Hackers Hack Russia’s Largest State Owned Media Corporation Hackers stole 20 years of communications including almost a million emails from the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). Those emails were published by DDoSecrets. VGTRK runs 5 national TV stations, 5 radio stations and numerous propaganda outlets. The data is available for download as […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Payment Card Industry (PCI) council is an industry group that includes the large credit card issuers and they have, for years, owned a standard called the PCI Data Security Standard or PCI DSS. While complying with it is not a law (except in a couple of states), complying with it is a contractual requirement […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Trump administration effectively eliminated the cybersecurity role in the State Department several years ago by eliminating its leader and burying the function in the State Department bureaucracy. Their theory was that the White House National Security function could assume the diplomatic role for cyberspace. Ultimately, that strategy failed and towards the very end of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]How Many Times Do I Need to Say – Crypto is Software, Software Has Bugs, Your Money is at Risk Decentralized Finance platform (DeFi) Revest Finance said that it lost $2 million due to a software bug and, oh yeah, (a) the can’t recover the funds, (b) they do not have the money to cover […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hackers are creative if nothing else. Normally when police want data, they need to provide a subpoena or warrant, but that is not required in all cases. If there is a risk of imminent harm – life or death – the police can just ask a company for their data and they have to comply. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Digital Markets Act is designed to reign in big companies like Amazon, Facebook and Apple. Alternatively, those companies could choose not to do business in Europe, fearing the requirements could be too expensive or too risky. My guess is that none of the platforms will have the guts to do that, but who knows. […]
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