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SolarWinds: under 18,000 customers were compromised between March and June via an update to its Orion software, leading to DHS, Treasury, Commerce Dept. hacks — LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. IT company SolarWinds said on Monday that up to 18,000 of its customers had downloaded … | Reuters: |
Sources: state-sponsored hackers accessed US DHS internal communications as part of the campaign that penetrated US Treasury and Commerce departments — A team of sophisticated hackers believed to be working for the Russian government won access to internal communications at the U.S. Department …
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Source: Treasury's hackers used a flaw in a SolarWinds product; SolarWinds, which touts 300K+ customers, says the flaw was the result of a “supply chain attack” — Russia's foreign intelligence service is suspected of being behind effort to breach government networks
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Volexity researchers say they noticed SolarWinds hackers bypass MFA protections at a think tank previously but were subsequently undetected for several years — Hackers who hit SolarWinds compromised a think tank three separate times. — The hackers behind the supply chain attack …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple releases iOS 14.3 and macOS Big Sur 11.1 and launches its app privacy labels across all of its App Stores — At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June, the company announced it would soon require developers to disclose their app's privacy practices to customers via new …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 14.3 with ProRAW for iPhone 12 Pro, Fitness+, support for AirPods Max and launching App Clips by scanning Apple's App Clip Codes, and more — Apple will release iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 to all users today. The update includes new features such as Apple ProRAW for iPhone 12 Pro users …
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| Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal: |
Review of Apple's Fitness+ subscription service: a relatively good deal compared to rivals, with plenty of workouts, but requiring a Watch might put people off — The $10-a-month app takes on at-home fitness for a competitive price but with an expensive catch
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| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Pinterest to pay $22.5M to settle a gender discrimination suit brought by ex-COO Françoise Brougher, who said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment — The suit had been brought by Françoise Brougher, Pinterest's former chief operating officer, who said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
FTC orders Amazon, ByteDance, Discord, Facebook and WhatsApp, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, and YouTube to share info on how they collect and use their users' data — - The Federal Trade Commission is requiring nine tech companies to share information about how they collect and use data from their users, the agency announced Monday.
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| Brandon Russell / XDA Developers: |
Signal updates its iOS and Android apps with support for encrypted group video calls with up to five participants — Signal on Monday announced the launch of group calls which, like everything else on the platform, is end-to-end encrypted. The new feature, which builds …
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
California regulators fine Uber $59M for failing to give info on sexual assault cases, will cancel license if Uber fails to pay and provide info within 30 days — It has 30 days to pay — and answer — or risk suspension in California — Uber has 30 days to pay a $59 million fine …
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| Jason Nelson / Decrypt: |
Pornhub appears to be only accepting cryptocurrency for its premium service after Visa and Mastercard cut off payments to the website last week — It appears that Pornhub, the world's largest adult website, is only accepting crypto for its premium service.| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Following their Prop 22 victory, Uber and Lyft unveil new benefits for CA drivers on their platforms, like guaranteed minimum earnings and health care stipends — The companies will provide guaranteed minimum wages and health care subsidies — Following their victory last month in California …
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UK to unveil its online safety legislation Tuesday; tech firms to face fines of up to £18M or 10% of annual revenue if they fail to moderate illegal content — Long-awaited legislation will set out new duty-of-care requirements for online platforms — The UK will hit …
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