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The White House again warns that Russia may expand cyberattacks against the US, citing “evolving intelligence that the Russian Government is exploring options” — This is a critical moment to accelerate our work to improve domestic cybersecurity and bolster our national resilience.
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| Chris Krebs / Financial Times: |
As Russia's economy deteriorates, the red lines keeping its cyber capabilities in check may evaporate and prompt Russian hackers to lash out against the West — As Russia's economy deteriorates, the red lines keeping its cyber capabilities in check may evaporate
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| Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
Authentication service provider Okta says it is investigating a report of a digital breach after hackers posted screenshots of alleged internal company systems — Authentication services company Okta Inc (OKTA.O) said on Tuesday it is investigating a report of a digital breach …
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| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
The DOJ asks a judge in its Google antitrust case to sanction the company for allegedly training its staff to avoid legal discovery by copying counsel on emails — The Justice Department has asked the judge overseeing its antitrust case against Google to sanction the company … | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Apple drops the option to buy and rent content in the Apple TV app for Android TV and Google TV; sources: until recently Apple was exempt from Google's IAP cut — Rasmus Larsen, writing for FlatpanelsHD: … I can confirm via, as they say, sources familiar with the matter …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
A malicious cartoon rendering Android app that steals Facebook credentials was installed 100K+ times before it was removed from the Google Play Store — A malicious Android app that steals Facebook credentials has been installed over 100,000 times via the Google Play Store, with the app still available to download.
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
CBRE: Toronto is now the third-largest tech hub in North America, behind New York and Silicon Valley, and its tech workforce is growing faster than any US hub — For all the excitement around places like Austin and Miami, the biggest tech expansion has been in Canada's largest city.
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| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
a16z, Animoca Brands, and other launch partners received 14% of the 1B airdropped ApeCoins, which could give them substantial influence over the ApeCoin DAO — Bored Ape Yacht Club is a wildly popular collection of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, a status symbol coveted by celebrities, athletes and venture capitalists alike.| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Washington DC AG files a lawsuit against Grubhub over alleged hidden fees; Grubhub says some of the practices have been discontinued and it will add disclosures — Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced today that his office filed a lawsuit against Grubhub for …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Decrypt: |
Third-party vendor HubSpot says it was hacked, leading to customer data breach notifications at Circle, BlockFi, Pantera Capital, NYDIG, and other crypto firms — Crypto companies invest heavily in cybersecurity, but hackers can still burrow in by attacking their third-party vendors.
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Protocol, HubSpot, CoinDesk, Micky, Bitcoin Magazine, Protos, Blockworks, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts and @sethforprivacy
| Annie Rauwerda / Slate: |
Kiwix: a 29GB file of Russian-language Wikipedia was downloaded 105,889 times in early March, up 4,000%+ from early January, over fears of a Russian ban — On March 1, after a week of horror in Ukraine, reports came out that Russia's censorship office had threatened to block Russian Wikipedia.
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The Overspill and Mashable
| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Digital banking app Dave raises $100M in a convertible note from FTX Ventures; FTX US will be the exclusive partner for any crypto offerings by Dave — FTX US will serve as the exclusive partner for any crypto offerings offered by Dave. — Dave (DAVE), a publicly-traded banking app …
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Dave Inc., Cointelegraph, Decrypt, dot.LA, and Benzinga
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple's iCloud, App Store, Siri, Find My, Apple Maps, Music, Podcasts, and TV+ suffer outages; Apple's System Status page indicates the issues are now resolved — Apple is experiencing a widespread outage today, with a wide range of the company's services and apps down or experiencing issues currently.
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9to5Mac, The Verge, The Mac Observer, Dot Esports, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, MacDailyNews, Washington Post, TIME, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Hill, SlashGear, CNBC, Gizmodo, Daring Fireball, XDA Developers, iMore, Daily Mail, The Sun, AppleInsider, CRN, WRAL TechWire, Input, Barron's Online, Appleosophy, Michael Tsai, and iClarified
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| Reuters: |
A Moscow court finds Meta guilty of “extremist activity”, applying the decision to the already-banned Facebook and Instagram; WhatsApp remains unaffected — A Moscow court on Monday labelled Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) an “extremist organisation”, but said the decision would not apply …
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Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @kevinrothrock, @franakviacorka, @kimzetter, @leonidragozin, @statedeptspox, @j_jaraczewski, @kevinrothrock, @mcfaul, @reuterslegal, @kevinrothrock, @just_whatever, @polinaivanovva, @leonidragozin, @j_jaraczewski, @guyverhofstadt, @j_jaraczewski, @somospostpc, @kevinrothrock, and @kris_sacrebleu
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