It was about as high stakes a presidential debate as there has been in American history. When President Jimmy Carter and Republican party nominee Ronald Reagan squared off on Oct. 28, 1980, in Cleveland for their one and only debate of that election, there was just one week to go before Americans cast their ballots. […]
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Up to 9.5 million net neutrality comments were made with stolen identities
Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on December 14, 2017 in Washington, DC, the day of the FCC’s vote to repeal net neutrality rules. (credit: Getty Images | Alex Wong ) The New York attorney general’s office is widening an investigation into fraudulent net neutrality comments, saying it estimates that up to 9.5 million comments […]
Manifest Boss: Stolen [Spoiler] Will Stoke Conspiracy Theories — Plus, Will Ben's Rival for Grace Fight Back?
It was one (literally) microscopic step forward for Manifest‘s mystery-solving team, and then a corpse-sized step back, as Episode 3 of the freshman NBC hit came to a close. Just as medical researcher Saanvi revealed to Ben and Michaela that she and Cal possess a genetic marker that was not there before the fateful Flight […]
Facebook says it hasn’t seen any evidence that the hackers used stolen keys to access users’ Tinder, Spotify, or Instagram accounts (FB)
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Facebook got hacked, it announced last week, and there have been fears attackers could use the stolen data to break into users’ accounts on Tinder, Spotify, Airbnb, and elsewhere. On Tuesday, Facebook said there is no evidence of that sort of thing happening. But it’s still not clear who is behind the […]
Wildlife Detective Uses DNA to Link Stolen Ivory to Big Cartels
A new method looks at the DNA of elephant tusks to pinpoint the crime networks behind disparate stashes of poached ivory. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ba19bbc5cee1848e576bc0b/master/pass/tusks_18012239705235.jpg
A group of researchers showed how a Tesla Model S can be hacked and stolen in seconds using only $600 worth of equipment (TSLA)
Alphr Researchers from KU Leuven university in Belgium demonstrated that hackers can secretly clone the key fob of a Tesla Model S and steal the car within seconds — and with only $ 600 worth of simple computing and radio equipment, WIRED reports. The researchers brought their findings to Tesla — which rewarded them for exposing […]
Horizon Air Q400 Aircraft Crashes After Being Stolen From Seattle Airport
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Cows help police catch a suspect fleeing in a stolen car
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Weird Car News She was on the moo-ve Continue reading Cows help police catch a suspect fleeing in a stolen car Cows help police catch a suspect fleeing in a stolen car originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for […]
100,000 rounds of ammo & several rifles stolen at US gun show
At least five firearms and 100,000 rounds of ammunition have been stolen from gun vendors during a gun show in South Carolina. Local and federal law enforcement agencies are continuing their investigation into the heist. Lexington County Sheriff’s Department officers responded to theft reports from several vendors who were taking part in a gun show […]
Priceless royal crowns stolen in Sweden, thieves get away on motor boat
Swedish police have mobilized its land, sea and air forces to catch two men who stole two 17th century royal crowns and an orb from a church in broad daylight on Tuesday before making a daring escape in a motor boat. In what looks more like a Hollywood movie plot than real-word crime news, crowns […]