A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for leaking classified hacking tools to Wikileaks.

"On March 7, 2017, WikiLeaks began publishing classified data from the Stolen CIA Files. Between March and November 2017, there were a total of 26 disclosures of classified data from the Stolen CIA Files that WikiLeaks denominated as Vault 7 and Vault 8 (the 'WikiLeaks Disclosures'). The WikiLeaks Disclosures were one of the largest unauthorized disclosures of classified information in the history of the US, and Joshua Adam Schulte's theft and disclosure immediately and profoundly damaged the CIA's ability to collect foreign intelligence against America's adversaries; placed CIA personnel, programs, and assets directly at risk; and cost the CIA hundreds of millions of dollars."

Joshua Schulte: Former CIA hacker sentenced to 40 years in prison

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Joshua Schulte: Former CIA hacker sentenced to 40 years in prison

Joshua Schulte, 35, was convicted in 2022 for the largest data breach in the history of the CIA.

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Rumor has it on the next Android update, Google's Bard AI will help you write your text messages. But there's a catch: the processing is done on Google's servers, not your device, so your messages will be sent to Google as you type them. It will be possible to disable the AI, though. If your messages are sent to Google, they will be stored for 18 months and can be seen by humans in "anonymized" form.

Google update shows how Bard AI may work with your messages app

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Google Update Shows How Bard AI May Work With Your Messages App

New warning as AI suddenly targets billions of private messages on smartphones…

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Bitlocker, the disk encryption system that is built into Windows, can be broken using hardware. Hardware that is cheap and can break Bitlocker's encryption quickly. This is in spite of the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) system that is part of the machine's hardware.

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