Day: August 31, 2025

Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access. Or use a different app (link on bottom) 

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Smart home device maker Futurehome is forcing its customers’ hands by suddenly requiring a subscription for basic functionality of its products. Launched in 2016, Futurehome’s Smarthub is marketed as a central hub for controlling Internet-connected devices in smart homes. For years, the Norwegian company sold its products, which also include smart thermostats, smart lighting, and Read more about Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access. Or use a different app (link on bottom) […]

TransUnion says hackers stole 4.4 million customers’ personal information (breached AGAIN!!!)

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Credit reporting giant TransUnion has disclosed a data breach affecting more than 4.4 million customers’ personal information. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general’s office on Thursday, TransUnion attributed the July 28 breach to unauthorized access of a third-party application storing customers’ personal data for its U.S. consumer support operations. TransUnion claimed “no credit information Read more about TransUnion says hackers stole 4.4 million customers’ personal information (breached AGAIN!!!)[…]

FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned ‘nearly every American’

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China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies hoovered up information belonging to millions of people in the United States over the course of the years-long intrusion into telecommunications networks, according to a top FBI cyber official. “There’s a good chance this espionage campaign has stolen information from nearly every American,” Michael Machtinger, deputy assistant director for the FBI’s Read more about FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned ‘nearly every American’[…]