Hacker News with Generative AI: Colorado

Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak (arstechnica.com)
The Colorado Department of State said it accidentally posted a spreadsheet containing "partial passwords" for voting systems.

Cybersecurity, Elections, Colorado, Government, Data Security

230 points by rbanffy 33 days ago | 644 comments

Should elephants have the same rights as people? A Colorado court may decide (denver7.com)
Colorado's highest court will hear arguments Thursday on whether the older African female elephants should be legally able to challenge their captivity under a long-held process used by prisoners to dispute their detention.

Animal Rights, Law, Colorado, Elephants

39 points by walterbell 38 days ago | 87 comments

Two Colorado ranchers falsified a drought for their own gain (coloradosun.com)
Over the winter of 2016 into the spring of 2017, U.S. weather experts watching southeastern Colorado noticed something they’d never seen before.

Crime, Colorado, Environment, Agriculture

23 points by gmays 66 days ago | 3 comments

Farmers systematically destroying NWS sensors to claim crop insurance (coloradosun.com)
Over the winter of 2016 into the spring of 2017, U.S. weather experts watching southeastern Colorado noticed something they’d never seen before.

Agriculture, Weather, Climate Change, Insurance Fraud, Colorado

4 points by ryzvonusef 71 days ago | 2 comments

Million-dollar payouts and manhunts. Then a Colorado crop fraud got crazy (coloradosun.com)
Storm clouds roil in this time-lapse video taken over Baca County in southeastern Colorado, where rain is scarce and where for years a criminal enterprise damaged rain gauges to fool the federal government into thinking drought was even worse than it was. (Mike Sweeney, Special to The Colorado Sun)

Colorado, Agriculture, Fraud, Crime, Weather

18 points by mschuster91 85 days ago | 0 comments

Man Left Behind by Co-Workers During Office Retreat on Colorado Mountain (apnews.com)

Work, Travel, Colorado, Accidents

5 points by tlogan 96 days ago | 3 comments

Colorado: Man on office retreat 'got left behind on mountain' (bbc.com)

Colorado, Accidents, Travel, News

9 points by defrost 96 days ago | 2 comments

How A Con Man Ended Up in Solitary in Colorado's Supermax Federal Prison (westword.com)

Crime, Prisons, Colorado

16 points by bookofjoe 146 days ago | 1 comments

Public Health Officials Investigating Human Plague Case in Pueblo County (pueblo.org)