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Caleb Anderson, a lead consultant at Context Information Security, decided to hack into his apartment’s video intercom device and succeeded. Anderson’s hack on the GrandStream GX3175 intercom allowed him to spy on 700 tenants in his apartment complex. The system has now since been patched. For the full story on this topic, click here:: Hackable intercom lets you SPY on fellow apartment-dwellers
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Amazon’s Repricer Express allowed for a little bit more than what they bargained for. Due to an unrevealed reason, many items listed in the Amazon Marketplace were lowered down to a single penny. Fortunately for the businesses, Amazon is canceling orders that took place during the price reduction. For more on this story, click here:: Amazon glitch leads to items being sold for almost nothing
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In the last month, Sony has been reeling from a massive cyberattack by a group calling themselves the Guardians of Peace. The latest piece of revealed data was an early version of the recently announced James Bond film, “Spectre.” Sony’s legal team has sent a harsh warning to any third-parties that dared to post the screenplay. For more on this story, click here:: Sony hackers PINCH early version of James Bond Spectre script
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The United States government has issued a search warrant toward Microsoft in order to obtain customer emails that have been stored in facilities held in Dublin, Ireland. Microsoft’s attorneys believe that they do not have to comply with the warrant since the facility was outside the country’s jurisdiction. For the full story on this, please click here:: Microsoft fights government search warrant
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