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Stolen storage device leads to loss of customer bank and personal data
Thousands of Lloyds Bank customers who had insurance through Royal Sun Alliance may have had names, addresses and account numbers exposed.
Android’s Stagefright back in the limelight – what you need to know
Exploit code for the Stagefright vulnerability is now public. But it’s not all bad news: we explain the risk and how to avoid it…
California governor shoots down 350-foot no-fly drone law
He vetoed the bill because, he says, litigation would rain down on hobbyists and FAA-authorized operators. “Let’s look at this more carefully,” he said. 
US agency in charge of power grid and nukes keeps getting breached
US Department of Energy was hacked 159 times over a four-year period, putting the security of the power grid and nuclear arsenal at risk.
TSA master luggage keys are 3D printed after photo published online
TSA-approved locks weren’t all that unpickable to begin with, but now you might as well use zip ties on your luggage. 
11 million Ashley Madison passwords cracked in 10 days
Remember how Ashley Madison did one thing right: hashed the passwords properly? Turns out they missed a few…million.
Bedroom pirate gets 4 years for running a £300K streaming site
A Northern Ireland man ran a series of very lucrative streaming sites, including BedroomMedia.com and FastPassTV, that made gobs of ad revenue.
US cop goes wardriving to sniff out stolen gadgets by MAC address
He rigged up a thumb drive sized-antenna that plugs into a squad car laptop’s USB port to sniff out known stolen devices. 
Apple iMessage’s end-to-end encryption stymies US data request
Apple recently told a US court that it couldn’t turn over to law enforcement messages that were sent between iPhones via Apple’s iMessage system, which uses end-to-end encryption. And the crypto-wars rage on.