Shocking new research reveals how anyone with $750 can intercept unencrypted satellite data, exposing everything from government secrets to in-flight Wi-Fi traffic. Find out why decades-old vulnerabilities are still open and who actually wants it that way.

• Study: The World's Satellite Data Is Massively Vulnerable To Snooping


• You Only Need $750 of Equipment to Pilfer Data From Satellites, Researchers Say


• Hackers Dox Hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ Officials


• DHS says Chinese criminal gangs made $1B from US text scams


• cr.yp.to: 2025.10.04: NSA and IETF


• Why Signal's post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement


• Court reduces damages Meta will get from spyware maker NSO Group but bans it from WhatsApp


• How I Almost Got Hacked By A 'Job Interview'


• New California law requires AI to tell you it's AI


• The European Union issued its first fines under the AI Act, penalizing a French facial recognition startup €12 million for deploying unverified algorithms in public security contracts


• Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors


• Texas hit with a pair of lawsuits for its app store age verification requirements


• Australia shares tips to wean teens off social media ahead of ban. Will it work?


• California enacts age-gate law for app stores


• Meta is asking Facebook users to give its AI access to their entire camera roll


• Meta poached Andrew Tulloch, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, with a compensation package rumored to reach $1.5 billion over six years


• Even top generals are looking to AI chatbots for answers


• Roku's AI-upgraded voice assistant can answer questions about what you're watching


• Tesla debuts a steering wheel-less taxi for two


• Waymo and DoorDash Are Teaming Up to Deliver Your Food via Robotaxi

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