The intruder who claims to have hacked Uber might not have done much damage. The ridesharing firm has determined that there's "no evidence" the perpetrator accessed sensitive user data, such as trip histories. All services are functioning properly, and the company has restored the use of internal software it took down upon discovering the breach. […]
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Can Blindspot Hack a Spinoff? Who Has Baby-Sitter Goals? Is Bold Type Out to Wreck Us? Huh, Yellowstone? More Qs!
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Baby-Sitters Club, Yellowstone, Blindspot and The Bold Type! 1 | Did The Baby-Sitters Club‘s super chic, 12-year-old Claudia make you feel like you need to step up your fashion and […]
US Air Force Defector Allegedly Helped Iran Hack Americans
In an astonishing indictment, the DoJ details how Monica Witt allegedly turned on her former counterintelligence colleagues. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c644d8d27a9505fee1985e3/master/pass/Iran-1095315442.jpg
Plane passengers amazed when they spot this man’s 'genius' travel hack
Flights welcome all sorts of people on board a plane and passengers often spot their fellow fliers doing intriguing things. Travellers on one plane couldn’t believe it when they spotted a man employing a clever travel hack. A hilarious photo of the incident was shared by Instagram account passengershaming. It shows a man apparently using […]
China emerges as lead suspect in Marriott data hack
Hackers behind a massive breach at Marriott International left clues suggesting they worked for Chinese government intelligence.Read More
GOP Email Hack Shows How Bad Midterm Election Meddling Got
Election-related hacking during the midterm season seemed fairly muted, but it turns out that the National Republican Congressional Committee suffered a major breach. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c06ea43b4a1372d7285fdc3/master/pass/RepubCongressComm-EmailHack-935390936.jpg
A Dunkin’ Donuts Hack, a Fake FedEx Site, and More Security News This Week
Scam centers, exposed massage company data, and more of the week’s top security news. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c01c5c6181b3205129cbb27/master/pass/America-hacks-on-Dunkin-758305329.jpg
How to Hack an Election (Without Touching the Machines)
In 2018, we should worry less about bot-nets and more about the oldest political tricks: misdirection, misinformation, and outright voter suppression. https://media.wired.com/photos/5be34d27134e755d734f7f69/master/pass/Ideas_Art_VoteHack-1052826986.jpg
Hack on 8 adult websites exposes oodles of intimate user data
Enlarge / One of the hacked websites, wifelovers.com, as it appeared on October 12. (credit: Internet Archive) A recent hack of eight poorly secured adult websites has exposed megabytes of personal data that could be damaging to the people who shared pictures and other highly intimate information on the online message boards. Included in the […]