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Davi Ottenheimer, David Willson, Matthew Wallace, and Bryan Zimmer comprise the team behind security consultancy flyingpenguin. Davi Ottenheimer is the chief blogger behind the flyingpenguin blog, offering in-depth analysis of information security news, events, and developments.
Flying Penguin
12h ago
Following a series of suspicious recent undersea cable cuts, China has just revealed a weapon (power tool) engineered to disrupt global networks. The tool, which is able to cut lines at depths of up to 4,000 metres (13,123 feet) – twice the maximum operational range of existing subsea communication infrastructure – has been designed specifically ..read more
Flying Penguin
17h ago
Police haven’t released details yet, but we know so far that the Tesla on an Interstate was hit from behind so hard it crushed and killed the oncoming driver. Early investigations will be looking at evidence of ghost braking. An early Saturday crash on Interstate 75 in Collier County left a Miami driver dead, Florida ..read more
Flying Penguin
2d ago
The report from NJ police says the Tesla was in a single car highway accident at 1am in the left lane. The occupant then got out and then was struck and killed by oncoming traffic. At 12:58 a.m., a Tesla driving southbound on the Garden State Parkway in East Orange was involved in a single ..read more
Flying Penguin
2d ago
Here is a story often repeated about the Tesla. I think the Pennsylvania case was perhaps the most dramatic, given the photos and descriptions of water wasted. Instead, Florida police just say this: A Spring Hill woman was uninjured after her Tesla crashed and caught fire on Thursday morning. Troopers say the 24-year-old woman collided ..read more
Flying Penguin
2d ago
Here’s an interesting press release from the competitive ethics circuit. The Macalester team competed against 35 other teams over two days, ultimately defeating Stanford by one point in the final round. For the final match, students were asked to discuss questions about space weaponry and term limits for federal judges, including “If you were tasked ..read more
Flying Penguin
2d ago
It’s the eighth recall in under two years. Guinness record? Tesla says they used the wrong glue in their luxury survivability design. It’s hard to tell which is worse, flat steel body panels or attempting to use only glue. Like a toddler car project with maximum DOGE (“efficiency”) and minimum wisdom, the Cyberstuck glue failure ..read more
Flying Penguin
2d ago
For all the news about Trump wiping out the branches of government, destroying checks and balances (literally, as federal financial systems are breached by DOGE), apparently American adults don’t understand social studies well enough to grasp the dangers. People actually need critical literacy — and critical media literacy. It is not enough to simply be ..read more
Flying Penguin
2d ago
Experts are stepping up to assure anyone who had thought Trump would follow the law, that they are in for a surprise. President Trump’s intensifying conflict with the federal courts is unusually aggressive compared with similar disputes in other countries, according to scholars. Unlike leaders who subverted or restructured the courts, Mr. Trump is acting ..read more
Flying Penguin
3d ago
A new “catalysts” PR push by Tesla fails basic engineering and market reality tests. I can’t believe “Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald led by Andres Sheppard” are really this bad at their job, but here we are: “We believe the recent selloff represents an attractive entry point for investors with >12-month investment horizon (and who are ..read more
Flying Penguin
3d ago
Let’s see if this gets reported appropriately, as yet another case of Tesla being a unique threat to public safety. Seven people were injured after a Tesla struck pedestrians near a Sainsbury’s in Mile End. Paramedics were called shortly before 5.30pm on Sunday to the crash on Mile End road, the London Ambulance Service (LAS ..read more