UK drones can hack smartphone users' private data

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UK drones can now hack smartphone users' private data. The sensitive information can be grabbed from the GPS location to the mobile applications' login names and passwords and can be executed without the user ever finding out. The software, Snoopy, can transform an innocent video capturing drone into a malicious data snatching thief.

Facebook bug shuts out some users for hours

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 For close to two hours, Monday afternoon, Facebook users were having difficulties in updating their status, post pictures and the like.

• Attempts by users to update on the social networking site yielded this message: “There was a problem updating your status. Please try again in a few minutes.”

The peculiar bug was partially fixed after a couple of hours as some are able to operate their accounts accurately –  many still face difficulties.

GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Drug-users Eaten Alive By Flesh-eating Illness Caused By Homemade Heroin Substitute

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The first cases of a terrifying new drug called 'Krokodil' that eats flesh from the inside out, is flammable and leaves addicts with reptilian-like skin have been reported this week in Arizona and the state fears the beginning of an epidemic.

It was first encountered by Banner's Poison Control Centre when two drug addicts arrived in emergency rooms with their flesh hanging off their body, exposing bone or with skin resembling that of a crocodile, hence its name.

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NSA impersonated Google to fooled web users – info leak

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New details about deceptive activity of US’ National Security Agency came to the fore on Sunday. Agency used specific hack attacks dubbed “man in the middle” (MITM), allowing to redirect users to a copycat site which relays all the data entered to NSA data banks.

A disrobing report was released by Brazilian TV network Globo News last weekend. It is based on classified information, revealed by former CIA employee Edward Snowden.

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Road users stranded for hours as fuel tanker blocks Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

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It was a harrowing experience for thousands of motorists, commuters and other road users on Friday as a fuel tanker crashed at Berger on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The tanker’s crash brought traffic inward and outward Lagos to a standstill for some hours as the police, Federal Road Safety Commission and Lagos State Traffic Management Agency battled to clear the expressway and adjoining roads.

Traffic officials had to divert vehicles away from the tanker as it was spilling its fuel contents.

Many road users, including those travelling outside Lagos for the Sallah, were trapped for hours in the traffic.

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