Hackers Invited to Pirate IPTV Blocking Hackathon to Silence Illegal Devices
Android-based set-top devices have saturated the market in recent years, and it’s not uncommon for households to have several; downstairs, upstairs, and probably at least one in a drawer. These devices, including the ubiquitous Amazon Firestick, are mostly content agnostic and equally capable of streaming video from legal sources such as Netflix or BBC iPlayer, or from unlicensed IPTV platforms. The problem for rightsholders and...
A Creative Trick Makes ChatGPT Spit Out Bomb-Making Instructions
Plus: New evidence emerges about who may have helped 9/11 hijackers, UK police arrest a teen in connection with an attack on London’s transit system, and Poland’s spyware scandal enters a new phase. Powered by WPeMatico
Closure of Bitcoin Mining Center Causes Spike in Power Bills for Citizens in Norwegian Municipality
The recent closure of a Bitcoin data center in the Norwegian municipality of Hadsel has resulted in power hikes for citizens due to the inability to allocate the energy used by the operation to other purposes. While citizens and Hadsel’s mayor celebrated this development because of the noise emitted by the site, they now face […] Powered by...
Two-Year Investigation Yields Partial Recovery in Crypto Scam
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives in California, United States, have recovered nearly $5,000 of the $17,000 stolen in a cryptocurrency scam targeting victims in Los Osos two years ago. On Sept. 12, 2022, the victims informed authorities that they were deceived by a scammer posing as a relative in legal trouble, leading them to […] Powered by...
Regina’s Web3 Gaming Odyssey: My First Web3 Quest
Regina never thought she’d be writing about games again, let alone Web3 games. But she was given the opportunity to lead a new recurring Web3 gaming segment. She is live streaming her adventure For her first game, Regina became fully immersed in the world of Spellborne — a Web3 game that has reignited her love […] Powered by...
