Stick a fork in 2019, we’re done, eh Canadian medical testing specialist LifeLabs says miscreants were able to break into its corporate network and access systems containing the sensitive and personal records of 15 million customers.… …read more Source:: Register

A non-standard and somewhat weird password reset operation is currently underway at a German university, where more than 38,000 students and staff were asked this week to stand in line with their ID card and a piece of paper to receive new passwords for their email accounts. From a report: All of this is going…

As ransomware becomes a bigger problem for school districts across the nation, two US senators want the Department of Homeland Security to do something about it. …read more Source:: ZDNet

For better or for worse, the tech world has fully committed to pushing as many of their products into “The Cloud” as possible. Of course, readers of Hackaday see right through the corporate buzzwords. It’s all just a fancy way of saying you have to poke some server over the Internet every time you want…

The changes already rolled out to Model 3 vehicles, and other Tesla cars are next. …read more Source:: CNet

Speaking of Russia, whose agents have been accused of worldwide hacking operations, but someone at the Kremlin has apparently forgotten to inform Vladimir Putin of the importance of cyber-security. From a report: Putin, 67, appears to have the obsolete Microsoft Windows XP operating system installed on computers in his office at the Kremlin and at…

Merry Christmas! A federal judge has ruled that the US government can collect royalties from the sale of ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s memoir Permanent Record and any fees from related public speeches.… …read more Source:: Register

A toilet’s 13-degree slope makes it painful to sit for more than five minutes, according to a report. …read more Source:: CNet

By slapping on a rubbery overlay, this force-sensitive surface can become a QWERTY keyboard, drum pad, media control deck, and more. …read more Source:: ZDNet

These robust robots can work together in swarms for the good of humanity. …read more Source:: CNet