 2024. The flowers were bioengineered by Sebastian Cocioba, a plant biotechnology …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

US Officials Recommend Encryption Apps Amid Chinese Telecom Hacking

Wired

A consortium of global law enforcement agencies led by Britain’s National Crime Agency announced a takedown operation this week against two major Russian money-laundering networks that process billions of dollars each year in more than 30 locations around the world. As the United States government scrambles to address China’s “Salt Typhoon” digital espionage campaign into US telecoms, two senators demanded …

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US prioritises action against Chinese hacker group after massive metadata breach

India Today

The administration of outgoing US President Joe Biden is intensifying efforts to combat the Chinese hacker group, Salt Typhoon, after a sweeping cyber-espionage campaign compromised the metadata of potentially millions of Americans. Salt Typhoon reportedly infiltrated at least eight US telecommunications companies, including major players like Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Lumen. When asked whether the breach could encompass every American’s …

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3 weeks ago

Amateur hackers wage cyber war amid India-Bangladesh tensions

India Today

They are the 'watchers', the 'protectors', and the punishers delivering 'justice' in their own style – sitting thousands of kilometres away. Bangladeshi hacker groups such as Team ARXU, Team BD Cyber Ninja, and The Anonymous BD have escalated attacks on Indian sites, including those belonging to various chapters of ISKCON, the Hindu religious organisation currently at the centre of controversy …

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EC lodges complaint against ‘EVM hacker’

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Amidst wide-spread allegations regarding the tampering of electronic voting machines in the assembly polls held on November 20, in which the ruling Mahayuti alliance registered a resounding victory, police in Delhi and Mumbai have registered criminal cases against a social media user, Syed Shuja, who claimed that EVMs were tampered with by isolating their frequency. EC lodges complaint against …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

FIR against 'EVM hacker' Syed Shuja after India Today sting operation

India Today

The Maharashtra Cyber Police on Sunday filed an FIR against Syed Shuja, a self-proclaimed hacker, following a complaint by the Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra. The video, part of a sting operation by India Today TV, showed Shuja speaking to undercover reporters posing as representatives of a senior MP from the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance. pic.twitter.com/gJG8EE9DAQ — Wg Cdr Anuma …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

23andMe is in trouble. Which might mean your data is, too

The Independent

In the middle of 2008, a room full of celebrities and socialites gathered in a room for cocktails, clutching plastic tubes filled with saliva. 23andMe made headlines around the world, kicking off a journey to “personalise genetic healthcare” that would culminate in a business worth $6bn at its peak in 2021, and a global conversation around one important question: who …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Fact Check: Video of 'hacker' claiming can tamper EVMs is from India Today sting

India Today

Following the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti coalition’s massive win in the Maharashtra Assembly, where it bagged 235 of the 288 seats, several Opposition leaders started raising questions about EVM tampering. The man in the video call is Syed Shuja, a self-proclaimed cyber expert who claims to have worked with the Electronic Corporation of India Limited on EVM development from 2009 …

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1 month ago

Hacker reportedly accessed file with damaging testimony about Matt Gaetz

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A hacker reportedly gained access to a computer file that …

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1 month ago

Hacker gets access to 'damaging' Matt Gaetz files with testimony 'from woman who was 17 when they had sex'

Daily Mail

A hacker is said to have gained access to a trove of damaging files related to Donald Trump's pick to be U.S. Attorney General, former congressman Matt Gaetz, including testimony from a woman who claims they had sex when she was 17. Joel Leppard, an attorney for two of Gaetz's alleged victims, claimed he used 'adopted son' Nestor Galban's PayPal …

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1 month ago

'Damaging' sealed testimony about Matt Gaetz accessed by hacker: report

Raw Story

A hacker reportedly gained access to a file containing "damaging" testimony against President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz. "The file is said to include sworn testimony by a woman who said that she had sex with Mr. Gaetz in 2017 when she was 17, in addition to testimony by a second woman who said that she had witnessed …

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Hacker obtains files from House Ethics Committee detailing explosive claims against Matt Gaetz

Salon

An anonymous hacker has obtained files containing evidence against former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who has been accused of paying for sex, including with a minor, The New York Times reported. As a member of Congress, Gaetz was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over allegations he used illicit drugs and paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl in …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist

Wired

In perhaps the most adorable hacker story of the year, a trio of technologists in India found an innovative way to circumvent Apple’s location restrictions on AirPod Pro 2s so they could enable the earbuds’ hearing aid feature for their grandmas. In a new legal strategy for those attempting to hold commercial spyware vendors responsible, lawyer Andreu Van den Eynde, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Crypto hacker who stole $11 billion of bitcoin sentenced to prison

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A hacker has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing and …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘I Am Kathalan’ movie review: Fast-paced cyber crime thriller ends up an average fare

The Hindu

If there exists a parallel world where losers are guaranteed to find salvation, Girish A.D’s characters would probably be the rulers of that world. Vishnu’s personality as someone who is not averse to using his technical knowledge for devious means is established early on, when he attempts a phishing attack on a female classmate’s social media account for his friend. …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hacker releases call logs of Trump family, Kamala Harris

India Today

A hacker has released the phone numbers, allegedly belonging to United States Vice President Kamala Harris and some family members of President-elect Donald Trump, in an extortion bid against American telecom giant AT&T. India Today’s Open-Source Intelligence team reviewed over 2,000 numbers and call details provided in the sample data tranche and ran some of the numbers in Truecaller, the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Naslen's Revenge: A Hacker's Revenge in 'I am Kathalan'

The Hindu

The trailer of I am Kathalan showcases a revenge-driven hacker named Kathalan, played by Naslen. The film revolves around a private company owned by Dileesh Pothan, with Lijomol Jose's character investigating the hacker's identity. The trailer hints at a complex and thrilling plot driven by vengeance. It also features Sajin, Anishma Anilkumar, Vineeth Vasudevan, Vineeth Viswam, Arshad Ali, and Kiran …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Hacker Charged With Seeking to Kill Using Cyberattacks on Hospitals

Wired

In December of 2023, for instance, Anonymous Sudan took OpenAI's ChatGPT offline with a sustained series of DDoS attacks in response to the company's executive Tal Broda vocally supporting the Israel Defense Forces’ missile attacks in Gaza. “We will continue targeting ChatGPT until the genocide supporter, Tal Broda, is fired and ChatGPT stops having dehumanizing views of Palestinians," Anonymous Sudan …

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3 months, 1 week ago

IPL Franchise Delhi Capitals Official X Account Gets 'Hacked', Deletes Multiple Posts Minutes After Uploading

ABP News

Delhi Capitals, the Indian Premier League franchise left the netizens confused on September 10. DC’s X account was supposedly hacked and the handle even posted multiple posts informing people about cryptocurrency, leaving everyone surprised. The official X account of Delhi Capitals fell victim to such a breach, with the hacker posting the following tweet: “Yes this is a hacked account! …

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4 months, 1 week ago

The Hacker Who Hunts Video Game Speedrunning Cheaters

Wired

Speedrunning video games, the competitive field of playing through digital games as quickly as possible, has in recent years been elevated into something between a virtuosic form of fingers-and-thumbs athletics and a highly technical science. In a talk at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas today, the details of which WIRED reviewed in advance, Cecil plans to present what …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch How a Hacker’s Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop’s Keystrokes

Wired

In a famous scene from the 1992 movie Sneakers, a hacker classic, the main characters park a surveillance van across the street from their target's office and point a telephoto lens through his window—only to find that their view of his computer keyboard is blocked by the surprise entrance of his love interest at the precise moment when he types …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Bitcoin scam: Hacker Sriki, associate Robin get bail

The Hindu

First Additional Senior Civil and Judicial Magistrate First Class court in Tumakuru granted conditional bail to hacker Srikrishna Ramesh aka Sriki and his associate Robin Khandelwal on Tuesday in a case registered at New Extension police station in Tumakuru district in 2017. The court granted bail asking the first accused Sriki to pay ₹50,000 in bond with one surety and …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Hacker group says it leaked Disney data over the company’s ‘approach to AI’

LA Times

A group of hackers says it recently leaked internal communications at Walt Disney Co. over the company’s handling of “artist contracts, its approach to AI, and its pretty blatant disregard for the consumer.” The self-proclaimed hacktivist group known as NullBulge told multiple media outlets, including CNN, that it had breached thousands of Disney’s internal messaging channels and leaked roughly 1.2 …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’ has a ‘target list’ of 350 people he wants arrested

Raw Story

Retribution is at the center of Donald Trump’s third presidential election campaign. “I am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.” Trump’s loyal surrogates have duly embraced the project — perhaps no one more zealously than Ivan Raiklin, a retired Army Reserve lieutenant colonel and former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency employee, who …

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Meet the Plant Hacker Creating Flowers Never Seen (or Smelled) Before

US Officials Recommend Encryption Apps Amid Chinese Telecom Hacking

US prioritises action against Chinese hacker group after massive metadata breach

Amateur hackers wage cyber war amid India-Bangladesh tensions

EC lodges complaint against ‘EVM hacker’

FIR against 'EVM hacker' Syed Shuja after India Today sting operation

23andMe is in trouble. Which might mean your data is, too

Fact Check: Video of 'hacker' claiming can tamper EVMs is from India Today sting

Hacker reportedly accessed file with damaging testimony about Matt Gaetz

Hacker gets access to 'damaging' Matt Gaetz files with testimony 'from woman who was 17 when they had sex'

'Damaging' sealed testimony about Matt Gaetz accessed by hacker: report

Hacker obtains files from House Ethics Committee detailing explosive claims against Matt Gaetz

Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist

Crypto hacker who stole $11 billion of bitcoin sentenced to prison

‘I Am Kathalan’ movie review: Fast-paced cyber crime thriller ends up an average fare

Hacker releases call logs of Trump family, Kamala Harris

Naslen's Revenge: A Hacker's Revenge in 'I am Kathalan'

Hacker Charged With Seeking to Kill Using Cyberattacks on Hospitals

IPL Franchise Delhi Capitals Official X Account Gets 'Hacked', Deletes Multiple Posts Minutes After Uploading

The Hacker Who Hunts Video Game Speedrunning Cheaters

Watch How a Hacker’s Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop’s Keystrokes

Bitcoin scam: Hacker Sriki, associate Robin get bail

Hacker group says it leaked Disney data over the company’s ‘approach to AI’

Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’ has a ‘target list’ of 350 people he wants arrested