Hackers Steal North Korean Defectors Information
Database of a South Korean resettlement agency called “Hana Center” has been compromised.Database contain personal information like name, date of birth and address of nearly 1000 people who defected from North Korea. Identity or origin of the hackers has not been identified yet. Authorities this is the first large scale information leak of North Koreans.
There is wide spread fear the family, relatives and friends of the defectors. As these defectors are declared dead or missing and the North Korean governments doesn’t know anything about them. But with this latest incident, now they will know. Analysts say there are some concerns.
Amazon’s Alexa crashes on Christmas Day
Amazon proves it’s Alexa is the most popular device of 2018. During the holiday many people were trying out their Alexa at the same time. As a result, many of the devices were only responding with “Sorry, I’m having trouble understanding you right now.” This happen in some parts of Europe. People also could not turn on lights or play holiday songs.
Amazon’s Echo Dot is the most popular speaker listed in Amazon’s best seller page. Alexa app is also the top downloaded app in the iOS app store.Surprisingly Google home app is in the sixth place, right after the Fitbit app. Alexa Service is working normally now.
Microsoft Fix IE Bugs but Breaks Lenovo Laptop
Microsoft has released an update to fix Internet Explorer. The patch will fix a flaw that hackers are already using for targeted attacks.The company did not explain any detail about the attack. Google discovered the flaw and alerted Microsoft.The flaw affects IE11 for Win 7 and Win 10.For specific versions of Windows Server that are using IE9 and IE10.
But right after the update – certain Lenovo laptops stop working. The machine will not boot if it has less than 8 gigabyte of RAMs.A workaround has been issued to let the laptop boot again. Microsoft promises they will release a proper update soon.
Saturn is Losing its Iconic Rings
Saturn is famous for its iconic rings. The rings are made up of chunks of ice and rock are the brightest rings in our solar system.It’s very wide that it can fit six Earth in a row. Either by UV radiation from the Sun or by meteoroids, the rings are under constant bombardment. As a result they are falling towards Saturn.Saturn’s rings ware formed around 200 million years ago (only!). Since then this bombardment is happening. Scientist have calculated in next 100 million years, these rings will be completely disappear.
One good thing, in our life time, Saturn’s ring will be there with its full glory!
