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Warwickshire school to reopen after cyberattack crippled IT

Kids return to classrooms after safety infrastructure knocked out

A Warwickshire secondary school says it will fully reopen this week after a cyberattack forced a prolonged closure – though staff will return to classrooms with "very limited access" to IT systems.…

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Fast Pair, loose security: Bluetooth accessories open to silent hijack

Sloppy implementation of Google spec leaves 'hundreds of millions' of devices vulnerable

Hundreds of millions of wireless earbuds, headphones, and speakers are vulnerable to silent hijacking due to a flaw in Google's Fast Pair system that allows attackers to seize control without the owner ever touching the pairing button.…

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Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch

Microsoft claims it's a Secure Launch bug

We're not saying Copilot has become sentient and decided it doesn't want to lose consciousness. But if it did, it would create Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday update, which has made it so that some PCs flat-out refuse to shut down or hibernate, no matter how many times you try.…

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Bankrupt scooter startup left one private key to rule them all

Owner reverse-engineered his ride, revealing authentication was never properly individualized

An Estonian e-scooter owner locked out of his own ride after the manufacturer went bust did what any determined engineer might do. He reverse-engineered it, and claims he ended up discovering the master key that unlocks every scooter the company ever sold.…

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