Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
More than likely legit. As for how they found it, hidden images like that sort of sound like bursts of modem noise, so if there seem to be repeating patterns of something that sounds like what lifting the phone up when you were connected to the internet or a BBS over dialup, it's a good...
Not surprised. It's a Wired article. One day they used to be credible, but nowadays, well, if it's not Apple or some hipster bike product, it's garbage.