Prosper Data Breach Impacts 17.6 Million Accounts Article Meta Article Date: 2025-10-17 Article URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/17/2322217/prosper-data-breach-impacts-176-million-accounts Article Image: https://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/privacy_64.png Summary Hackers have breached Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace, and stolen personal…
US Hyperscalers To Consume 22% More Grid Power By End of 2025 – Slashdot Summary A report summarised by The Register and citing 451 Research (S&P Global) warns that U.S.…
Amazon’s Ring Partners With Flock, a Network of AI Cameras Used By Police Summary Amazon’s Ring has announced a partnership with Flock Safety (Flock), a company that operates an AI-powered…
Big Tech Sues Texas, Says Age-Verification Law Is ‘Broad Censorship Regime’ Summary The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) — a trade group whose members include Apple and Google —…
Carmakers fear chip crunch as Dutch sanctions hit Nexperia Summary The Dutch government has placed Chinese-owned semiconductor firm Nexperia under special administrative measures, prompting China’s Ministry of Commerce to block…
Auction house Sotheby’s finds its data on the block after cyberattack Author note Punchy: A high-profile auction house has had sensitive data stolen — this isn’t just an IT headache,…
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference Article Meta Article Date: 17 October 2025 Article URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/18/023257/wikipedia-volunteers-avert-tragedy-by-taking-down-gunman-at-conference Article Image: Summary At WikiConference North America in Manhattan, two…
Chinese cyberspies snoop on Russian IT biz in rare east-on-east attack Summary Broadcom-owned Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team has identified a Chinese APT group known as “Jewelbug” (also tracked as REF7707…
Microsoft kills 9.9-rated ASP.NET Core bug – ‘our highest ever’ score Summary Microsoft has patched a critical vulnerability in ASP.NET Core’s built-in Kestrel web server that received a CVSS score…
Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround Summary Microsoft’s October 2025 cumulative update (notably KB5066835, build 26100.6899) caused localhost connections to fail on many Windows 11 machines by…
