Dossier
TROOPERS
Coverage of TROOPERS in the Nexus archive.
- Lost Oregon Hiker Fell to Death From Cliff on Alaska Trail, Troopers Say
A hiker from Oregon who had reported being lost was found near Ketchikan, Alaska, after falling to his death from a cliff on the Alaska Trail, according to troopers.
- 11 skydivers, pilot die in Missouri plane crash, troopers say
Troopers in Missouri reported that 11 skydivers and a pilot died in a fiery plane crash in Butler on Sunday.
- How to guarantee a speaker gig: Hack the system. Literally
A security researcher exploited a stored XSS vulnerability (CVE-2026-41241) in pretalx, a conference management tool, to auto-apply for and secure 40 speaker slots. The flaw allowed injecting malicious code via searchable fields, enabling unauthorized actions in the organizer interface. The vulnerability was patched in pretalx 2026.1.0, and the researcher validated findings responsibly without harming live systems.