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BarnBuster
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"A cybercriminal group that calls itself USDoD uploaded a large database titled “National Public Data” to a dark web forum.
The database, which the group has offered for sale at $3.5 million, is said to contain the personal data of nearly 3 billion people living in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Fort Lauderdale on Aug. 1."
Hackers may have stolen your Social Security number: Here’s how to protect yourself
Sensitive personal data belonging to every American including their Social Security number, address, date of birth and phone number was stolen online by hackers.
nypost.com
I'd say at a minimum if you have .gov or .mil accounts to make sure MFA is enabled.
NPD Breach Check - Pentester.com
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Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach
Have I Been Pwned allows you to search across multiple data breaches to see if your email address or phone number has been compromised.
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OldMedUser
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There is less than a billion people in those 3 countries all told so how's that work? Not much over half a billion if that.
They must mean China, India and the US if they got every single person including infants and not just the billion maybe that actually use the internet.
Still, there's way too many data breaches going on all the time.
BarnBuster
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Was Every American's Social Security Number Really Just Hacked?
A background check company allegedly leaked many Americans' personal information.
Security Incident
Need to implement Criminal Records, SSN Traces and Background Checks into your website, applications or mobile app? We have many databases available via XML API.
BarnBuster
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Firsts: The History of Computing from the Paul G. Allen Collection
Firsts: The History of Computing from the Paul G. Allen Collection presents important milestones in the history of computing, some of which have been preserved in working order. Initially focused on recovering software for the DEC PDP-10, Paul Allen's collection expanded to include hardware for...
BarnBuster
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BarnBuster
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Grace Hopper was a Rear Admiral (lower half), had a Doctorate in mathematics from Yale, taught at Vassar, was part of the team that developed the UNIVAC I computer. She managed the development of one of the first COBOL compilers. She is credited with writing the first computer manual.
A true pioneer in computer programming. bb
"On August 26, 2024, the National Security Agency (NSA) released a digital copy of a videotaped lecture, "Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People" that Rear Adm. Grace Hopper gave to the NSA workforce on August 19, 1982. This lecture highlights technological foundational principles, valuable perspectives on leadership and shared experiences overcoming challenges in computer science and math. The legacy of Rear Adm. Grace Hopper continues to echo across the intelligence community to light the path for women in STEM."
"While Hopper was working on a Mark II Computer at Harvard University in 1947, her associates discovered a moth that was stuck in a relay and impeding the operation of the computer. Upon extraction, the insect was affixed to a log sheet for that day with the notation, "First actual case of bug being found". While neither she nor her crew members mentioned the exact phrase, "debugging", in their log entries, the case is held as a historical instance of "debugging" a computer and Hopper is credited with popularizing the term in computing. For many decades, the term "bug" for a malfunction had been in use in several fields before being applied to computers. The remains of the moth can be found taped into the group's log book at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C."
A true pioneer in computer programming. bb
"On August 26, 2024, the National Security Agency (NSA) released a digital copy of a videotaped lecture, "Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People" that Rear Adm. Grace Hopper gave to the NSA workforce on August 19, 1982. This lecture highlights technological foundational principles, valuable perspectives on leadership and shared experiences overcoming challenges in computer science and math. The legacy of Rear Adm. Grace Hopper continues to echo across the intelligence community to light the path for women in STEM."
"While Hopper was working on a Mark II Computer at Harvard University in 1947, her associates discovered a moth that was stuck in a relay and impeding the operation of the computer. Upon extraction, the insect was affixed to a log sheet for that day with the notation, "First actual case of bug being found". While neither she nor her crew members mentioned the exact phrase, "debugging", in their log entries, the case is held as a historical instance of "debugging" a computer and Hopper is credited with popularizing the term in computing. For many decades, the term "bug" for a malfunction had been in use in several fields before being applied to computers. The remains of the moth can be found taped into the group's log book at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C."
Samwiseman420
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Experian found my ss# on the dark web a week ago. I put a fraud alert up for that.
A day later I got an email in my spam folder from some gmail addy that had my full name, addy, city and state written on it. Had a pdf attachment with my name on it. I blocked the sender and didn't click anything. Fishing scam with infected file you think?
A day later I got an email in my spam folder from some gmail addy that had my full name, addy, city and state written on it. Had a pdf attachment with my name on it. I blocked the sender and didn't click anything. Fishing scam with infected file you think?
BarnBuster
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I got an alert from AAA>Experian the other day that my SS, DOB, etc was revealed. This is from the massive data breach by National Public Data. No doubt they'll be a surge of penetration attempts by hackers in the coming months. Make sure you've established account(s) in any .gov or .mil especially ssa.gov/myaccount/ and irs.gov/your-account and have enabled MFA on these and any banking or investment accounts. Way back in the prehistoric dawn of the computer era, I was guilty of using the same password on many accounts, course now you can't do that. Haven't decided if I want to freeze my credit yet.
BarnBuster
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Ran across this. FWIW, my info has been the same since forever and it couldn't "authorize" me.
BarnBuster
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ChatGPT
You know when this first came out I played around with it, not really impressed. Just these week I went back in and damn if: First, there's a bunch of these AI's out there; venice.ai/ (which isn't too bad) and perplexity.ai (so-so) and chatgpt.com which is still the leader IMO but I haven't got into Copilot or Gemini yet. The only thing I'm testing so far is a spreadsheet I've been keeping of my blood/lab results. Damn if GPT doesn't give me "better" and easier to understand answers than my PCP. At least it provides me with questions to ask him. Can't imagine what this will be like in 10 years. Quite a rabbit hole
www.zdnet.com
You know when this first came out I played around with it, not really impressed. Just these week I went back in and damn if: First, there's a bunch of these AI's out there; venice.ai/ (which isn't too bad) and perplexity.ai (so-so) and chatgpt.com which is still the leader IMO but I haven't got into Copilot or Gemini yet. The only thing I'm testing so far is a spreadsheet I've been keeping of my blood/lab results. Damn if GPT doesn't give me "better" and easier to understand answers than my PCP. At least it provides me with questions to ask him. Can't imagine what this will be like in 10 years. Quite a rabbit hole
ChatGPT vs. Microsoft Copilot vs. Gemini: Which is the best AI chatbot?
AI chatbots are more popular than ever, but with new updates coming out every few months, how do you determine which one is the best?
www.zdnet.com
Drop That Sound
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Intel's 13th and 14th Gen CPUs continue to face issues as update lowers performance by 6.5%
Over the past year, Intel has been experiencing major issues with its 13th and 14th Gen processors. Intel has previously brought patch updates for
www.wepc.com
Yikes. Intel's latest CPU microcode BIOS update supposedly fixes the voltage problems with their 13 & 14th gen CPUs that causes them to become ticking time bombs, but pretty much makes it run way slower than what you paid for according to the latest reports. Doesn't fix the damage already caused either. They blew it big time! They are basically forcing you to install updates that cause them run slower than the main competitors chips, so it doesn't self destruct. Probably will anyway though? They aren't being straight forward with the problems they had in the manufacturing plants while making the raptor lake chips either, or recalling any of the batches that were known to be bad. Some kind of oxidation issues in the die process.
I was about to buy one too, for a new gaming rig. Had a 13th gen processor loaded up in my cart, before reading all the latest news. Looks like I'll be building an older 12th generation, or AMD system instead..
Drop That Sound
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The Tower 300 series PC cases are so sexy! Kinda reminds me of a phototron or something. I wanna grow weed in one, lol.
Anyway, shutup and take my money, Thermaltake.
BarnBuster
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Be nice to your AI — it really does make a difference
Researchers have found that it pays to be courteous when using chatbots, with polite requests resulting in machines delivering more useful responses
www.thetimes.com
Chatbots Aren't Sentient, but You Should Be Nice to Them Anyway
The benefits of being polite to AI may include prompting better chatbot replies—and nurturing our humanity
BarnBuster
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"Sign Mozilla’s petition and tell OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta to provide transparency about the data used to train their AI tools!"
