A Bloody Pig Mask Is Just Part of a Wild New Criminal Charge Against eBay

“eBay’s actions against us had a detrimental and permanent impact on us – emotionally, psychologically, physically, reputationally and financially – and we strongly pressured federal prosecutors to bring more charges to deter corporate executives and board members. directives to create a culture in which stalking and harassment are tolerated or encouraged,” Ina and David Steiner say in a victim statement posted online. The couple also highlighted that EcommerceBytes has filed a civil lawsuit against eBay and its former employees that will be heard in 2025.

China’s Judicial Bureau has claimed that a privately run research institution, the Beijing Wangshendongjian Judicial Evaluation Institute, has created a way to identify people using Apple’s AirDrop tool, including determining phone numbers, addresses email addresses and device names. Police have been able to identify suspects using this technique, according to reports and a mail from high school. Apple’s AirDrop wireless method of communication and file sharing has previously been used in China to Protest against the leadership of President Xi Jinping.and Apple introduced a 10-minute sharing time limit period in Chinabefore implementing it globally.

in a blog post discussing the incidentJohns Hopkins University cryptographer Matthew Green says the attack was initially discovered by researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany in 2019. In short, Green says, Apple does not use a secure system. private set intersection which can help mask people’s identity when communicating with other phones using AirDrop. It’s unclear if Apple plans to make any changes to prevent AirDrop from being abused in the future.

It has been more than 15 years since the Stuxnet malware was smuggled into the Natanz uranium enrichment plant in Iran and destroyed hundreds of centrifuges. Despite the incident occurring more than a decade ago, many details about the attack, which is believed to have been coordinated by the United States and Israel, are still unknown. That includes who may have delivered the Stuxnet virus to the nuclear facility: a USB flash drive was used to install the worm on the nuclear plant’s isolated networks. In 2019, it was reported that Dutch intelligence services had recruited an insider to help with the attack. This week, the Dutch publication Volkskrant He claimed to identify the mole as Erik van Sabben. According to the report, van Sabben was recruited by the Dutch intelligence service AIVD in 2005, and politicians in the Netherlands were unaware of the operation. Van Sabben is said to have left Iran shortly after the sabotage began. However, he died two weeks later, on January 16, 2009, after being involved in a motorcycle accident in Dubai.

Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence systems, which use machine learning to create text and produce images, have seen companies rush to incorporate chatbots or similar technologies into their products. Despite progress, traditional cybersecurity practices of locking down systems against unauthorized access and ensuring that applications cannot access too much data still apply. This week, 404 Media reported that Chattr, a company that creates an “AI digital assistant” to help with hiring, exposed data through a Firebase misconfiguration and also revealed how its systems work. This includes the AI ​​appearing to have the ability to “accept or reject job applicants.” The pseudonymous security researcher behind the find, MrBruh, shared a video with 404 Media showing the chatbot appearing to automatically make decisions on job applications. Chattr secured the exposed systems after being contacted by investigators, but did not comment on the incident.