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1. Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data

   By Karlston, March 24, 2025   

   • google
   • maps timeline
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   • 783 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 24, 2025

2. Open source 'Package Analysis' tool finds malicious npm, PyPI packages

   By Karlston, May 1, 2022
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   • 1,359 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 1, 2022

3. Open source package with 1 million monthly downloads stole user credentials

   By Karlston, April 28
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   • 281 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 28

4. Open Source Software Security Begins to Mature

   By aum, June 21, 2022
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   • 1,198 views
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   • Added by aum
   • June 21, 2022

5. Open-source repositories flooded by 144,000 phishing packages

   By alf9872000, December 14, 2022
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   • 1,401 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • December 14, 2022

6. Open-source software has an invisible vulnerability. Hackers have found it

   By aum, March 22
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   • 304 views
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   • Added by aum
   • March 22

7. OpenAI confirms DDoS attacks behind ongoing ChatGPT outages

   By Karlston, November 9, 2023   

   • openai
   • ddos
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   • 1,608 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 9, 2023

8. OpenAI confirms major data breach, exposing user's names, email addresses, and more — "Transparency is important to us."

   By Karlston, November 27, 2025   

   • openai
   • data breach
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   • 509 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 27, 2025

9. OpenAI denies rolling out ads on ChatGPT paid plans

   By Karlston, December 8, 2025
   • 2 comments
   • 420 views
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   • Comment by Akaneharuka
   • December 8, 2025

10. OpenAI helps spammers plaster 80,000 sites with messages that bypassed filters

    By Karlston, April 10, 2025   

    • openai
    • spam
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    • 995 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 10, 2025

11. OpenAI is reportedly getting ready to test ads in ChatGPT

    By Karlston, January 7   

    • openai
    • chatgpt
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      • ads
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 7

12. OpenAI researcher quits over ChatGPT ads, warns of “Facebook” path

    By Karlston, February 12   

    • openai
    • chatgpt
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      • chatgpt
      • ads
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 12

13. OpenAI Unveils Aardvark: GPT-5 Agent That Finds and Fixes Code Flaws Automatically

    By aum, November 1, 2025
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    • Added by aum
    • November 1, 2025

14. OpenSSL fixes two high severity vulnerabilities, what you need to know

    By Karlston, November 1, 2022   

    • openssl
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    • 1,254 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 1, 2022

15. OpenSSL to Release Security Patch for Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

    By aum, June 28, 2022
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    • June 28, 2022

16. OpenSubtitles Hacked, 7 Million Subscribers’ Details Leaked Online

    By Karlston, January 19, 2022
    • 3 comments
    • 2,056 views
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    • Comment by xxvv
    • February 5, 2022

17. Opera 76 fixes the YouTube ad blocking issue

    By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

    • opera
    • youtube
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      • youtube
      • ad blocking
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    • 1,736 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 3, 2021

18. Opera Software launches Opera VPN Pro for Android

    By Karlston, April 13, 2022   

    • opera software
    • vpn
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 13, 2022

19. OPERA1ER hackers steal over $11 million from banks and telcos

    By alf9872000, November 4, 2022
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 4, 2022

20. Operation GhostShell: Novel RAT Targets Global Aerospace and Telecoms Firms

    By aum, October 6, 2021
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    • Added by aum
    • October 6, 2021

21. Optus confirms 2.1 million ID numbers exposed in data breach

    By Karlston, October 4, 2022   

    • australia
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    • 1,478 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 4, 2022

22. Optus hacker apologizes and allegedly deletes all stolen data

    By Karlston, September 27, 2022
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    • 1,713 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 27, 2022

23. Our latest updates on Fully Homomorphic Encryption [Google Developers]

    By aum, June 15, 2021
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    • 1,191 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 15, 2021

24. Our PCs, AI, and services are supposed to work for us, but modern tech increasingly feels like it’s watching, tracking, and nudging us instead

    By Karlston, December 26, 2025
    • 1 comment
    • 388 views
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    • Comment by dabourzannan
    • December 27, 2025

25. Outdated Linux Versions, Misconfigurations Triggering Cloud Attacks: Report

    By aum, October 9, 2021
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    • 1,328 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 9, 2021