Key Russian websites and state online portals have been taken offline by attacks claimed by the Ukrainian cyber police force, which now openly engages in cyber-warfare. As the announcement of the law enforcement agency’s site details, specialists from the force have teamed with volunteers to attack the web resources of Read more…
First time i’ve heard the term lethal aid. Two cheers for GOC / CBC propaganda.
Slashdot reader Tangential shares what he describes as “an interesting article on Gizmodo discussing how we could easily contaminate other planets/moons as we explore them.” “Based on our recently demonstrated vulnerability to locally evolved bacteria and viruses, what will other worlds’s pathogens do to us (and what will ours do Read more…
America’s power grid consists of 3,000 public and private sector power companies, with 55,000 substations scattered across the country. On the CBS News show 60 Minutes, reporter Bill Whitaker notes that each grid hold grid-powering transformers — then tells the story of “the most serious attack on our power grid Read more…
In the most important environmental case in more than a decade, the Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a dispute that could restrict or even eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to control the pollution that is heating the planet. A decision by the high court, with its Read more…
Apple may be working on a device with a 20-inch foldable display, which Apple tracker Mark Gurman describes as an “iPad / MacBook hybrid” in Bloomberg’s Power On newsletter. The Verge: Gurman says that Apple is, indeed, exploring the possibility of a folding device of the sort, backing up the Read more…
Toyota said it will suspend domestic factory operations on Tuesday, losing around 13,000 cars of output, after a supplier of plastic parts and electronic components was hit by a suspected cyber attack. No information was immediately available about who was behind the possible attack or the motive. The attack comes Read more…