The very capable ChatGPT AI has been in the news recently for writing human quality code, essays, novels and even academic papers. Whilst it was free it was even used for hacking – of course – and it may still be used for malicious purposes even though it is now …
A hack and some good planning
Planet Ice – operators of an ice rink in Bristol – have been hacked and customer data has been compromised. That is the bad news. The good news is – and I am going to say here that Planet Ice planned this, but I have no evidence, just the benefit …
LastPass now admit that the hackers copied the user password files
OK the files are encrypted and supposedly will take forever to crack – using today’s technology. But the real issue here is that LastPass has taken all this time to work out that the hackers did get password files – something that LastPass has previously denied. That denial had reassured …
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Water company leaks customer data
South Staffordshire PLC, the parent company of South Staffs Water and Cambridge Water, is warning that customer bank details may have been stolen by cyber criminals. This information and other customer details taken during the data breach may now be on the Dark Web. It has started informing the customers …
This is on my Christmas list…
…oh no! It’s not out until February 2023. It’s not just computers—hacking is everywhere. Bruce Schneier Diana and I have attended several of Bruce’s speaking events both in the real world and online and I have had him answer my questions as well (he did not think much of the …