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Britain's £6B armoured sickener Ajax cleared for duty despite injuring troops

1 week 3 days ago
Investigation finds no single cause for soldiers falling ill, just bad bolts, cold air, and apparently the soldiers themselves

Britain's notorious Ajax armored vehicles are being accepted back from the manufacturer after investigations found no single cause for the symptoms plaguing crews, meaning soldiers will need to grin and bear it.…

Dan Robinson

Finance company stores DB credentials in helpfully labeled spreadsheet

1 week 3 days ago
Great idea, guys. Let's keep all of the data in an Excel file with weak password protection

PWNED  Welcome, once again, to PWNED, the weekly column where we recount the adventures of IT explorers who found their own pile of quicksand and then jumped right into it. This week's story involves keeping sensitive information in a very vulnerable place and then not protecting it adequately.…

Avram Piltch