Security News > 2024 > February > Fox News 'hacker' turns out to be journalist whose lawyers say was doing his job

In brief A Florida journalist has been arrested and charged with breaking into protected computer systems in a case his lawyers say was less "Hacking," more "Good investigative journalism."

Tim Burke was arrested on Thursday and charged with one count of conspiracy, six counts of accessing a protected computer without authorization, and seven counts of intercepting or disclosing wire, oral or electronic communications for his supposed role in the theft of unedited video streams from Fox News.

Among the videos allegedly stolen from Fox by Burke were unaired antisemitic remarks by rapper Kanye West, and others.

It's apparently faster for a scammer to create a spoof app and get it through Apple's App Store approval process than it is for legitimate devs nowadays, a case in point being what happened to Rabby Wallet this past week.

Rabby, a cryptocurrency wallet that's still undergoing App Store approval, had an impersonator make it into the App Store, with subsequent reports by a number of people who reported having their accounts emptied after installing the fake app.

According to the outlet, the concern was over the possibility that Copper SB chargers, which can be controlled with a smartphone app, could potentially be exploited to turn them all on at the same time, causing a sudden drain on the power grid.

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