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Putin: CIA Performing Massive Cyberattack Against Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the US intelligence services of performing a massive cyberattack against Russia.  According to a senior security official, Russia is facing “increased cyber attacks” originating in the U.S. Reuters reports: U.S. intelligence agencies say Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a cyber campaign aimed at boosting Donald Trump’s electoral chances by discrediting his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign. Russia has dismissed the accusations as a “witch-hunt”.

Zuckerberg Thinks Telepathic Social Networks Could Soon Be Reality

Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks we’ll eventually be able to send each other thoughts directly and is developing the capability to do so at a hardware division in California focused on brain computer interface technology. “One day, I believe we’ll be able to send full rich thoughts to each other directly using technology.

WhatsApp Vulnerability Leaves Backdoor Open To Snooping

The hugely popular mobile messaging app WhatsApp has a vulnerability that allows third-party snooping on its encrypted platform. The end-to-end encryption that the Facebook-owned company is famous for providing could be intercepted by a middle-man through a vulnerability that creates a ‘backdoor’ into the security system of one of the most widely used chat apps in the world. Telegraph reports: Fears over users privacy were sparked after Tobias Boelter, a security researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, discovered a backdoor in WhatsApp’s method of end-to-end encryption.

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