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Gone in 130 seconds: New Tesla hack gives thieves their own personal key

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Last year, Tesla issued an update that made its vehicles easier to start after being unlocked with their NFC key cards. Now, a researcher has shown how the feature can be exploited to steal cars. For years, drivers who used their Tesla NFC key card to unlock their cars had to...

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Feds seize SSNDOB marketplace that listed personal data of 24 million people

Enlarge / Seizure notice on ssndob.ws. Federal law enforcement agencies say they shut down a group of websites that made over $19 million selling Social Security numbers and other personal data. A Justice Department press release yesterday announced “the seizure of the SSNDOB Marketplace, a series of websites that operated for years and were used to...

$10 billion fund starts giving US states money for broadband expansions
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$10 billion fund starts giving US states money for broadband expansions

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Alan Schein) The US Treasury Department has started approving broadband grants to states from a $10 billion fund created to expand access to Internet service and other digital connectivity tools. The Treasury Department’s announcement on Tuesday said the first approved projects would “connect over 200,000 homes and businesses to affordable,...

Microsoft won’t say if it will patch critical Windows vulnerability under exploit
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Microsoft won’t say if it will patch critical Windows vulnerability under exploit

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) As hacker groups working continue to hammer a former Windows zero-day that makes it unusually easy to execute malicious code on target computers, Microsoft is keeping a low profile, refusing even to say if it has plans to patch. Late last week, security firm Proofpoint said that hackers with ties to...