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Susanna Reid has admitted that she relies on 'tiny tweakments' to maintain her youthful glow. 

A CBC investigation found that more than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips spanning 25 years were exposed in a breach of the P3 Global Intel tip-management platform. About 850,000 records contained personally identifiable information, including addresses, phone numbers, emails, license plates and some banking details. Longtime Slashdot reader doconnor shares the report: The data was stolen last March by hacktivist collective Internet Yiff Machine. In a manifesto, the group said it wanted to disprove the claim by P3 Global Intel -- the company hired by Crime Stoppers to manage its tips -- that the platform was "anonymous" and "secure." A copy of the hacked data was made available to researchers and journalists, including CBC, by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a U.S. non-profit that archives and publishes hacked and leaked documents it deems to be in the public interest. The report found that more than 4,300 Crime Stoppers tipsters identified themselves by their full name, with hundreds of records containing staff warnings that individuals had "self-identified" or been "exposed," yet their information remained unredacted. The leaked data included sensitive allegations involving murder, terrorism, drug trafficking and organized crime, with nearly 49,000 tips linked to cases cleared through arrests or criminal charges. Cybersecurity experts criticized the retention of decades-old records... "If a tip is closed, does that need to stay online?" asked cybersecurity expert Ben Coon. "The answer to that, to me, is no." The RCMP was initially told Canadian data was unaffected, then assured that exposed Canadian records contained no personally identifiable information. This appears to contradict the CBC's findings. Furthermore, affected individuals have not been systematically notified because contacting them could further jeopardize their anonymity. "For a system that has been designed to promise anonymity to the users, that has failed categorically," said Prof. Ali Dehghantanha, the Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence at the University of Guelph.

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Good thing it's somebody else's money

The content creator, who masterminded popular multiplayer game Stick Run when he was just 14, passed away on Tuesday evening.

Sharon Stone recreated her infamous Basic Instinct scene as she posed for a glossy magazine shoot on Wednesday - 34 years after the X-rated moment shot her to fame.

Two grizzly bears have been caught on camera by Baltimore-based photographer Scott Suriano dramatically battling in the waters of Lake Clark National Park in Alaska.

Asia Kate Dillon, who starred in Billions and Orange is the New Black, is being forced to return to food service work after failing to book any new acting gigs. 

Peter Arnold, who came to be known as 'Mr Spitfire', rescued the fuselage after it was deployed on the Salisbury Plain Ranges in 1948.

Three dogs seized in Panfield after a deer was chased, as Essex Police issue a community protection warning and report a man under the Hunting Act.

Three dogs seized in Panfield after a deer was chased, as Essex Police issue a community protection warning and report a man under the Hunting Act.

Nothing will ruin your faith in humanity like an AI that operates your smartphone slowly, struggles with basic tasks, and can charge you for it

He was previously held at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, but The Daily Mail confirmed last Friday that he has been shifted to FCI Allenwood in Pennsylvania.

A Utah parking garage has become a huge family attraction after installing slides for visitors to exit its four-story building.

Kerry Kennedy paid tribute to her niece Kyle a day after it was announced on Tuesday that she had died at the age of 42 on September 21 at her home in Westwood, Massachusetts.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: We haven't heard many details about Microsoft's upcoming "Project Helix" gaming hardware since the company announced it in March as a device that will "play your Xbox and PC games." In a new wide-ranging profile of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, though, Fortune alludes to a dual release strategy for upcoming Microsoft gaming hardware, with "a next-generation handheld device" planned by the end of next year and a 2028 holiday season console release that could cost between $1,200 and $1,800. That future console price range is based on what has "internally been projected" at the company, according to Fortune. But the price for consumers could come down if "Microsoft decides to subsidize the cost," the outlet says, as many console makers have done in the past. While a $1,200 starting price would be historically high for the game console market, even accounting for inflation, it also reflects a new normal: The slowdown in Moore's Law and AI-driven component shortages mean cutting-edge gaming hardware just isn't as cheap as it used to be. This year, the Steam Machine broke the $1,000 starting price, while the 2-year-old technology in the PlayStation 5 Pro is now going for $900, and the 6-year-old Xbox Series X now starts at $750.

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Big Brother has received more than 7,000 Ofcom plaints after Omar was accused of being 'coercive and controlling' towards his girlfriend Rhianna earlier this week.

An urgent warning has been issued to millions after a software used by more than half of the world's websites was found to have critical flaws that could let hackers take over servers.

The Prime Minister is coming under growing pressure to reveal the full extent of his connections with City's billionaire bosses after his intervention in support of the club raised eyebrows.

Motor mechanic David Reynolds, 69, said he was 'thrilled to bits' to be reunited with the vehicle which he is amazed had been kept in 'such good condition' by its previous owners.

Jimmy Anderson's long career is finally at an end after Lancashire declined to offer him a new contract for the 2027 season, when he will turn 45.