Ex-Ubiquiti worker pleads guilty to data theft, extortion, and smear plot

A former software engineer at Ubiquiti Networks has pleaded guilty to stealing gigabytes of data from the firm, attempting to extort millions of dollars, and damaging the company’s reputation in the media.

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Smashing Security podcast #307: ChatGPT and the Minister for Foreign Affairs

Could a senior Latvian politician really be responsible for scamming hundreds of “mothers-of-two” in the UK? (Probably not, despite Graham’s theories…) And should we be getting worried about the AI wonder that is ChatGPT?

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If a locked filing cabinet is stolen along with its key, can you still say it’s locked? GoTo thinks you can

GoTo says that hackers stole its customers’ “encrypted backups.” But they also say the hackers stole the decryption keys.

To say the backups were encrypted is a bit like trying to argue that a locked box is locked, if the key to the locked box is st… Continue reading If a locked filing cabinet is stolen along with its key, can you still say it’s locked? GoTo thinks you can