File-sharing software on state election servers could expose them to intruders

Enlarge / Stickers await residents who vote at the Parks and Recreation Center building on August 14, 2018, in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. (credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) As recently as Monday, computer servers that powered Kentucky’s online voter registration and Wisconsin’s reporting of election results ran software that could potentially expose information to hackers or enable access […]

Kim Dotcom’s ‘gift to Hollywood’: Bitcoin-based file-sharing platform set for launch

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has unveiled his new file-sharing service, K.im, which will allow uploaders to get paid for content through a bitcoin-based payment service – Bitcache. The new services are being pitched by the internet entrepreneur as a possible “solution to piracy” and the start of a “copyright revolution.” K.im & Bitcache were designed […]