We can't guarantee that this is the wildest story you'll read all week, but it certainly sets the bar high: Last August, six former eBay employees allegedly sent a series of grotesque and threatening packages a couple in Massachusetts that ran an ecommerce blog that had been critical of the company. Any more details here would count as spoilers, but suffice to say it only gets worse from there.
That wasn't the only alarming story from the world of cybersecurity this week. A number of specialized dating apps—including services like 3somes, Gay Daddy Bear, and Herpes Dating—left a huge amount of user data exposed on the open internet. The leak affected hundreds of thousands of users, and included things like sexually explicit photos and audio recordings. The records have since been secured, and there's no indication that anyone got to it before the researchers did, but the incident underscores just how important it is to lock down sensitive data when people trust you with it.
Meanwhile, in the latest chapter of IoT Bugs Run Amok, a suite of 19 vulnerabilities confusingly called Ripple20 affects hundreds of millions of devices, including some critical infrastructure components. A fix is available, but it can take years for some of this tech to receive updates.
World of Warcraft Classic players the last several months have had to contend with an enemy more fearful than orcs: bots. Developer Blizzard announced Wednesday that it had banned or suspended 74,000 accounts for botting behavior, which not only makes the game frustrating for normal play ..
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