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Kim Komando Today

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Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Yep, they're not just looking at the the military — we've got the details. Plus, a massive cellular outage across the U.S., Google pauses Gemini's image generator after a blunder and an Oklahoma man hacks a government auction website. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital and beyond.

0:08.1

And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast.

0:10.9

You can make an appointment to speak with me.

0:13.2

Just head over to commando.com.

0:14.7

And on the top right, there's a button that says email, Kim, fill that out.

0:17.6

And that's it.

0:19.2

Here's something that I thought I would never say.

0:21.9

A hacker in Oklahoma.

0:24.2

Oh.

0:24.9

I mean, you don't think of like a hacker in Oklahoma.

0:27.9

Like other countries, global hacker.

0:30.5

Exactly.

0:31.1

Not someone who says y'all after they've been excited that they got into the mainframe.

0:35.5

In the mainframe, y'all.

0:36.7

His name is Evan James Coker and he hacked a government auction website.

0:41.9

And so where they were like auctioning off like surplus stuff and things that they repossessed and whatever.

0:47.1

So he got a 2010 Ford Escape hybrid, a Chevy C-4500 box truck.

0:53.4

He said it's like a delivery truck?

0:54.8

Sure.

0:56.1

And he went to pay.gov in order to pay for all these things.

1:00.3

And then when he did, he configured it so that he only would have to pay one dollar.

1:04.4

And he thought he wouldn't get caught?

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