Optus, the second largest telecom vendor in Australia was hacked and the hackers want a million dollars in exchange for not selling the data on ten plus million people that they stole. Optus is being investigated over the breach by the Australian Federal Police. The hacker leaked sample data that appears to validate that the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Twitter Whistleblower Says There Was at Least One Chinese Spy Working at Twitter Mudge says that there were spies working for China and India working at the company. Twitter says of course. Probably because that was part of a deal-with-the-devil that Twitter made to be able to stay in the country. What Mudge says was […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It used to be that you stuck a key in a hole in your dashboard (and later in your steering column) and that was the end of the electronics. There were a few circuit boards, but mostly there were a lot of electro-mechanical linkages. Electronics sourcing says there are a thousand chips in a car […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We anticipated this was coming, so not really a surprise, but it is now law. Governor Newsom signed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act into law. The law regulates business that provide an online service likely to be accessed by children. One option, of course, is to ban kids from using a company’s web site. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Organizations manage risk. Risk has a lot of dimensions. Everything from not being able to get raw materials to hurricanes. Possibly your biggest risk is your third party relationships. As companies continue to outsource parts of their supply chain to other companies, those companies have your data. And if those companies get breached, you get […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One More Time-Vendor Says Their HW is Buggy and They Are Not Going to Patch Them This is not new news. Vendors only patch hardware and software for so long and then, YOU NEED TO REPLACE IT. Even if it is still “working” -because the hackers still find bugs. But now, you have no protection. […]
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