Summary

  • The US courts records system breach, which has been attributed to Russian hackers, has been described as the first federal cybersecurity disaster of the Trump era.
  • Russia started blocking WhatsApp and Telegram calls this week, claiming that the encryption used by the communication platforms interferes with its information-sharing requirements.
  • A Slovenian gamer has discovered a way to cheat Nintendo’s Switch console using a dedicated piece of hardware that goes for around $40.
  • Police in England are to be given greater access to facial recognition tools, with the deployment of 10 live facial recognition vans.
  • The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has injected some competition into the IoT security camera market with its first-ever hack-a-thon, challenging developers to create a workaround security flaw.
  • A team of researchers has created a quantum sensor that can detect magnetic fields at extremely high altitudes more accurately and cheaply than any previous device.

By Lily Hay Newman

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