An Arizona man has been sentenced for attacking cities’ websites and computer servers, including at least one emergency communication system.
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Arizona Man Sentenced for Cyberattacks on City Services
Every great investigator tells a story about the one that got away.
For Kimberly Kobojek, director of the forensic science program at Arizona State University’s West campus, formerly of the Phoenix Police Crime Lab, that white whale was a reddish brown stain.
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Forensic Science Education at ASU: a Peek Behind the Police Tape
The FBI has issued an alert warning users to reboot, update and secure their routers as a precaution against a widespread, foreign state-sponsored malware attack.
Experts estimate the malware, called VPNFilter, has infected hundreds of thousands of routers in more than 50 countries.
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FBI Urges Router Reboot To Guard Against State-Sponsored Malware Attack
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) this week filed to sue the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court.
The lawsuit is over an EPA policy that changes who can serve on its advisory boards.
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Scientists Sue EPA Over Who Can Serve On Advisory Boards
For the first time in the U.S., scientists have genetically modified human embryos. The technique could help screen out heritable diseases, but many worry where it might ultimately lead.
As rumors spread in advance of the publication, the story sparked comparisons with films like Gattaca and books like Brave New World, with their themes of genetic discrimination, DNA-as-destiny and the social dangers of tampering with human heredity.
But the research’s most important — and, to some, troubling — aspect lies in the fact that it alters the hereditary DNA known as the germline.
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First Human Embryos Edited In U.S. By Scientists
