The hackers behind the massive breach of AT&T data last year hunted through the data for phone numbers and records associated with top officials and their families, including members of the Trump family such as Melania and Ivanka Trump; Kamala Harris; and Marco Rubio’s wife, people familiar with the matter told 404 Media. The news…
A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) All Terrain Vehicle T-boned a civilian SUV in Washington D.C. this morning and the driver of the SUV was taken to the hospital. The aftermath of the accident was captured in photos shared with 404 Media provided by Operand Online and in a video on the /r/washingtondc subreddit. The…
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The surveillance company Flock sent the creator of a website that maps its license plate-reading cameras a cease and desist letter demanding that he immediately stop using the name “DeFlock” on his website. 404 Media previously wrote about DeFlock, an open source mapping project created by Will Freeman that tracks the locations of automated license…
119 LTE and 5G vulnerabilities disclosed, including 79 in MME and 36 in AMF, risking city-wide disruptions
Dario Amodei, the CEO of the AI company Anthropic, has responded to the current hysteria in his industry and the financial markets around a new and surprisingly advanced Chinese AI model called DeepSeek by saying it proves the United States needs export controls on chips to China in order to ensure China doesn’t “take a…
On Tuesday, Google revealed the latest and best version of its AI video generator, Veo 3. It’s impressive not only in the quality of the video it produces, but also because it can generate audio that is supposed to seamlessly sync with the video. I’m probably going to test Veo 3 in the coming weeks…
Smiths Group addresses cyber security breach
On January 24 we received a pretty unusual email. The sender, a procurement officer from government contractor Cirrus Systems, wanted to buy multiple licenses for Graykey, the iPhone and Android hacking technology widely used by U.S. law enforcement and agencies. “Hello sales Team, I hope this email finds you well,” the email started. “I would…
Growing sophistication of medical devices make it likely that 2025 will be another challenging year for cybersecurity and medical devices.