Ontario and Quebec police probing cyber network that hacked millions of household devices

Ontario and Quebec police probing cyber network that hacked millions of household devices

Police have seized tens of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency as part of an investigation into a global cybercrime operation allegedly run from Canada that harnessed household electronic devices to launch some of the most powerful online attacks ever seen.

The Ontario Provincial Police and Sûreté du Québec both confirmed to the Star they are conducting probes after the recent dismantling of computer networks made up of millions of hacked household digital devices such as webcams, television boxes, routers and digital video recorders.


I blame cats.

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Google Issues Emergency Security Warning For 3.2 Billion Chrome Users—Attacks Underway

Google has issued an emergency security update for all Chrome users as it confirms that attackers are already exploiting a high severity zero-day vulnerability.

The emergency update to version 99.0.4844.84 of Chrome is highly unusual in that it addresses a single security vulnerability. A fact that only goes to emphasize how serious this one is.

Brave also has an update.

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