Future Apple product plans may be at risk following Luxshare hack
appleinsider - Apple supply chain member Luxshare suffered a major data breach in December, and hackers that pilfered the files are now offering it for sale on the dark web. It looks legit.Luxshare's existing US office near Apple Park — image credit: Apple MapsThe Apple…
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Ireland Wants To Give Its Cops Spyware, Ability To Crack Encrypted Messages
msmash / slashdot - The Irish government is planning to bolster its police's ability to intercept communications, including encrypted messages, and provide a legal basis for spyware use. From a report: The Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill is being framed …
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Curl shutters bug bounty program to remove incentive for submitting AI slop
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Maintainer hopes hackers send bug reports anyway, will keep shaming ‘silly ones’ The maintainer of popular open-source data transfer tool cURL has ended the project’s bug bounty program after maintainers struggled to assess a flood of AI-generated contrib…
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