Parts of Twitter’s source code have been leaked and the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk is seeking information on the person responsible, according to legal filings. The March 24 document filed with the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, indicates that “various excerpts” of Twitter’s source code, which is […]
MONTICELLO, Minn.—A Minnesota utility began shutting down a nuclear power plant near Minneapolis on Friday after discovering water containing a low level of radioactive material was leaking from a pipe for the second time. While the utility and health officials say it is not dangerous, the issue has prompted concerns among nearby residents and raised […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci responded on March 15 to a newly released email that said he was among those who “prompted” work on analyzing how COVID-19 came about, which resulted in a paper that claimed the laboratory origin theory was not credible. A special U.S. House of Representatives panel on March 5 released the email, sent […]
A Department of Defense (DOD) email server reportedly leaked internal military communications inadvertently across the internet for roughly two weeks before it was discovered by an independent cybersecurity researcher and subsequently secured. The DOD’s Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has since launched a probe into the incident, Special Operations Command (SOCOM) spokesperson Ken McGraw told CNN on Feb. 21. USSOCOM, […]
Arizona officials confirmed Wednesday morning that a shelter-in-place that was issued a day before was reinstated after a crash that resulted in a spill of hazardous chemicals—coming days after a train derailed and released toxic materials in Ohio. “Unified Command has reinstated the shelter-in-place order for a one-mile perimeter around the incident. While crews were […]
The Supreme Court released a report stating that, after a months-long internal investigation, the leaker of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade last year couldn’t be identified. The leak shattered the image of the Supreme Court, which has long prided itself on maintaining proper decorum and on keeping as confidential the deliberations of the […]
A group of 43 national security experts published an open letter on Jan. 11 criticizing news organizations and scientific publications that dismissed the possibility that the COVID-19 pandemic might have been the result of a lab leak. The letter is addressed “To the editors, authors, and contributors to major scientific, medical, and journalistic publications worldwide.” […]
Personal emails linked to 235 million Twitter accounts hacked some time ago have been exposed according to Israeli security researcher Alon Gal—making millions vulnerable to having their accounts compromised or identities exposed if they have used the site anonymously to criticize oppressive governments, for instance. Gal, who is the co-founder and chief technology officer at […]
MOSCOW—A coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station could have been caused by a micrometeorite, a Russian space official said Thursday. Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos and NASA both said that the incident hasn’t posed any danger to the station’s crew. However, the leak prompted a pair of Russian cosmonauts […]
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the leak earlier this year of a draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade made conservative justices “targets for assassination” and changed the atmosphere at the court. Alito’s comments came during a moderated conversation at the Heritage Foundation in the nation’s capital on Oct. 25. At the end of the […]
