Ars Technology Lab

News, hacks, and errata from Ars Technica's Information Technology team

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Hackers obtained Twitter DMs for 36 high-profile account holders https://t.co/ZZu2TRkESv by @dangoodin001

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Ongoing Meow attack has nuked >1,000 databases without telling anyone why https://t.co/1wtW9XMSYy by @dangoodin001

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Slack says Microsoft is back up to old bad tricks, “browser war” style https://t.co/GMA5NVmydk

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AT&T claims a phone made in 2019 will stop working, urges users to upgrade https://t.co/Ayhli92fx5 by @JBrodkin

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US Navy’s next warship will have an Italian accent https://t.co/35gLngUu3R by @thepacketrat

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QAnon conspiracy kicked off Twitter as platform bans thousands of accounts https://t.co/DlxOewKRRh

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Hackers use recycled backdoor to keep a hold on hacked e-commerce server https://t.co/N0baRFAgwK by @dangoodin001

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Crooks have acquired proprietary Diebold software to “jackpot” ATMs https://t.co/x61tiFNKS2 by @dangoodin001

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Facebook overrides fact-checks when climate science is “opinion” https://t.co/nzmf2dZmyv

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There’s a reason your inbox has more malicious spam—Emotet is back https://t.co/QCHzIuSJlC by @dangoodin001

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FCC: Phone carriers that profit from robocalls could have all calls blocked https://t.co/nCXR9beV4F by @JBrodkin

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Apple has finally embraced key-based 2FA. So should you https://t.co/K2kwzAkQxw by @dangoodin001

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Iran state hackers caught with their pants down in intercepted videos https://t.co/kbPn3ULTLp by @dangoodin001

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Russia-linked hackers accused of targeting COVID-19 vaccine developers https://t.co/wMI433PJN5

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Twitter lost control of its internal systems to Bitcoin-scamming hackers https://t.co/kepz1pyKtv by @dangoodin001

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Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates—bitcoin scam hits Twitter in coordinated blitz https://t.co/oyyF2BGrST by @dangoodin001

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Details on SpaceX Starlink beta emerge along with photos of user terminals https://t.co/6oPbTQzIbL by @JBrodkin

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Verizon’s 5G network is tiny—Verizon ads “falsely implied” it’s nationwide https://t.co/GUSg9Z6IQP by @JBrodkin

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Microsoft urges patching severe-impact, wormable server vulnerability https://t.co/WrabxybGxZ by @dangoodin001

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UK bans Huawei from 5G networks in “victory for the Trump administration” https://t.co/7lsazxu5ht by @JBrodkin