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Hacked robot vacuums hurl racial slurs at shocked owners, who react with ‘fear, disgust’

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Hacked robot vacuums hurl racial slurs at shocked owners, who react with 'fear, disgust'

These vacuums had no filter. American homeowners were shocked when their Chinese-made robot vacuum cleaners were hijacked and repossessed to bombard them with racial slurs. The racist attack by hackers affected Ecovacs Deebot X2s – a brand that is manufactured in China – in several US cities, according to ABC News Australia. Minnesota attorney Daniel … Read more

Alabama man accused of hacking SEC account X, causing bitcoin to soar with fake posts

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Alabama man accused of hacking SEC account X, causing bitcoin to soar with fake posts

A 25-year-old Alabama man was arrested Thursday for hacking into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account earlier this year as part of an alleged plot to manipulate bitcoin prices, prosecutors said. In January, a hacker posted fake news on the SEC’s @SECGov X account announcing that the agency had approved bitcoin exchange-traded funds, causing … Read more