The Family That Mined the Pentagon’s Data for Profit
While the two sat for lunch, Botha delivered Posey a shopping list of technical data and manuals for Newport Aeronautical to procure. […]
Tag: Backchannel
‘How Are They Weapons? That’s Only a Flashlight!’
By late August, as the government continued to stonewall the protesters’ growing demands, many young people became more desperate. They routinely relied […]
Inside the Takedown that Shredded the Myth of Crypto’s Anonymity
As responses from exchanges with those users’ identity information began to pour in, the team started the process of assembling more complete […]
The Bitcoin Bust That Took Down the Web’s Biggest Child Abuse Site
As responses from exchanges with those users’ identity information began to pour in, the team started the process of assembling more complete […]
They Were ‘Calling to Help.’ Then They Stole Thousands
When the call ended, my parents huddled around her phone and thumbed through the unfamiliar payment apps. They eventually zeroed in on […]
Amazon’s Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data
On September 26, 2018, a row of tech executives filed into a marble- and wood-paneled hearing room and sat down behind a […]
The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told
That afternoon, Coviello published an open letter to RSA’s customers on the company’s website. “Recently, our security systems identified an extremely sophisticated […]
They Told Their Therapists Everything. Hackers Leaked It All
The next morning, Jere checked Twitter, where he was both horrified and relieved to learn that thousands of others had received the […]
They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War
As their problems mounted, they went so far as to mount Nest cams in the Frobot cabinets to capture video of what […]
How Audio Pros ‘Upmix’ Vintage Tracks and Give Them New Life
AudioSourceRE and Audionamix’s Xtrax Stems are among the first consumer-facing software options for automated demixing. Feed a song into Xtrax, for example, […]