China’s Top Censor Orders Another Crackdown On Dissent
By Tyler Durden While Facebook readies emergency measures to halt the spread of viral election day misinformation, contributing to a bout of social media hysteria…
Cybersecurity
LEAKED: Email Addresses and Phone Numbers for 100,000+ Gamers
By B.N. Frank If you follow the news at all it seems like accidental data leaks and personal information being compromised by devices and software…
Ohio Hospital Offline Since Last Week due to Cyberattack — All Elective Procedures Postponed
By B.N. Frank Cyberattacks can cause drastic events no matter who or what is targeted – businesses (see 1, 2), community governments, hospitals, medical devices,…
German Hospital Ransomware Attack Leads to Chaos and Death
By B.N. Frank Cyberattacks and hackers can cause serious problems and sometimes catastrophic events no matter who or what has been targeted – businesses (see…
Journalists Face Sedition Charges Under Cybercrime Law in Pakistan
By Qurratulain (Annie) Zaman Three Pakistani journalists were charged with sedition between September 11 and 16 under Pakistan’s 2016 Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), a law that…
Trump Declared Nat’l Emergency on Electric Grid Earlier this Year — Cyberattacks Started Long Before Then
By B.N. Frank Utility “Smart” Meters and Grids have been a source of many problems since they started being deployed. They tend to increase customers’…
Alexa Users Can Buy Gas With Voice Command At Some Stations Despite Issues And Warnings About Hacking
By B.N. Frank Warnings about gas pumps being vulnerable to cyberattacks are NOT new. Warnings about Alexa devices being hacked are NOT new either. In…
White House Issues Space-Security Directive to Address Potential for Satellite Hacks, Hijacks, Jams, and Other Disasters
By B.N. Frank Despite expert warnings, opposition and accidents, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continues to approve tens of thousands of satellites and similar vehicles…
Whitney Webb Interview — 2020 Election Chaos Being Used To Set Stage For The Final Technocratic Push
By The Last American Vagabond Joining me today is Whitney Webb to discuss her recent article on the chilling 2020 election predictions being made by…
FLASHBACK 2016: Privacy Invasion and Security Risks from Internet of Things (IoT) Eclipsed by Current Events
By B.N. Frank IBM recently warned about a flaw in millions of wireless Internet of Things (IoT) modules that can severely compromise medical devices and…
IBM Says Flaw in Millions of Wireless IoT Modules Make Medical Devices, Smart Meters, etc. Defenseless to Cyberattacks
By B.N. Frank Security expert warnings about Internet of Things (IoT) go back several years. Examples of past and recent hacks seem endless (see 1,…
Hackers Can Set Modern Power Supplies (Including Computers and Phones) on Fire
By B.N. Frank All wireless aka “smart” devices are vulnerable to hacking which can lead to unwanted data collection, surveillance (see 1, 2, 3, 4),…
U.S. Cybersecurity Risks Include Way More than TikTok
By B.N. Frank Cybersecurity risks and warnings regarding ALL wireless, “Smart”, and Internet of Things (IoT) technology and infrastructure are nothing new. 5G is simply…
Connected Car Cyberattacks Have Skyrocketed, Up 99% In The Past Year
By Tyler Durden While the idea of “connected” cars seems like a logical and convenient path for the automotive industry to appease customers, it brings…