Ubisoft shuts down ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ servers following hack
Ubisoft shuts down 'Rainbow Six Siege' servers following hack Yesterday, Ubisoft confirmed that Rainbow Six Siege had been compromised and that it had shut down the game’s servers and marketplace while it resolved the issue. The hackers managed to gain control over a significant chunk of the game’s systems, including the ability to ban and […]
Dozens of Flock AI camera feeds were just out there
Dozens of Flock AI camera feeds were just out there The livestreams connected to more than 60 of Flock’s AI-powered surveillance cameras were left available to view on the web, allowing someone to see live feeds of each location without needing a username or password, according to findings from tech YouTuber Benn Jordan and 404 […]
Google’s turning off its dark web monitoring service that scoured data breaches for your info
Google's turning off its dark web monitoring service that scoured data breaches for your info Google notified users in an email today that, beginning next month, it will stop sending its dark web reports, an opt-in feature that alerted users when Google detected their personal information on the dark web, as reported by 9to5Google. On […]
Pentagon’s Signalgate report finds Pete Hegseth violated military policies
Pentagon's Signalgate report finds Pete Hegseth violated military policies It has been months since a group of Trump administration officials put together a Signal group chat to discuss classified military intelligence ahead of a military strike in Yemen while inadvertently adding a journalist, and now the Pentagon’s inspector general has released its report on the […]
The VPN panic is only getting started
The VPN panic is only getting started After the Online Safety Act’s onerous internet age restrictions took effect this summer, it didn’t take long for Brits to get around them. Some methods went viral, like using video game Death Stranding‘s photo mode to bypass face scans. But in the end, the simplest solution won out: […]
Signal’s secure message backups arrive on iOS
Signal's secure message backups arrive on iOS Signal is launching secure backups on iOS, allowing you to save and restore your messages in case you lose or break your phone. With the free version of the feature, you can store up to 100MB of text messages, along with the past 45 days’ worth of photos, […]
Press a button and this SSD will self-destruct with all your data
Press a button and this SSD will self-destruct with all your data Get rid of sensitive or confidential data in an instant. | Image: TeamGroup TeamGroup has announced a new portable SSD drive called the T-Create Expert P35S that could give you some peace of mind if you’re worried about your data falling into the […]
The FCC wants to roll back steps meant to stop a repeat of a massive telecom hack
The FCC wants to roll back steps meant to stop a repeat of a massive telecom hack After one of the biggest telecom hacks in US history, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) moved to enforce strict standards on carriers’ cybersecurity measures. On Thursday, the agency is set to vote to roll back those requirements, arguing […]
Cloudflare explains Tuesday’s outage that temporarily took down ChatGPT
Cloudflare explains Tuesday's outage that temporarily took down ChatGPT A blog post published Tuesday night by Cloudflare co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince has details on what caused its “worst outage since 2019,” pinning the issue to a problem in the Bot Management system that is supposed to control which automated crawlers are allowed to scan […]
Cloudflare outages aren’t a matter of if — but when
Cloudflare outages aren't a matter of if — but when Cloudflare has become the latest web infrastructure giant to collapse in the span of a month, replacing entire sites, including X, ChatGPT, Spotify, Canva, and even the outage-tracking DownDetector, with an error message for hours this morning. It’s the latest in a string of outages […]