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Ex-con convicted in scheme to smuggle drugs into prison via drone

Drone-delivery defendant Thaddeus Shortz. (credit: Allegany County Sheriff's Office )

A jury convicted a 25-year-old Tennessee man Friday for conspiring to smuggle—via a drone—illegal drugs, prescription drugs, pornography and tobacco into a Maryland maximum-security prison.

Thaddeus Shortz, 25, of Knoxville, was arrested in August outside the Western Correctional Institution in Maryland, where he was released in April. The...

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Comcast security flaw could help burglars break into homes undetected

(credit: Comcast)

A security vendor says it discovered a flaw in Comcast's home security system that could let criminals break into houses undetected by using radio jamming equipment. The vendor, Rapid7, says it alerted Comcast to the problem two months ago but never received a response from the company. However, Comcast told Ars that Rapid7 e-mailed the...

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