Yahoo 'state' hackers stole data from 500 million users

Yahoo says "state-sponsored" hackers stole data on about 500 million users in what could be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history.

The breach included swathes of personal information, including names and emails, as well as “unencrypted security questions and answers”.

The hack took place in 2014 but has only now been made public.

In the UK it is believed data on about eight million user accounts was taken in the hack.

Stolen data includes names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted passwords, but not credit card data, Yahoo said.

It said the information was "stolen by what we believe is a state-sponsored actor" but did not say which country it held responsible.

The FBI has confirmed it is investigating the claims.

Password change urged by Yahoo

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37447016

Smoking Samsung phone found on flight

Plane crew douse smoking Samsung phone

Cabin crew on an Indian passenger aircraft have used a fire extinguisher to tackle a smoking Samsung handset.

The Note 2 handset was smouldering and spitting sparks, according to a statement from airline IndiGo.

The crew's prompt action meant the aircraft landed safely at Chennai, its intended destination, said IndiGo.

The incident comes as Samsung recalls millions of new Note 7 devices because of faulty batteries.

IndiGo said no-one was hurt during the incident, on flight 6E-054 from Singapore to Chennai.

Passengers told the aircraft's cabin crew about smoke emerging from an overhead luggage compartment which, when opened, revealed the smoking phone in a piece of hand luggage, it said.

Damaged property

Once doused with an extinguisher, the sparking phone was put in a bucket of water in the plane's toilet and kept there until the aircraft landed.

"The aircraft made a normal landing at Chennai airport, and all passengers were deplaned as per normal procedure," IndiGo told Reuters.

Earlier this month Samsung issued a worldwide recall for its new Note 7 phones because faulty batteries can make the devices catch fire while the handset is charging or being used. Samsung is offering free replacements or refunds.

Before now, no similar problems with the older Note 2 have been reported.

The problems with the Note 7 have led many airlines to tell passengers to keep the phones turned off during a flight.

In the US, the Consumer Products Safety Commission said it had received 92 reports of faulty Note 7s overheating. Of those, 26 involved left owners with burns and 55 caused property damage.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37454436

The 2016 Top Programming Languages

Welcome to IEEE Spectrum’s third interactive ranking of the most popular programming languages. As it’s impossible to look over the shoulder of every programmer, Spectrum uses various metrics as proxies for gauging the current use of a language. Working with data journalist Nick Diakopoulos,from 10 online sources we’ve chosen 12 metrics, each one of which gives insight along a different axis of popularity. Combining the metrics produces a single ranking.

Because each of you may value different things—What’s hot with the folks in open source? What are employers demanding?—Spectrum’s Interactive Top Programming Languages lets you adjust the weight of each metric in contributing to the ranking. You also have the option to filter the results: for example, looking only at languages used in embedded systems or mobile applications. You can customize each weighting yourself or use one of our presets.

The default preset is intended to echo the interests of the average IEEE member. So what are Spectrum’s Top Ten Languages for 2016?

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