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Workday warns of CRM breach after social engineers make off with business contact details

Mon, 2025-08-18 14:31
HR SaaS giant insists core systems untouched

Workday has admitted that attackers gained access to one of its third-party CRM platforms, but insists its core systems and customer tenants are untouched.…

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SpaceX prepares itself for a tenth Starship flight test

Mon, 2025-08-18 13:28
If at first you succeed, keep trying until you don't

SpaceX is gearing up for another Starship launch, blaming a previous failure on structural issues and fuel pressurization problems.…

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UK drafts AI to help Joe Public decipher its own baffling bureaucracy

Mon, 2025-08-18 12:31
Virtual agents to guide citizens through red tape – but not remove any of it

The UK government has leapt into the AI hype with a raft of "Exemplar" programs it claims will deliver billions in value – including a Clippy-style assistant to help citizens navigate complex forms and legal jargon, rather than simply making them clearer in the first place.…

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From PAYE to P45: HMRC staff fired for prying into taxpayer data

Mon, 2025-08-18 11:30
Agency swears breaches are rare, just not rare enough to stop 186 being binned for sticky fingers

The UK tax authority has been forced to clean house after dozens of staff were caught helping themselves to taxpayer records.…

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Boffins say tool can sniff 5G traffic, launch 'attacks' without using rogue base stations

Mon, 2025-08-18 10:45
Sni5Gect research crew targets sweet spot during device / network handshake pause

Security boffins have released an open source tool for poking holes in 5G mobile networks, claiming it can do up- and downlink sniffing and a novel connection downgrade attack - plus "other serious exploits" they're keeping under wraps, for now.…

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Every question you ask, every comment you make, I'll be recording you

Mon, 2025-08-18 10:00
When you're asking AI chatbots for answers, they're data-mining you

Opinion Recently, OpenAI ChatGPT users were shocked – shocked, I tell you! – to discover that their searches were appearing in Google search. You morons! What do you think AI chatbots are doing? Doing all your homework for free or a mere $20 a month? I think not!…

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A Linux alternative? Debian/Hurd shows microkernel Unix dream is alive

Mon, 2025-08-18 09:15
The official GNU microkernel is still breathing – and now it's 64-bit

Before Linux, GNU was working on its own Mach-based Unix compatible OS. Now, in the footsteps of Debian 13, there is a new release.…

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Generative AI isn't just a matter of life and death. It's far more important than that

Mon, 2025-08-18 08:30
Visions of immortality are uniformly dull. But this is gonna get ugly

Opinion Real versus virtual. Stolen versus synthesized. Generative AI is blurring the lines we used to think we could read between. Now, it's getting its teeth into life versus death. …

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