Busted Bulbs and Leaked Secrets: GE’s Not-So-Luminous Brush with Hacker IntelBroker

Hacker IntelBroker has turned General Electric into his cyber thrift shop. After a failed attempt at auctioning access to GE’s software pipelines, he’s now selling stolen data à la carte. As GE investigates this data breach, we’re left pondering if our light bulbs will betray our top-secret midnight snack raids.

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Well, looks like our hacker buddy, IntelBroker, is having a cyber garage sale. After breaching General Electric, he tried to flog access to the company's software pipelines for a cool $500. No takers. So, he's decided to sell the stolen data piecemeal. While GE is investigating, we're all left to wonder if our light bulbs are about to start spilling the beans on our midnight snack habits.

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