Smashing Security podcast #460: Never knock on the door of a nuclear submarine base and ask for a selfie

A disgruntled data analyst decides that the best response to losing his contract is to steal the entire company payroll database and demand $2.5 million in Bitcoin – signing his extortion emails from a company called “Loot.”

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Ukraine claims to have hacked secrets from Russia’s newest nuclear submarine

Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence agency (HUR) claims that its hackers have successfully stolen secret files and classified data on a state-of-the-art Russian nuclear submarine, the “Knyaz Pozharsky.”

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Hackaday Links: July 7, 2024

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Begun, the Spectrum Wars have. First, it was AM radio getting the shaft (last item) and being yanked out of cars for the supposed impossibility of peaceful coexistence with rolling …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 7, 2024

DARPA’s massive Manta Ray robotic sub hits the sea

DARPA has finally unveiled more of its mysterious Manta Ray robotic sub, with impressive new images of the prototype Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) undergoing its first sea trials off the coast of Southern California.Continue ReadingCategory: Milita… Continue reading DARPA’s massive Manta Ray robotic sub hits the sea