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Science & Technology

Even Elmo is getting hacked: How safe and secure is Twitter/X nearly three years after Musk’s takeover?

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by Cesareo Contreras
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University News

How AI is changing esports: Northeastern students win big at Valorant challenge 

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by Cesareo Contreras
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Science & Technology

Why would someone hack into schools? Northeastern cybersecurity experts explain why they are easy targets   

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by Cesareo Contreras
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Science & Technology

The federal government wants you to adopt ‘end-to-end encryption’ methods. Here’s why you should adopt them

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by Tanner Stening
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Law

Biden’s executive order on AI brings awareness to emerging technology but lacks ‘teeth’ to make major impact, Northeastern expert says

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by Cesareo Contreras
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Science & Technology

He hacked AI chatbots to find flaws and vulnerabilities. Now Northeastern’s Avijit Ghosh is writing a report on combating these problems

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by Cesareo Contreras

What are the Russian hackers seeking?

by Ian Thomsen
World & National News

Russian hackers allegedly attacked a Ukrainian oil company. Here’s why you should care.

by Khalida Sarwari
Science & Technology

To fight villains on the internet, turn students into hackers

by Roberto Molar Candanosa
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Your Capital One account was hacked. There was nothing you could have done about it.

by Ian Thomsen
Science & Technology

Northeastern University students win MITRE embedded capture the flag competition to design and hack secure gaming consoles

by Laura Castañón
Science & Technology

Northeastern University researchers show that hacking an airplane’s landing instruments isn’t as hard as it should be

by Laura Castañón