Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Vice Society has a superpower that’s allowed it to quietly carry out attacks on schools and hospitals around the world: mediocrity.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Bails on Starlink Funding for Ukraine

Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: Hackers hit the Mormon Church, Signal plans to ditch SMS for Android, and a Fat Bear election erupts in scandal.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:26:18 +0000

The company says it hardened the security of its new flagship phones—and plans to release a built-in Android VPN.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:26:18 +0000

The company says it hardened the security of its new flagship phones—and plans to release a built-in Android VPN.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: The US warns of a mysterious military contractor breach, a “poisoned” version of the Tor Browser is tracking Chinese users, and more.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 19:20:30 +0000

Former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan’s conviction is a rare criminal consequence for an executive’s handling of a hack.

Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Sixteen states collectively suffered more than 90 false reports of school shooters during three weeks in September—and many appear to be connected.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: CIA failures allegedly got US informants killed, a former NSA worker is charged under the Espionage Act, and more.