Cops turn LockBit ransomware gang's countdown timers against them [Wed Feb 21 2024]

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Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards

Iris scan, voice samples and blood type to be included in database

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Cops turn LockBit ransomware gang's countdown timers against them

Authorities dismantle cybercrime royalty by making mockery of their leak site

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Wyze admits 13,000 users could have viewed strangers' camera feeds

Customers report feeling violated following the security snafu

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Top five reasons to move from CentOS to RHEL (according to Red Hat)

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Microsoft Publisher books its retirement party for 2026

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MariaDB receives offer to go private more than year after disastrous IPO

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Preview edition of Microsoft OS/2 2.0 surfaces on eBay

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Legal campaigners challenge UK.gov decision to redact NHS-Palantir contract

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