Hackers who stole data from the LastPass password manager last summer also stole encrypted passwords. The company announced it Thursday in a security update. LastPass discovered in August that its software’s source code and technical information had been stolen. The theft allegedly took place at an external storage service used by the company. LastPass initially … Read more
The Guardian believed to have been affected by a ransomware attack, relationships the same British newspaper. As a result, employees have to work from home. The media claims to be dealing with a “serious computer incident”, which began in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday. The newspaper thinks it is a ransomware attack. Files and … Read more
State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen (Digitalisation) has registered more than one hundred algorithms used by the government. In this way they can be controlled by citizens. An algorithm is a step-by-step plan executed by a computer. The use of such a system often facilitates the work of government. But it can also have negative consequences, … Read more
The Dutch data protection authority (AP) has fined the police €50,000 for the unauthorized use of cameras. With this, the police checked whether people kept a distance of 1.5 meters from each other during the corona crisis. “During the corona virus, cameras were deployed in Rotterdam, without first identifying privacy risks,” the watchdog said in … Read more
The Rabobank app and website where customers can use internet banking were down Tuesday afternoon due to a malfunction. Due to the issues, customers are unable to access their account information. The problems started just after noon. Rabobank confirms the malfunction via Twitter and with an alert in the Rabobank app. Customers who open the … Read more
John Carmack chooses to leave his role as consulting technical director for Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, he writes The limit. Carmack has previously worked on the classic games Doom and Quake. He initially joined as CTO of Oculus in 2013, a company that was acquired by Meta the following year. Most recently, he held … Read more
19 dec 2022 om 00:48Update: 39 minuten geleden Elon Musk threatens to step down as CEO of Twitter over a poll he organized himself. Musk asked his followers if he should step down as head of the social media company. After more than thirteen million responses and about four hours to go, 56.6% of voters … Read more
Twitter users are now no longer allowed to link to their profiles on other social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon. Also, it is no longer allowed to refer to an account on another platform without a link Chirping Sunday evening. Since businessman Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, users have made a large-scale … Read more
Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the accounts of journalists he suspended will be reinstated. He said that following a poll result in which Twitter asked whether the block should be lifted. He also previously used a poll to ask whether Donald Trump should be allowed back on Twitter. “You spoke,” the owner of the … Read more
15 dec 2022 om 13:39Update: een dag geleden NASA’s InSight lander on Mars detected a magnitude 4.7 Marsquake on May 4. The quake was at least five times as powerful as the strongest earthquake previously recorded on the red planet. This is according to research which is Wednesday published. “This was definitely the largest Martian … Read more