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Two Santa Cruz students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free

A pair of university students say they found and reported earlier this year a security flaw allowing anyone to avoid paying for laundry provided by over a million internet-connected laundry machines in residences and college campuses around the world. Months later, the vulnerability remains open after CSC ServiceWorks repeatedly ignored requests to fix the flaw….

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Hackers make millions of attempts to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability

Getty Images Hackers are assailing websites using a prominent WordPress plugin with millions of attempts to exploit a high-severity vulnerability that allows complete takeover, researchers said. The vulnerability resides in WordPress Automatic, a plugin with more than 38,000 paying customers. Websites running the WordPress content management system use it to incorporate content from other sites….

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