Unsupervised Learning: No. 167

This is a description of cyberwar that sounds quite realistic to me, and it's based around the thousand-cuts idea. Ring Doorbells have a vulnerability that allows one to capture clear-text videos and other data from the cameras if you can get on the wireless network that the camera is using. An independent security researcher found the Dow Jones Watchlist database sitting open on the internet. Schneier talks here about how easy it is to influence people in sensitive positions, similar to my post on China building a database on us.…