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Defense Dept didn't protect social media accounts, left stream keys out in public

2 months ago
'The practice… has since been fixed,' Pentagon official tells The Reg

The US Department of Defense, up until this week, routinely left its social media accounts wide open to hijackers via stream keys - unique, confidential identifiers generated by streaming platforms for broadcasting content. If exposed, these keys can allow attackers to output anything they want from someone else's channel.…

Jessica Lyons

US Army straps on another mixed-reality gamble with Anduril, Rivet

2 months ago
Microsoft invitation lost in mail after HoloLens made soldiers sick

The US Army's troubled attempt at outfitting soldiers with mixed-reality headsets is getting a $354 million boost and a new pair of lead contractors as part of a second attempt to make the kit stick without making troops sick.…

Brandon Vigliarolo

No gains, just pains as 1.6M fitness phone call recordings exposed online

2 months ago
HelloGym's data security clearly skipped leg day

Exclusive  Sensitive info from hundreds of thousands of gym customers and staff – including names, financial details, and potentially biometric data in the form of audio recordings – was left sitting in an unencrypted, non-password protected database, according to a security researcher who shut it down.…

Jessica Lyons

Microsoft Forces Workers Back To the Office

2 months ago
BrianFagioli writes: Microsoft has decided it is time to rein in remote work. The company will soon require employees to spend at least three days per week in the office, starting with those in the Puget Sound region by February 2026. From there, the policy will spread across the United States and eventually overseas.

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