{"id":32577,"date":"2026-10-15T12:23:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=32577"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:23:36","slug":"thursday-tech-headlines-15-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/thursday-tech-headlines-15-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Tech Headlines – 15 OCTOBER 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday Tech Headlines – 15 OCTOBER 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Every Thursday, we share tech headlines we find interesting (or disturbing), and we hope you find them informative or thought-provoking, too. You can read them all or pick the ones that interest you the most. So, click on the titles that pique your curiosity! We hope you will like our new Thursday Tech Headlines feature. If you do, please let us know!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tech Headlines for Thursday, October 15, 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Teenager hacks open Microsoft database with 17 trillion total rows and 25,000 user accounts \u2014 custom AI bot and lack of JWT token validation yields a fruitful trove, earns $5,000 bug bounty<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Banks Say You Authorized It: The AI Scam That Costs Victims Everything<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Top 5 Financial Scams Targeting Older Adults<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Your PC could lose Windows Update access in 2027. Here\u2019s what to do<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Nightmare Scenario\u2019: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This is the one CAPTCHA you should never complete<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

6 Dangerous Charging Habits That Could Turn Deadly, Firefighters Warn<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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