DOGE’s HR email is getting the ‘Bee Movie’ spam treatment

Over the weekend, Elon Musk surveyed his followers on X — the platform he spent $44 billion to buy — asking whether federal employees should be required to send his team an email with a list of five things they accomplished this week. With the yes votes totaling over 70%, Musk followed through. Federal employees… Continua a leggere DOGE’s HR email is getting the ‘Bee Movie’ spam treatment

Three years on, Europe looks to Ukraine for the future of defense tech

Today marks three years since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked, and brutal invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian people have heroically fought the war with grit and determination, but they have also, against the odds, innovated on and off the battlefield.  In addition to establishing a defense tech initiative called BRAVE1, the country has also hosted tech conferences like… Continua a leggere Three years on, Europe looks to Ukraine for the future of defense tech

Australia bans government use of Kaspersky software due to ‘unacceptable security risk’

The Australian government followed the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom in taking action against the Russian cybersecurity giant © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist

North Korea is behind the massive crypto hack, according to several blockchain monitoring firms and a well-known researcher © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A single default password exposes access to dozens of apartment buildings

An unchanged credential allows anyone to virtually control door locks and elevators at dozens of apartment buildings across North America, a security researcher found. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature for UK users after government demanded backdoor

In an unprecedented step, Apple caved to a reported U.K. government’s demand to prevent users from using end-to-end encryption in iCloud. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A huge trove of leaked Black Basta chat logs expose the ransomware gang’s key members and victims

A leaker allegedly published the leaked internal messages after the group allegedly targeted Russian banks © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers

The California agency said National Public Data failed to register in the state as a data broker. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

UK healthcare giant HCRG confirms hack after ransomware gang claims theft of sensitive data

The prolific Medusa ransomware group claims to have stolen troves of data from HCRG, including patients’ sensitive health data © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

US Army soldier pleads guilty to AT&T and Verizon hacks

Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to hacking AT&T and Verizon and stealing a massive trove of phone records from the companies, according to court records filed on Wednesday. Wagenius, who was a U.S. Army soldier, pleaded guilty to two counts of “unlawful transfer of confidential phone records information” on an online forum and via an… Continua a leggere US Army soldier pleads guilty to AT&T and Verizon hacks