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US police are selling seized phones with personal data still on them

Nude photos, bank details and stolen credit card numbers have been found on devices sold by US police forces via auction sites

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Ethereum closed a big security hole with its energy-saving update

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Cryptographers bet cash on when quantum computers will beat encryption

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US sailors recovering the Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon

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Chinese spy balloon: Everything we know after US recovers wreckage

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A Chinese spy balloon drifting to the ocean after being shot down

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Suspected Chinese 'spy balloon' shot down by US fighter jet over sea

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Mathematical trick lets hackers shame people into fixing software bugs

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Hackers can trick Wi-Fi devices into draining their own batteries

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Boy listening to tin can on a string

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Quantum computers in use today are vulnerable to eavesdropping hackers

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Keven Esvelt

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Pandemic terrorism risk is being overlooked, warns leading geneticist

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Artist Ciaran Gallagher painting a mural in Belfast depicting the candidates vying to be the next UK prime minister

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Tory leadership contest's online vote is still vulnerable to hackers

Hacking concerns continue to dog the online Conservative party vote, which will decide next UK prime minister – should online voting even be used in such situations?

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 'not designed to withstand fighting'

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Voice jammer stops anyone from recording you speak

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Hackers can turn computer cables into antenna to steal sensitive data

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US chooses encryption tools to protect us from quantum computers

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