Is TikTok is Going to Sell to Oracle. Maybe Well sale is not really the right word. They call it a “trusted tech partner”. This does not solve the national security problem, so it is not clear what problem this does solve. None the less, Steve Mnuchin will present it to the President. If it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]China and Russia Continue to Interfere with the Elections According the the White House, China has been targeting the US election infrastructure ahead of the election and Russia has been trying to undercut Democratic candidate Joe Biden, much like their did with Clinton in 2016. Could it be that Russia thinks that the Republican Administrations […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Anonymous Gonna Rise Again. Question Mark? A hacker or hackers claiming to be affiliated the non-group Anonymous has posted a million documents coming from over 200 police departments and other law enforcement agencies. While the documents do no purport to show illegal activities, they are likely both embarrassing and also confidential. The fact that the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Minneapolis City Web Sites Hit by Denial of Service Attacks Last Thursday, early in the morning, a number of City of Minneapolis web sites were disabled by denial of service attacks. The attacks are short lived and the city was able to restore most of the services within a few hours. It is certainly possible […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]China, Korea, Vietnam Escalate Hacking During Covid-19 Outbreak The Trump administration is calling out China for hacking our hospitals and research facilities who are looking for cures and vaccines for Covid-19. That should not be much of a surprise since China has always opted for stealing solutions vs. figuring them out themselves. At least that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hacker Sells 538 Million Weibo Accounts Karma is a B**tch. With all of the Chinese hacking efforts, someone is hacking back. Is it us? Not clear. In any case, the data includes information like real names, site names, location, etc. and 172 million of the 538 million records include users’ phone numbers, but not passwords. […]
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