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Billions Of Emails, Passwords, Login Credentials Exposed In Massive Data Breach
A massive online exposure could put countless accounts at risk.
Cybernews researchers found an unsecured database containing 24 billion records, including usernames, email addresses, plaintext passwords, and login URLs, according to Cybernews.
Cybernews said the exposed Elasticsearch cluster contained more than 8.3 terabytes of data. In plain English, that is enough digital material to fill thousands of movies or millions of documents.
The database has since been secured and is no longer publicly exposed, Cybernews reported.
Researchers said the records came from 36 sources, including Tel…
Air Force IDs 8 Killed In B-52 Bomber Crash
A deadly military test flight has now been followed by the names of those lost.
The US Air Force released the identities of eight people killed after a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashed on Monday, June 15, shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California, according to an Edwards Air Force Base release.
The Edwards Air Force Base post can be viewed here:
Those killed were identified as:
Col. Gregory Watson, 53, weapon systems officer, Boeing (Air Force reservist, assigned 10th Air Force, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas), Shreveport, L…
$1.5M Crab Leg, TV, Coin Cargo Theft Ring Targeted Trucks Across PA, NJ; Member Sentenced
A Philadelphia man linked to a cargo theft crew accused of stealing seafood, televisions, coins, and other valuable goods from tractor-trailers has been sentenced in federal court.
Salahudin Reddy, 39, was sentenced to 94 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release on Thursday, June 11, according to U.S. Attorney David Metcalf.
Reddy previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy, four counts of theft from an interstate shipment, theft of government money, possession of stolen government money, and possession of items from interstate shipment theft, federal prosecutors said.
Ac…
Pregnant Woman Shoots Bystander, Crashes Into Hotel Before Killing Herself: DA
An 8-month-pregnant woman opened fire outside a Massachusetts hotel, wounded an innocent bystander, crashed her vehicle into the building, and then took her own life during a violent early morning incident, according to police.
The violence unfolded around 12:55 a.m. Thursday, June 18, at the Sturbridge Plaza Hotel on Haynes Street in Sturbridge, prompting a large response from local and state police.
Investigators believe the woman went to the hotel looking for two people she knew, Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early said. She fired shots from outside the building, striking a bystande…
