Latest Data Breaches Exposes 773 Million Emails and Passwords

The latest breach was discovered by Troy Hunt, who is the Australian regional director for Microsoft security. This could be the largest breach yet to be made public. The stoeln email address was uploaded to a popular cloud service called MEGA. It’s not clear how long the the information was in public domain. The list also include credentials from more than 2,000 websites. Security advisoer asked everyone to change their passwords.

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On the Moon in a Mini-Biosphere Potato, Cotton and Rapeseeds Have Sprouted

This is first time in history, biological growth experiments was done on the lunar surface. Chinese moon lander Change4 has a mini biosphere made of special aluminum alloy material. It has water, soil, air and thermal control inside. Cotton, rapeseed, potato, and arabidopsis seeds ware used in the experiments. It also contain eggs of fruit flies. The plants produced oxygen and by photosynthesis produce food. Which help to sustain the fruit flies. So when everything grows it mimic a mini earth environment.

Authorities can’t force people to unlock devices with their faces, fingers or irises

California USA magistrate judge Kandis Westmore has ruled that authorities can’t force people to unlock devices with their iris, faces or fingers.Even with a warrant law enforcement doesn’t have the right to force people to unlock their phones. As biometrics are equal to passcodes. Here is the ruling –

“If a person cannot be compelled to provide a passcode because it is a testimonial communication, a person cannot be compelled to
provide one’s finger, thumb, iris, face, or other biometric feature to unlock that same device.

The undersigned finds that a biometric feature is analogous to the 20 nonverbal, physiological responses elicited during a polygraph test, which are used to determine guilt or innocence, and are considered testimonial.”

These ruling are only applied in USA.