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July 17, 2020, 10:40 AM
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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
The Twitter attack may have been perpetrated by Joseph James Connor, a 21-year-old English SIM swapper linked to a group that hijacked @jack's account last year  —  Twitter was thrown into chaos on Wednesday after accounts for some of the world's most recognizable public figures …
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Following the Twitter attack, Google appears to have dropped Twitter carousel boxes from displaying in Search results  —  Twitter had a serious and concerning security event Wednesday.  Google has since removed tweets from its search results.  —  Google has removed the prominent Twitter carousel …
TechCrunch:
Hackers pushing a crypto scam hijacked Twitter accounts for Bitcoin, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Ripple, Binance, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Apple, more  —  A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers who used the accounts …
@twittersupport:
[Thread] Twitter says a “coordinated social engineering attack” against employees with access to internal systems and tools allowed hackers to hijack accounts  —  Our investigation is still ongoing but here's what we know so far:
Reuters:
Sources: the FBI is leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter hack
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft says it is halting production of its Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles, ahead of Series X launch  —  The Xbox One S will continue to be manufactured  —  Microsoft is officially halting production of its Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles.
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q2 revenue of $6.15B, up 24.9% YoY, and expects 2.5M net subscriber additions for Q3 vs analyst estimates of 5.27M; stock down 9%+ after hours  —  - Analysts counted Netflix among the safer bets during stay-at-home orders in the U.S. and the company showed substantial subscriber growth last quarter.
CNBC:
Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO, appoints Chief Product Officer Greg Peters as COO  —  Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO
Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Apple updates its Style Guide with more inclusive language, such as replacing blacklist/whitelist with deny list/allow list and master branch with main branch  —  Apple has joined an industry trend toward more inclusive language in its technical domain, replacing terms with racial overtones like a …
The Intercept:
In a leaked bulletin from May, DHS indicated concern that the widespread use of masks could interfere with police facial recognition systems  —  While doctors and politicians still struggle to convince Americans to take the barest of precautions against Covid-19 by wearing a mask …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter unveils a new, fully rebuilt developer API with features like conversation threading, poll results in tweets, and pinned tweets, launching next week  —  Twitter is still recovering from the fallout of yesterday's sizable attack on high-profile accounts, but it's continuing to move forward …
Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg:
US District Judge says WhatsApp's malware case against NSO Group can move forward, rejecting NSO's claim that it qualified for foreign official immunity  —  WhatsApp and its parent Facebook Inc. can press ahead with a lawsuit accusing Israeli spyware maker NSO Group of creating accounts …

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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Sources: Paramount is unlikely to appoint a direct successor to Jeff Shell after his departure; Shell had few direct reports and did not lead WBD negotiations

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney is planning to eliminate as many as 1,000 positions in the coming weeks, many from the company's recently consolidated marketing department

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks rebrands as AMC Global Media, filing new articles of incorporation in Nevada; CEO Kristin Dolan says streaming is its top domestic revenue source

More News

Reuters:
AG Barr accuses Apple, Google, and Microsoft of collaboration with CCP, says iPhones wouldn't be sold in China if they were “impervious to penetration” by China

Earlier Picks

Andy Greenberg / Wired:
IBM's X-Force security team says it has obtained five hours of screen recordings from Iran-linked hacking group ITG18 that were uploaded to an exposed server
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook confirms it will launch Instagram Reels, its answer to TikTok, in the US, UK, Japan, Mexico, and ~50 other countries in the coming weeks
Aoife White / Bloomberg:
EU antitrust regulators launch sectorial inquiry into IoT, including interoperability of devices and how smart assistants like Siri or Alexa use collected data
Wall Street Journal:
US and UK say state-backed Russian hacking group APT29 is responsible for ongoing cyberattacks against orgs involved in the development of coronavirus vaccines
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
EU's top court strikes down flagship EU-US data transfer mechanism Privacy Shield, in a ruling that could impact thousands of companies including Facebook
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