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OK, it’s official — everyone hates San Francisco’s self-driving taxi fleet. Or at least so it seems, if this video of someone vandalizing a Cruise robotaxi is an accurate reflection …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 17, 2023
By Deeba Ahmed
The accused became a suspect when the FBI contacted Canadian intelligence after observing a surge in ransomware attacks in Alaska in 2018.
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In Alaska, the impact of climate change is easy to see. Already the melting permafrost is shifting foundations and rocking roads. Hotter summers are also turning food caches from refrigerators into ovens.
[rabbitcreek]’s friend builds food caches with kids as part of a program to teach them traditional native activities. …read more
Climbers have abandoned roughly 66 tons of feces on Mount Denali, and it’s just waiting to reemerge. Continue reading Climate Change Could Expose Tons of Human Poop Left on Alaskan Glacier
Meant to withstand violent impacts, Mexican engineer Reynaldo Vela’s personal protection pods take prehistoric design cues and are part of a broader trend in disaster capitalism. Continue reading The Guy Behind This $2,400 Egg-Shaped Capsule Says It Will Save Us During Deadly Earthquakes
A massive earthquake on Friday has triggered a tsunami warning for parts of southern Alaska. Continue reading Scenes of Destruction as 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Alaska
An unprecedented fossil fuel venture in the Beaufort Sea is feeling the consequences of warming Arctic temperatures. Continue reading Climate Change Has Delayed the First Oil Production Facility in Federal Arctic Waters
A 20 year-old man has been indicted for computer crimes by a federal court in Alaska. Evidence suggests that he could be linked to the Satori botnet that exploited a previously unknown bug in a Huawei router. Continue reading Possible Satori botnet hacker indicted by Feds
As trade tensions between China and the U.S. heated up earlier this year, an Alaskan trade delegation visited China in late May. Immediately following that trip, companies and government organizations in Alaska experienced a dramatic spike in network reconnaissance activities from inside a top Chinese university, according to the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. The reconnaissance activity was conducted with infrastructure at Tsinghua University that was previously associated with hacking of geopolitical targets in support of China’s economic development goals, Recorded Future’s researchers said. Chinese computers scanned Alaskan internet service providers and government websites for security vulnerabilities, a tactic that can signal an attempt to conduct cyberattacks. Research branches at Tsinghua — an elite Chinese research school in Beijing ranked as one of the best technical universities in the world — “also have connections to state organizations with a history of stealing U.S. technology,” Recorded Future’s Sanil Chohan, Winnona DeSombre, and Justin Grosfelt wrote. The analysis also connected sophisticated cyberespionage […]
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The targets were scanned millions of times, and are all in some way linked to China’s ongoing economic development activities, according to Recorded Future. Continue reading ‘China’s MIT’ Linked to Espionage Campaign Against Alaska, Economic Partners