BBC https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/rss en-us Hackers used internet-connected home devices, such as CCTV cameras and printers, to attack popular websites on Friday, security analysts say. Twitter, Spotify, and Reddit were among the sites taken offline on Friday. Each uses a company called Dyn, which was the target of the attack, to direct users to its website. Security analysts now believe... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/3582 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 08:01:45 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/3582-smart-home-devices-used-as-weapons-in-website-attack Are we all just puppets on a string? Most people would like to assume that they are free agents - their fate lies in their own hands. But they'd be wrong. Often,... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/2348 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 09:51:05 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/2348-the-hidden-tricks-of-powerful-persuasion Marionettes The crunch point came when I stood outside a cafe in the bucolic Devonshire town of Totnes, pondering the questionable ethics of taking food away from a homeless person in the name of journalistic enterprise. I'd ducked into a covered alley to escape a sudden springtime downpour and the icy ankle-deep stream it sent coursing through the narrow streets, and there I chanced across the Happy Apple cafe. A sign in the window... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/810 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 05:23:57 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/810-can-you-spend-a-week-without-cash