Category: leak

Pentagon Provides Easter Sunday Update After ‘Top Secret’ US Military Plans Leaked

The Department of Defense (DOD) on Sunday released more information about an apparent leak of classified information and documents relating to the war in Ukraine and surveillance efforts. So far, the Pentagon and other U.S. government agencies have issued few statements about the purported intelligence leak, details of which surfaced on Telegram, 4chan, Twitter, and…


Capitol Report: Swimmer Attacked for Protecting Women’s Only Sports; Democrats Criticize Tennessee Lawmakers’ Expulsion

Swimmer Riley Gaines was attacked by transgender activists for speaking out about women’s sports. And while Republicans advocate for wide bans on transgender athletes, the White House and the Supreme Court are pushing back. Democrats are responding to the expulsion of two Tennessee lawmakers with allegations of racism and threats to democracy. China retaliated against…


Be Ready—Pipes Can Burst in Any House

You might think that everything is rainbows and unicorns at my house. After all, I’m a home improvement expert. What could go wrong? Answer: the exact same things that go wrong without warning at your home. Several nights ago, a disaster unfolded in my home in the middle of the night. It actually started hours…


Uncrewed Russian Spacecraft That Leaked Coolant Lands Safely

MOSCOW—A Russian space capsule safely returned to Earth without a crew Tuesday, months after it suffered a coolant leak in orbit. The Soyuz MS-22 leaked coolant in December while attached to the International Space Station. Russian space officials blamed the leak on a tiny meteoroid that punctured the craft’s external radiator. They launched an empty…


Twitter Source Code Leaked Online, Prompting Lawsuit to Identify Leaker

Parts of Twitter’s source code have been leaked and the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk is seeking information on the person responsible, according to legal filings. The March 24 document filed with the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, indicates that “various excerpts” of Twitter’s source code, which is…


Twitter’s Source Code Leaked Online, Prompting Lawsuit to Identify Leaker

Parts of Twitter’s source code have been leaked, and the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk is seeking information on the person responsible, according to legal filings. The March 24 document filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, indicates that “various excerpts” of Twitter’s source code, which is…


Oil Leak From Sunken Philippine Tanker Prompts Swimming Bans

Oil leaking from a Philippine tanker that sank southwest of the capital has prompted at least seven coastal towns to ban fishing and swimming as authorities scramble to contain the spill, officials said Thursday. The MT Princess Empress, which was carrying 20 crewmembers and a cargo of about 800,000 liters (210,000 gallons) of industrial fuel…


Russia Launches Rescue Ship to Space Station After Leaks

Russia launched a rescue ship on Friday for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride home sprang a dangerous leak while parked at the International Space Station. The new, empty Soyuz capsule should arrive at the orbiting lab on Sunday. The capsule leak in December was blamed on a micrometeorite that punctured an…


Pentagon Investigating Reported Leak of Emails From Military Server

A Department of Defense (DOD) email server reportedly leaked internal military communications inadvertently across the internet for roughly two weeks before it was discovered by an independent cybersecurity researcher and subsequently secured. The DOD’s Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has since launched a probe into the incident, Special Operations Command (SOCOM) spokesperson Ken McGraw told CNN on Feb. 21. USSOCOM,…


Russia Delays Launch of Relief Ship to Keep Investigating Space Station Leak

Russia is delaying the launch of a ship to bring two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut back from the International Space Station (ISS) while it investigates a pressure loss in another module, its space agency said on Monday. Roscosmos and the U.S. space agency NASA had said that a Soyuz MS-23 ship would be…