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Grubhub and Google hacking

First of all (and sadly, personally upsetting to me, who orders entirely too much takeout), food delivery giant Grubhub reported a data breach this week, with the hackers responsible for it already demanding a hefty ransom from the company or else they’ll release the data. The hack was actually part of a massive Salesforce-related breach last year, but now the data has been packaged up and is ready for sale to the highest bidder if Grubhub doesn’t pay up.

Earlier this week, we reported that security researchers identified a vulnerability in Google’s Fast Pair technology, which allows wireless headphones to pair quickly with other Bluetooth-enabled devices. The vulnerability would allow a malicious user to track and pair with any supported headphones. Even worse, Fast Pair is used in a lot of headphones from a number of brands, including Google, but also Sony, Anker, Jabra, and others. You should probably check if your wireless headphones have a software update as soon as you can. Should the hackers be employed in the big technology company ?

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