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Hackers created a huge traffic jam in the center of Moscow, after they ordered dozens of Yandex taxis to the same location on the central Kutuzovsky Prospect Avenue in the Russian capital.

The traffic attack happened at the beginning of September and completely blocked the busy avenue anyway.

A video shared on Twitter, and you'll admit it's a bit amusing, records the huge traffic jam and the convoy of taxis trying to squeeze into the same lane, "just like in a James Bond movie", when even the traffic police who were called to the scene don't really understand what's going on there.

‼️#Moscow had a stressful day yesterday.

The largest taxi service in Russia 'Yandex Taxi' was hacked by the #Anonymous collective.

A traffic jam took place in the center of Moscow when dozens of taxis were sent by the hackers to the address on Kutuzovsky Prospekt.

#OpRussia pic.twitter.com/6fp1hp0f7r

— Anonymous TV 🇺🇦 (@YourAnonTV) September 2, 2022

Biandex, known as a Russian company, confirmed the massive order, clarified that the traffic jam ended an hour later and announced that "the algorithm for detecting and preventing attacks of this type has already been updated and improved to prevent similar cases in the future."

Meanwhile, the hacker group Anonymous accepted responsibility for the attack and announced that it was carried out in cooperation with the cyber unit of the Ukrainian army.

Anonymous actually announced a "cyber attack" against Russia earlier this year, and the engineered traffic jam is clearly another move in the online battle against Putin's regime.

To be sure, quite a few Moscow residents did not reach their destination on time that day.

hacking the galaxy

Samsung is investigating a case of data security failure in the US, in which an "unauthorized third party" was able to get its hands on personal information of customers / users of the company's services. This is information such as names, dates of birth, contact information and product registration information, but not All the customers whose details were leaked were affected in the same way. The hack, it was reported, happened during the month of July, but Samsung only discovered it in early August. The electronics giant is still investigating the case with the help of an external information security company, and is contacting the customers whose personal details were leaked. It should be clarified that the victims They are American customers of the company only, so there is no fear of leakage of information of customers from any country except the USA.

Samsung has not yet announced which databases / information systems were hacked exactly, but emphasized that credit information or other critical information was not leaked.

However, it urges its customers to pay attention to suspicious activity in their accounts and to beware of phishing messages, just to be safe.

But that's how it should be done anyway, right?

Samsung's latest models, photo: PR

Don't mess with Zuckerberg

And for dessert, get a glimpse of Mark Zuckerberg's intense MMA training.

Don't worry, the CEO of Meta is not plotting to crack a second career as a mixed martial arts star, but simply found an effective way to stay in shape and take out aggressions in one (spinned?) blow. In a video published by the sports website Bleacher Report, you can see Zuckerberg playing a Street Fighter fighter On truth, under the guidance of UFC fighter Kai Wu. And truth? His performance is actually not bad at all.

Mark Zuckerberg sparring with his MMA trainer 👀🥊

pic.twitter.com/xcMIPJq3yv

— No Jumper (@nojumper) September 3, 2022

And more on meta matters: earlier today it was reported that the company acquired the German start-up Lofelt, which specializes in developing technologies for virtual and augmented reality, and in general aims to make the metaverse a more interactive place by "creating the illusion of contact in VR".

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