Michael Kan

DataBreach.com Emerges as Alternative to HaveIBeenPwned

The site comes from Atlas Privacy, which has compiled information on data breaches to help victims learn if they're affected.

3 hours, 25 minutes By Michael Kan

Hot Topic Breach Confirmed, Millions of Credit Cards, Email Addresses Exposed

The stolen database contains 54 million unique email addresses and 'lightly encrypted' credit card information for 25 million users, which can be decrypted, according to Atlas Privacy.

6 hours, 42 minutes By Michael Kan

US Cyber Official: No Evidence of Successful Hacks During US Election

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency touts success even as it faces the prospect of being dismantled in a second Trump administration.

9 hours, 7 minutes By Michael Kan

EU Investigates Corning for Possible Market Abuse With Gorilla Glass Deals

The European Commission is concerned that Corning is locking electronics vendors into exclusivity agreements that may violate EU competition rules.

11 hours, 5 minutes By Michael Kan

Ransomware Group Demands Payment in French Baguettes

Ransomware gang Hellcat says it stole 40GB of data from French company Schneider Electric. Its request to pay in carbs is likely a joke, but Schneider is investigating.

1 day, 3 hours By Michael Kan

FBI: Hackers Are Exploiting Fake Legal Requests to Steal User Data

Hackers are hijacking email accounts belonging to US and foreign governments and sending bogus 'emergency data requests' to companies.

1 day, 7 hours By Michael Kan

Hacker Behind Snowflake Customer Breaches Arrested in Canada

Alexander 'Connor' Moucka allegedly hacked numerous customers of cloud storage provider Snowflake, including AT&T, Neiman Marcus, and possibly Ticketmaster.

1 day, 9 hours By Michael Kan

FBI, Intel Agencies to Voters: Don't Fall for Russian Election Disinformation

'Russia is the most active threat,' according to US officials, who expect disinformation activities, like fake videos and alerts, to intensify today to undermine US election results.

1 day, 10 hours By Michael Kan

SpaceX: Cellular Starlink Connected 27,000+ Phones in Areas Hit by Hurricanes

The company's 'direct-to-cell' Starlink satellites also transmitted more than 250,000 SMS texts.

1 day, 11 hours By Michael Kan

Perplexity AI CEO Suggests Replacing Striking NYT Workers With AI

UPDATE: Perplexity AI's CEO has since clarified his original tweet to say his intention wasn't to suggest AI be used to replace the striking workers.

2 days, 3 hours By Michael Kan

Amazon Seems to Delay Kindle Colorsoft Shipments Over Yellow Strip Defect

The company is contacting customers to better understand the issue with the goal of rolling out a software fix, according to users on Reddit.

2 days, 7 hours By Michael Kan

Pentagon's Huge Satellite Spending Boost Could Mean Funding Windfall for Starlink

The Pentagon increases its spending ceiling for proliferated low Earth orbit (pLEO) satellite services from $900 million to an eye-popping $13 billion through 2028.

2 days, 9 hours By Michael Kan

Netflix Focuses on AI-Generated Gaming After Shutting Down Internal Studio

'Many view this technology with fear, but I am a game-maker at heart, and I see its potential to unlock all of us,' says Mike Verdu, who was recently named Netflix's VP of GenAI for Games.

2 days, 10 hours By Michael Kan

EU's Starlink Rival, IRIS2, Won't Offer Full Service Until Early 2030s

The IRIS² satellite constellation will be small, but it will make the EU less reliant on SpaceX.

5 days, 5 hours By Michael Kan

Google's 'Big Sleep' AI Project Uncovers Real Software Vulnerabilities

The company's experimental AI agent finds a previously unknown and exploitable software bug in SQLite, an open-source database engine.

5 days, 7 hours By Michael Kan

DIY Drug Smuggling? Man Hides 220 Pounds of Meth in PC Cases

Methamphetamine is not a recommended PC component, but Australian police detected 220 pounds of it hidden inside boxes of PC cases that came in from Malaysia.

5 days, 10 hours By Michael Kan

Apple to Bolster iPhone Satellite Services With $1 Billion Investment

The funding will go to company partner Globalstar, which plans on building a new satellite constellation to power Apple services.

5 days, 11 hours By Michael Kan

AST SpaceMobile Unfolds Giant Satellites, Astronomers Fret About Light Pollution

The company's five BlueBird satellites—each of which feature a 700-square-foot panel—are now among 'the most luminous objects in the sky,' according to one expert.

6 days, 5 hours By Michael Kan

AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D to Cost $479, Will Be Fully Unlocked

The chip launches on Nov. 7, but depending on the PC game, don't expect a huge performance increase over the older Ryzen 7800X3D chip.

6 days, 11 hours By Michael Kan

Elon Musk Wants to Operate Thousands of Cellular Starlink Satellites

Musk has big ambitions for the cellular Starlink system, which currently has about 300 satellites.

6 days, 11 hours By Michael Kan