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20 years ago, AT&T ad campaign ‘predicted’ technology that was well on its way

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A YouTube compilation of a 20-year-old AT&T ad campaign dubbed “You Will” is getting pass-along traffic today (and not for the first time). It’s a fun look at the company’s predictions for a range of technologies that would become the likes of GPS, online books and electronic toll collection.

Don’t get me wrong: I’m not saying that anyone could have seen these things coming back in 1994. It’s remarkable that these innovations would become not only real but commonplace so soon after this ad campaign aired. That they would become a reality at all? That’s less remarkable, because many were already well on their way.

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US Nuclear Regulatory Commission hacked 3 times in 3 years

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According to documents obtained under an open-records request, two of the hacks, perpetrated via phishing emails, are believed to have originated in foreign countries, while the source of the third remains unknown because incident logs have been destroyed. The report does not say when the attacks occurred, nor does it divulge what, if any, data was compromised.
Naked Security – Sophos

California Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Espionage – ABC News

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CNBC.com

California Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Espionage
ABC News
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a California chemical engineer to 15 years in prison and fined him $ 28.3 million for a rare economic-espionage conviction for selling China a secret recipe to a widely used white pigment. U.S. District Court Judge …
U.S. man jailed for China espionageThe Japan Times
US man jailed for China-linked espionageCNBC.com
Walnut Creek Man Faces Prison After Rare Economic Espionage Conviction For …CBS Local

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From Cabir to Koler – 10 years of Mobile Malware

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It’s 10 years since June 2004, when the first mobile malware appeared. We don’t want to *celebrate* this anniversary, you understand, but we thought we’d look back to see what we can learn…
Naked Security – Sophos