Peter Thiel, one of Donald J. Trump’s biggest donors in 2016, has re-emerged as a prime financier of the Make America Great Again movement.
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Hacking group is on a tear, hitting US critical infrastructure and SF 49ers
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A couple of days after the FBI warned that a ransomware group called BlackByte had compromised critical infrastructure in the US, the group hacked servers belonging to the San Francisco 49ers football team and held some of the team’s data for ransom. Media representatives for the NFL franchise confirmed a security...
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Divorcing Couples Fight Over the Kids, the House and Now the Crypto
Dividing the family’s Bitcoin stash has become a major source of contention in divorce cases.
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Making ‘Dinobabies’ Extinct: IBM’s Push for a Younger Work Force
Documents released in an age-discrimination case appear to show high-level discussion about paring the ranks of older employees.
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$3.6 billion bitcoin seizure shows how hard it is to launder cryptocurrency
Enlarge / The IRS detailed the winding and tangled routes the couple allegedly took to launder a portion of the nearly 120,000 bitcoins stolen from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016. (credit: William Whitehurst | Getty Images) On Tuesday, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan were arrested in New York and accused of laundering a record...
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I Used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband’s Every Move
A vast location-tracking network is being built around us so we don’t lose our keys: One couple’s adventures in the consumer tech surveillance state.
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Dance, I Said — Dance! And Leave the Package on the Porch.
The combination of next-day delivery, Ring surveillance footage and TikTok has put a spotlight on Amazon drivers. But it’s also created a new main character: the package itself.
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Police in Spain dismantle a SIM-swapping ring that drained bank accounts
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Authorities in Spain said they broke up a SIM-swapping crime ring that used identity theft and falsified documents and texts to target victims’ bank accounts. In a press release, Spain’s National Police agency said it arrested eight individuals in connection with the operation, which began no later than last March. The...
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Hundreds of e-commerce sites booby-trapped with payment card-skimming malware
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) About 500 e-commerce websites were recently found to be compromised by hackers who installed a credit card skimmer that surreptitiously stole sensitive data when visitors attempted to make a purchase. A report published on Tuesday is only the latest one involving Magecart, an umbrella term given to competing crime groups that...
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A Gene Sequencing Pioneer Battles Over What It Can Buy
Is Illumina, a gene-sequencing powerhouse, trying to speed innovation in the field of cancer blood tests or thwart it with an acquisition?