Lucas Ropek, Author at Gizmodo

A Complete Guide to Not Getting Hacked

It's never seemed less safe to surf the web. Here are some things to think about to keep from getting hacked... maybe. Nothing is certain in life.

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No, Your Acorns Account Wasn’t Hacked—That Email Was a Mistake

Early Friday evening, users of investing app Acorns received an email telling them they had been locked out of their accounts, with little explanation.

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A Notorious Hacker Gang Claims to Be Selling Data on 70 Million AT&T Subscribers

The claims come not long after T-Mobile confirmed that millions of its customers were affected by a large data breach. AT&T has denied the allegations.

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Apple’s Not Digging Itself Out of This One

The ongoing drama surrounding the company's proposed new child abuse prevention tools has taken another turn.

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‘Attack’ on MyPillow CEO Apparently Just a Guy Who Wanted a Selfie Poking Him With a Finger

Mike Lindell claimed he was attacked. It turns out he was prodded by a guy who wanted a picture with him.

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The Taliban Is Silicon Valley’s New Big Problem

Social media platforms are about as disorganized as the Pentagon when it comes to deciding what to do about Afghanistan's new government.

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Dallas Police Dept Loses 8 Terabytes of Crime Data, Throwing Court Cases Into Chaos

The police department says the cache was lost during a routine data migration in April.

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Poly Network Offers $500,000 Reward to Hacker Who Stole and Then Returned $611 Million in Crypto

The strange saga of one of the largest crypto heists in recent memory continues.

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MyPillow CEO’s Cyber Symposium Goes Down in Flames After His ‘Cyber Guy’ Admits It’s a Sham

The effort to prove election fraud in the U.S. was one goofy disaster after another.

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MyPillow CEO’s Cyber Symposium Is Already a Deranged Circus

The pillow vendor has offered $5 million to anybody willing to disprove his so-called evidence of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election.

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Guy Behind Fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter Account is Actually a California Gubernatorial Candidate

Daniel Watts has spent years fostering the joke account and says that Twitter verified it without any prompting from him.

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Apple Says It Won’t Let the Government Turn Its Child Abuse Detection Tools Into a Surveillance Weapon

The company has defended its controversial new features, which will be deployed to search for child abuse material on its platforms.

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Critics Say Apple Built a ‘Backdoor’ Into Your iPhone With Its New Child Abuse Detection Tools

Privacy advocates worry the new features could be a slippery slope.

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Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong With Indonesia’s Plan for ‘Jurassic Park’ on Island Filled with Komodo Dragons

Indonesia wants to foster increased tourism on islands filled with the venomous lizards, which might not be the best idea—for the lizards.

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‘Master Face’: Researchers Say They’ve Found a Wildly Successful Bypass for Face Recognition Tech

A group of researchers says that artificial intelligence can be used to trick most biometric face scanners.

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Citizen Launches a $20 Service You Can Call to Call the Cops

The company's new feature, Protect, is supposed to serve as an alternative to just dialing 911.

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‘The Situation Is Very Serious’: Ransomware Hackers Hobble Covid-19 Vaccinations in Italy

The shutdown affects the Lazio region, which includes the city of Rome.

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Top 5 Places to Try to Escape Societal Collapse

If things really goes south, some researchers have concluded these are the places where you have the highest likelihood of survival.

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Hackers Breach San Diego Hospital, Gaining Access to Patients’… Well, Uh, Everything

The cybercriminals had intimate access to patient information for over four months, according to the medical facility.

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Bizarre Shooting at Screening of The Forever Purge Leaves TikTok Star Wounded, Companion Dead

An apparently random shooting at the movie showing has law enforcement unsure of its motive.

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Lucas Ropek

A Complete Guide to Not Getting Hacked

No, Your Acorns Account Wasn’t Hacked—That Email Was a Mistake

A Notorious Hacker Gang Claims to Be Selling Data on 70 Million AT&T Subscribers

Apple’s Not Digging Itself Out of This One

‘Attack’ on MyPillow CEO Apparently Just a Guy Who Wanted a Selfie Poking Him With a Finger

The Taliban Is Silicon Valley’s New Big Problem

Dallas Police Dept Loses 8 Terabytes of Crime Data, Throwing Court Cases Into Chaos

Poly Network Offers $500,000 Reward to Hacker Who Stole and Then Returned $611 Million in Crypto

MyPillow CEO’s Cyber Symposium Goes Down in Flames After His ‘Cyber Guy’ Admits It’s a Sham

MyPillow CEO’s Cyber Symposium Is Already a Deranged Circus

Guy Behind Fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter Account is Actually a California Gubernatorial Candidate

Apple Says It Won’t Let the Government Turn Its Child Abuse Detection Tools Into a Surveillance Weapon

Critics Say Apple Built a ‘Backdoor’ Into Your iPhone With Its New Child Abuse Detection Tools

Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong With Indonesia’s Plan for ‘Jurassic Park’ on Island Filled with Komodo Dragons

‘Master Face’: Researchers Say They’ve Found a Wildly Successful Bypass for Face Recognition Tech

Citizen Launches a $20 Service You Can Call to Call the Cops

‘The Situation Is Very Serious’: Ransomware Hackers Hobble Covid-19 Vaccinations in Italy

Top 5 Places to Try to Escape Societal Collapse

Hackers Breach San Diego Hospital, Gaining Access to Patients’… Well, Uh, Everything

Bizarre Shooting at Screening of The Forever Purge Leaves TikTok Star Wounded, Companion Dead

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Could There Be a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sequel?

Meta Has More Smart Glasses Coming Whether You Want Them or Not

Apple Requires Device-Level Age Verification in the UK Now. Could the US Be Next?

Astronomers Say Recent Rash of Meteor Sightings ‘Warrants Serious Investigation’

Did AMD Just Make the Best CPU for Gamers and Creators?

AI Just One-Shotted Another CEO

6 Magic School Anime and Manga to Discover Instead of Thinking About ‘Harry Potter’ Ever Again

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees