Just a few days after reports emerged that the infamous Mt. Gox meltdown was an inside job , one of the biggest , oldest, and most trusted bitcoin exchanges—Bitstamp—just went offline after a security breach. Bitcoin exchanges come and go all the time , but this is different. Bitstamp is supposed to be the reliable one . Read more…
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One of the Biggest Bitcoin Exchanges Just Went Dark After Getting Hacked
Here’s a scary thing that happened: South Korean authorities found evidence that a worm was recently removed from devices connected to nuclear power facilities. The news comes a little over a week after the country’s nuclear plant operator received warnings on Twitter that its network had been compromised . Thankfully, the reactor controls were not infected. Read more…
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Hackers Uploaded a Worm to South Korean Nuclear Plants
Friday was a big day at the drone testing facility in Boulder City, Nevada. It was the day that the first drone authorized to fly without FAA approval would take to the air. The bright orange unmanned aircraft, Magpie, did just that—and then it crashed to the ground in an embarrassing cloud of dust two seconds later. Read more…
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First Drone Launches at FAA Test Site in Nevada, Crashes Immediately
I n case anybody still believed we were doing ok on cybersecurity, Staples just announced that malware deployed at 115 of its stores nationwide gave hackers access to some 1.16 million customers’ payment cards. Check here to see if your store was hit. Read more…
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1.16 Million Payment Cards Breached in Staples Hack
The popular torrent site Isohunt just launched a new fully functional website — oldpiratebay.org — that lets you search through the Pirate Bay archives. This is a little bit silly, since Pirate Bay’s archives have been public for years . But it’s also a little bit useful if you’ve been having Pirate Bay withdrawal since the site got raided by Swedish police . Read more…
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Another Torrent Site Has Resurrected the Pirate Bay
Greenpeace can get a little aggressive with its tactics. That doesn’t mean that it’s not fighting for a good cause! But after the organization marched through the sacred Nazca Lines etched into the Peruvian desert for a climate protest, capturing it all on camera with a drone, you have to wonder what the hell they were thinking. Greenpeace isn’t the best at thinking things through, though. Read more…
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How Greenpeace Wrecked One of the Most Sacred Places in the Americas
Some time in 2015, Iowa will become the first state to offer an official app from the state’s Department of Transportation that can serve as your driver’s license and ID . That’s pretty incredible. It’s also getting us much closer to a more convenient, wallet-free future. Read more…
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Iowa Is Going To Let You Use a Smartphone As Your Driver’s License
Remember when Apple went after that handy note-taking widget , a popular app that’s one the first truly useful widgets for iOS 8? Turns out, Apple’s been pulling all kinds of apps that take advantage of new features in iOS 8—even after they’ve been approved to be in the App Store. And developers are starting to get pretty upset. Read more…
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Apple Is Pulling a Bunch of the Neatest iOS 8 Apps
A team of sophisticated hackers with insider trading ambitions has been targeting executives at over 100 organizations for over a year. While their hacking techniques aren’t all that sophisticated, they appear to have a deep understanding of the investment banking industry. Read more…
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Hackers Are Gaming the Stock Market With a Stupid Simple Approach
If you tried to visit Craigslist late Sunday night, you probably had a very weird experience. Instead of arriving at that sultry sea of classifieds, you were probably sent to DigitalGangster.com . Then, you were likely redirected to YouTube, where a very strange animated rap video filled your ears with lyrics about freedom, privacy, and net neutrality. Read more…
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The Bizarre Story Behind Last Night’s Craigslist Hack