So-called verified Twitter accounts (there actually are no verified accounts any more, just free and paid accounts) have been reporting that the murderer who killed 18 people in Maine this week has been captured. The police and the FBI say that this is not true; he is still at large. The suspected shooter, who is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As a refresher, section 702 is the part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act family that allows the intelligence community, with some controls, to collect data on Americans without a warrant. In theory, that process is very controlled, but, it seems, things seem to get out of hand from time to time. The way section […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One more time, Okta was attacked and customer data and systems compromised. I am going to leave the conversation about whether or not you should use Okta vs. a competitor to a separate conversation, but it seems that their security may be a bit lacking. In this most recent attack, the Okta support system was […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Regulators, Insurers and Customers All Going After Progress SW In Progress Software’s 10-Q, it reported that the SEC is going after them due to the MOVEit breach; also a slew of lawsuits in multiple countries. They are also cooperating various privacy regulators. The only winners are the lawyers. Credit: The Register Twitter Usage Still Down […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]New York is suing cryptocurrency exchange operators Gemini Trust and Digital Currency Group for defrauding more than a quarter million investors out of more than a billion dollars. They did this, NY AG Letitia James says, by not disclosing the financial risks to investors in their crypto-lending program which went bankrupt last year. Gemini was […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]California just passed the delete your data law, which, once in effect, will be the do-not-call list version of opting out. The law requires brokers to check their data against the delete me list and delete any data belonging to that person if there is a match. They have to repeat the check at least […]
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