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[?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

fines supplier $1.3M for exposing data of 664k customers

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

    [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
    @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

    says hackers breached treatment plants, and the is facing the same threat

    techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/pola

      [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
      @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

      Hacker stole £700,000 from company by redirecting payment

      techcrunch.com/2026/04/09/hack

        [?]Zach Sanford » 🌐
        @zachsanford@mastodon.online

        @vga256 For work, use similar rods to locate subterranean utilities. Surprisingly works better than one might think.

        We refer to it as “witching”, which is fun for me because when someone is wondering where our locator is at (and he’s out witching), I say he’s “out performing a séance”.

        More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing

          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
          @Nonilex@masto.ai

          & Loom as Imperils Funding for Programs

          Within days, tens of millions of Americans may lose assistance for , & if the federal government remains shut down.

          As the shutdown nears the one-month mark, the lapse in federal funding is a looming crisis for vulnerable Americans who depend on government assistance for basic needs like & .


          nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/poli

            [?]HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 » 🌐
            @HistoPol@mastodon.social

            @gerrymcgovern

            @gerrymcgovern

            👉Proposals for multibillion-dollar rate increases by driven by expansion of promoted by the administration👈"

            A 🧵

            * … on the credit card*

            👉 is reaching crisis levels👈, jumping from $17.5bn in January 2023 to $21bn in June 2025 and forecast to climb as high as $25bn by the end of this year.

            Currently, only 26 states and the District...

            theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

            @TheGuardian

              [?]HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 » 🌐
              @HistoPol@mastodon.social

              of have rules restricting some over the summer, and disconnections could hit 4m by the end of 2025, according to ... "

              "...in and across the country, private have submitted 👉proposals for multibillion-dollar rate increases👈, in order to cover infrastructure upgrades, inflation and new projects – 👉driven, at least partially, by the unchecked expansion of massive promoted by the ...

              @gerrymcgovern @TheGuardian

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                [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                @octade@soc.octade.net

                SMUD - an appropriate name for the electric company conducting surveillance for the police.

                The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed

                https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk

                Sacramento residents discovered their utility company has been secretly feeding their private energy data to police without warrants, leading to a massive surveillance operation that generated $94 million in fines. This explosive investigation reveals how SMUD transformed smart meters into government spy devices, monitoring when you shower, sleep, or use appliances.

                Innocent homeowners faced armed police raids for using electricity to power medical equipment or mine cryptocurrency. One resident was forced outside in his underwear at gunpoint, while another disabled veteran was threatened with arrest for refusing warrantless entry. The surveillance threshold dropped dramatically from 7,000 to just 2,800 kilowatt hours per month, making air conditioning use suspicious in Sacramento's brutal heat.

                Internal documents expose how SMUD analysts actively mined customer data for police, checking over 10,000 homes in a single month. Despite California law explicitly prohibiting utilities from sharing precise meter data without warrants, SMUD violated these protections daily for a decade.

                The Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit could reshape smart meter privacy nationwide. With the October 2025 court decision approaching, every American with a smart meter needs to understand how their utility company might be spying on them right now.

                @privacy@a.gup.pe @infosec@a.gup.pe @infostorm@a.gup.pe

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