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IRS: Actually, that breach last year was way worse than we thought

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For U.S. taxpayers, the news just keeps getting worse about the cyberattack discovered last year on the IRS’s Get Transcript application,

At first, it looked like just over 100,000 taxpayers had been affected. Then, last August, the number was updated to more than 300,000.

Now, it looks like a further 390,000 people’s information could have been breached, bringing the total estimate to over 700,000.

“The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration conducted a nine-month-long investigation looking back to the launch of the application in January 2014 for additional suspicious activity,” the Internal Revenue Service announced on Friday. “This expanded review has identified additional suspicious attempts to access taxpayer accounts using sensitive information already in the hands of criminals.”

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Guy who shot down drone actually makes a good point

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The news here isn’t that a guy in Kentucky shot a drone mid-air as it hovered over his backyard. At this point, that’s not much of a surprise. 

What is notable, however, is the comments the shooter made after being arrested for the incident. 

William Meredith was charged with first degree criminal mischief and first degree wanton endangerment this past weekend after firing a shotgun at and successfully destroying an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, or drone) as it hovered over his yard in Hillview, Kentucky, according to local news station WDRB.

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Network World Colin Neagle

CES 2015: Why wireless smartphone charging might actually, seriously grow this year

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We’ve said this before. A lot of people have. And although it needs to be said with as many grains of salt and as much caution as possible, it still needs to be said – wireless charging for smartphones and tablets could become a reality for mainstream users as soon as this year.

Two years ago at CES, the Wireless Power Consortium’s (WPC) booth looked like one of those cellphone case stands you’d find in the center of the aisle at your local mall. This year, the WPC’s booth was in the exact same location, but this time it looked like the rest of the mall: a café next to a home appliance store next to a mattress store.

That underlines the shift in approach for the wireless charging industry. The companies that are using the technology are making inroads with large consumer-facing companies, which will start offering the technology to their smartphone-wielding customers.

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Network World Colin Neagle

This is what Sundar Pichai actually said about Android malware and security – BGR

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This is what Sundar Pichai actually said about Android malware and security
BGR
I would argue that it's the best way for a platform to be secure, because every researcher in the world can inspect it, every developer in the world can inspect it, and I think that contributes a lot to Android security,” Pichai said. He continued …

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