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Your T-Mobile data might’ve been broadcast for anyone with hobbyist hardware to intercept

Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Researchers intercepted T-Mobile call and text data using an $800 off-the-shelf satellite setup. Around half of the satellite links they scanned were unencrypted, including military data. T-Mobile fixed the issue after being alerted in December 2024. In an eye-opening privacy revelation, it turns out some of the world’s

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Your T-Mobile data might’ve been broadcast for anyone with hobbyist hardware to intercept

Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Researchers intercepted T-Mobile call and text data using an $800 off-the-shelf satellite setup. Around half of the satellite links they scanned were unencrypted, including military data. T-Mobile fixed the issue after being alerted in December 2024. In an eye-opening privacy revelation, it turns out some of the world’s

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ShinyHunters Leak Alleged Data From Qantas, Vietnam Airlines and Other Major Firms

schwit1 shares a report from Hackread: On October 3, 2025, Hackread.com published an in-depth report in which hackers claimed to have stolen 989 million records from 39 major companies worldwide by exploiting a Salesforce vulnerability. The group demanded that Salesforce and the affected firms enter negotiations before October 10, 2025, warning that if their demands

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Building the LEM’s Legs

If you built a car in, say, Germany, for use in Canada, you could assume that the roads will be more or less the same. Gravity will work the same. While the weather might not be exactly the same, it won’t be totally different. But imagine designing the Lunar Excursion Module that would land two

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Dutch Government Takes Control of China-Owned Chipmaker Nexperia

“Dutch authorities have temporarily nationalized Nexperia, owned by Chinese company Wingtech, over fears of critical product unavailability,” writes longtime Slashdot reader evil_aaronm. Reuters reports: The Hague invoked never-before-used powers under a Dutch law known as the “Availability of Goods Act.” The decision led to a 10% fall in Wingtech’s shares in Shanghai on Monday. The

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