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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-03-04 01:10:59

Google details Coruna, an exploit kit used to hijack iPhones via malicious websites; iVerify suggests it may have been originally built for the US government (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
wired.com/story/coruna-iphone-

A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals
A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

@Dragofix@veganism.social
2026-04-03 21:51:55

New U.S. Government Plan for Microplastics Falls Short of Protecting Human Health plasticpollutioncoalition.org/

New U.S. Government Plan for Microplastics Falls Short of Protecting Human Health
The U.S. Government announced new plans to track and study microplastics in Americans’ drinking water. But these plans fall short of the action needed to protect human health now.

@poppastring@dotnet.social
2026-04-03 01:40:49

Possible US Government iPhone Hacking Tool Leaked schneier.com/blog/archives/202

Possible US Government iPhone Hacking Tool Leaked - Schneier on Security
Wired writes (alternate source): Security researchers at Google on Tuesday released a report describing what they’re calling “Coruna,” a highly sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit that includes five complete hacking techniques capable of bypassing all the defenses of an iPhone to silently install malware on a device when it visits a website containing the exploitation code. In total, Coruna takes advantage of 23 distinct vulnerabilities in iOS, a rare collection of hacking components tha…

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-05-04 18:36:14

Yolanda Díaz pide "gobernar la IA" y reclama un impuesto por el impacto ecológico de los centros de datos
eldiario.es/economia/yolanda-d

Yolanda Díaz pide "gobernar la IA" y reclama un impuesto por el impacto ecológico de los centros de datos
La vicepresidenta segunda y ministra de Trabajo ha advertido del "error" de no regular la inteligencia artificial democráticamente para impedir sus efectos negativos e impulsar sus ventajas para el conjunto de la población

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-04-03 11:12:38

The breach resulted in “the extraction of commercial data contained in that account, some of which may include personal data of firearm owners as well as data relating to firearm transactions,” the ministry said.
Gun owners' personal data hacked in cyberattack of French government site

French gun owners' data compromised in major government cyberattack
Discover how a cyberattack on France's firearms registry has exposed personal data of thousands of gun owners, prompting security enhancements and investigations.

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2026-06-03 17:34:10

I see that the trumpies want to pre-taste releases from AI companies.
Now, I can see the need for things like certification (such as is done for aircraft). But a disclosure to the government in advance of publishing a new version of a product does seem to go against the grain of the concept of a limited government and also our First Amendment.
But it also reminded me of a (possibly not actual) prior form of pre-tasting by government (or at least an older, feudal form of governme…

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@Jyoti@mas.to
2026-04-04 14:58:52

If this doesn't make you incandescently angry, you might want to remove that boot from your mouth.
downtoearth.org.in/governance/

Untaxed wealth hidden offshore by richest 0.1% surpasses entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity: Oxfam
Oxfam’s new analysis reveals that untaxed offshore wealth held by the richest 0.1% now exceeds the entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity, exposing how tax havens fuel extreme inequality and urging global action to tax the super-rich and end secrecy.

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-06-02 19:18:18

UK astronaut #JohnMcFall could become the first person with a physical disability to live in orbit, thanks to an agreement signed between the UK government and US commercial space company #Vast: #Haven1 (not launched yet!) as early as next year.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-06-03 07:01:21

Trump's pick for Iowa governor loses GOP primary in upset (Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/politics/20
memeorandum.com/260603/p3#a260

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-05-04 18:42:53

Bad news from Kerala.
But it's happened before and the left will be back.
India loses its last left-wing government after five decades | Politics News | Al Jazeera
aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/4/in

India loses its last left-wing government after five decades
Kerala in India, which gave the world its first democratically elected communist government, has voted the left out.