On October 4, Facebook was offline for about six hours due to human error. The company states that “configuration changes on our backbone routers” was the cause. In this post, I’ll explain what happened and walk through the takeaways for ru…
An anonymous hacker posted 125 GB of data to 4chan on Wednesday, claiming it was the entirety of live streaming service Twitch, from source code to member information. The hacker wrote that the leak was intended to “foster more disruption a…
During July and August 2021, AV-TEST continuously evaluated 19 business endpoint protection products using settings as provided by the vendor. They focused on realistic test scenarios and challenging the products against real-world threats….
School is back in session, and for many colleges, this means a return to campus. After a full year of distance learning, preceded by a chaotic half-year of distance learning, both faculty and students are now reacquainting with being in per…
A recent investigation by the Brennan Center for Justice into the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) found that officers have been collecting social media handles of people that they stop — even if they are not being detained. The informa…
Former employees of OnlyFans — the subscription-service website that gives people (often intimate) access to their favorite performers — retained access to performers’ and subscribers’ data, even after they no longer worked for the company,…
On August 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education announced a final extension of the student loan payment pause until January 31, 2022.
The pause includes the following relief measures for eligible loans:
A su…
Facebook announced this week that it will invest $50 million in global research and partner collaboration to build a responsible foundation for what it sees as “the next computing platform” – the metaverse. According to the announcement, th…
I was recently asked to provide input for a colleague’s blog on why, in the tech industry, despite advancements in women representation, senior leadership remains dominantly male. My initial response was okay, let me list a couple bullets a…
Multiple reports of 3.8 billion Clubhouse and Facebook user records up for sale on the dark web are causing a lot of concern and confusion. Right now,it’s too early to tell if this data is legitimate or not.