The feds say that Epic Games, maker of the super popular game, Fortnite, has agreed to pay a fine of more than a half billion dollars to settle the charges. While Fortnite is free, players can buy in-game items like dance moves and costumes. There are more than 400 million users worldwide. The fine breaks […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For the last several years the National Defense Authorization Act has contained a number of cybersecurity features, including some recommendations from the cyberspace solarium commission. This year’s bill includes: Since the NDAA is a must pass bill every year, there is a lot of stuff that gets put into it and cybersecurity gets some of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Rackspace Tells Its 300,000 Customers That Impact of Ransomware was Limited Due to Their Great Incident Response (Not?) In what can only be called an amazing expression of tone-deafness, Rackspace says that due to their great incident response program, only their exchange users were shut down due to a ransomware attack. Needless to say, the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Two women are suing Apple over claims that its AirTags are a stalker’s delight. For only $29, you can stalk anyone you want. One woman says that the stalker put the AirTag in the wheel well of her car. The lawsuit says that she received little help from the cops or from Apple. She says […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While some folks say that traditional social media like Twitter and Facebook are being manipulated by foreign adversaries, they may have company in the far right social media space. Stanford University’s Internet Observatory and Internet traffic mapper Graphika say the Ruskies have invaded the alt-right social media space also. This is not a big surprise. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It was probably only a matter of time, but former CEO of crypto exchange FTX and former billionaire (now hundred-aire) Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was arrested in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government. For those of you not watching this dumpster fire, crypto exchange FTX and its related companies leveraged the hell out […]
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