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How a security analyst sent his mother to a state correctional facility with fake credentials to plant malicious USB drives, resulting in the director using one (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: How a security analyst sent his mother to a state correctional facility with fake credentials to plant malicious USB drives, resulting in the director using one  —  Security analyst John Strand had a contract to test a correctional facility’s defenses.  He sent the best person for the job: his mother.

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Facebook and Twitter pull out of the SXSW conference citing COVID-19 concerns; event organisers say the conference is proceeding as planned (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge: Facebook and Twitter pull out of the SXSW conference citing COVID-19 concerns; event organisers say the conference is proceeding as planned  —  Twitter pulled out earlier today  —  Facebook has pulled out of the upcoming SXSW conference in Austin, TX, according to a company statement given to Business Insider. Facebook

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