A sustained backlash against a new system to look for child sexual abuse materials on user devices has led the company to hit pause.
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What It’ll Take to Get Power Back in New Orleans After Ida
It could take weeks to get the lights on in parts of Louisiana, but the playbook on how to do it is clear.
California Man Stole 620,000 iCloud Photos in Search of Nudes
Plus: The T-Mobile hacker, another big bad Microsoft bug, and more of the week’s top security news.
A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an ‘Internet Apocalypse’
The undersea cables that connect much of the world would be hit especially hard by a coronal mass ejection.
38M Records Exposed Online—Including Contact-Tracing Info
Misconfigured Power Apps from Microsoft led to more than a thousand web apps accessible to anyone who found them.
Google Docs Scams Still Pose a Threat
A 2017 worm caused havoc across the internet. One researcher is warning that despite new protections put in place, it could still happen again.
China Aims Its Propaganda Firehose at the BBC
The alleged digital operation has deployed hundreds of websites and social media accounts to attack the broadcaster’s reporting.
Millions of Web Camera and Baby Monitor Feeds Are Exposed
A vulnerability in the Kalay platform leaves countless IoT devices susceptible to hackers.