Uber Concealed Cyberattack That Exposed 57 Million People’s Data
Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing company ousted Joe Sullivan, chief security officer, and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the h...
Hasnain says:
Man this is huge. Not just the breach, but the cover-up. Looks like the Chief Security Officer was fired for the cover-up.
"At the time of the incident, Uber was negotiating with U.S. regulators investigating separate claims of privacy violations. Uber now says it had a legal obligation to report the hack to regulators and to drivers whose license numbers were taken. Instead, the company paid hackers $100,000 to delete the data and keep the breach quiet. Uber said it believes the information was never used but declined to disclose the identities of the attackers."
Posted on 2017-11-21T22:33:39+0000
Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will - Issue 52: The Hive - Nautilus
It’s not that James Williams, a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute’s Digital Ethics Lab (motto: “Every Bit…
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Posted on 2017-11-21T16:23:46+0000
Nehru, the Patron Saint of Soviet Sexual Liberation?
In the early 1950s, urban social life in the Soviet Union was constrained, with few opportunities for young people to meet and date. But that changed after Jawaharlal Nehru's visit in 1955.
When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work
Twenty states suspend people’s professional or driver’s licenses if they fall behind on loan payments, according to records obtained by The New York Times.
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Posted on 2017-11-19T20:41:01+0000
The Disappearing Right to Earn a Living
Want to become a florist in Louisiana? A home-entertainment installer in Connecticut? Or a barber anywhere? You’re going to need a license for that—and it’s going to cost you.
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Posted on 2017-11-19T01:15:18+0000
Analysis | Ancient data, modern math and the hunt for 11 lost cities of the Bronze Age
The research may help archaeologists discover ruins of cities from the ancient world.
What Happened to the Internet’s Favorite T-Shirt Company?
Threadless figured out how to make money on the internet before anyone else. What went wrong?
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" Concerns about controlling quality make sense given that artists on Threadless’s forum complain that they’re unable to promote their work because the print quality has dropped to the point that designs flake off after a few washes. Reviewers say the sizing, feel, and weight of Threadless’s shirts is inconsistent and getting worse over time, with some customers reporting that shirts bought five to 10 years ago are still holding up better than those purchased this year."
Sums up my experience :(
I bought some shirts 5 years ago that are holding up really well, and others I bought earlier this year that didn't even last the first wear
Posted on 2017-11-16T08:10:41+0000
How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online
For the stars of the streaming service Twitch, success means working around the clock.
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"In the next few years, Dariani expects, the annual marketing expenditure on Twitch streamers will surpass a billion dollars. By his rough estimate, two thousand broadcasters are already making a middle-class income through Twitch; he has seen clients turn down fifty thousand dollars for a two-hour convention appearance because they didn’t want to deal with the travel. “The amount of money in content creation is ludicrous,” David Martinez, an acquaintance of Dariani’s who manages the streamer and YouTuber Ryan “Northernlion” Letourneau, told me. “It’s one thing to make a living playing video games. It’s another thing to be people like us who make a living off those people, and live comfortably. It’s fucking crazy.”"
Posted on 2017-11-15T06:17:03+0000
OnePlus left a backdoor in its devices capable of root access
Just a month ago, OnePlus was caught collecting personally identifiable data from phone owners through incredibly detailed analytics. While the company eve... by Corbin Davenport in News, OnePlus, OnePlus 3, OnePlus 3T, OnePlus 5, OnePlus One
Entering the Quantum Era—How Firefox got fast again and where it’s going to get faster – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
Over the past seven months, we’ve been rapidly replacing major parts of the engine, introducing Rust and parts of Servo to Firefox. Plus, we’ve had a browser performance strike force ...
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Posted on 2017-11-14T07:40:45+0000