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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
A threat actor hacked the Internet Archive and stole a user authentication database with 31M unique records; a DDoS attack took the site offline on October 9 — Internet Archive's “The Wayback Machine” has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole …
More: The Verge, Metacurity, ZDNET, PCWorld, Tom's Hardware, SC Media, AppleInsider, The Register, Hackaday, InfoRiskToday.com, ComputerWeekly.com, 9to5Mac, Security Boulevard, Wired, MSPoweruser, PC Gamer, Android Headlines, Silicon Republic, BetaNews, Infosecurity, TechRadar, Engadget, TechIssuesToday.com, Neowin, SecurityWeek, Ghacks, TechCrunch, Forbes, Benzinga, WinBuzzer, Cyber Daily, PCMag, Ace of Spades, and Have I Been Pwned …
Mastodon: @JMarkOckerbloom …, @hanno@mastodon.social, and @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
X: @sn_darkmeta, @brewster_kahle, @troyhunt, @sn_darkmeta, @troyhunt, @haveibeenpwned, @brewster_kahle, @mrboko1234, @todd_x_y, @in_marxist, @vxunderground, @zelinarxy, @tgzerosugar, @aldanmarki, @jamesrbuk, @_omoriboy, @brewster_kahle, @kaybrainrot, @skellenaut, @leo_puglisi6, @vxunderground, @clancynewyork, @internetarchive, @genkiwastaken, @brianroemmele, and @lostmediabuster
| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
WordPress.org adds a checkbox to confirm users aren't “affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or otherwise” before they log in or register an account — WordPress.org users are now required to agree that they are not affiliated with website hosting platform WP Engine before logging in.| David Heinemeier Hansson / HEY: |
Automattic demanding an 8% cut of WP Engine's revenue is a wanton violation of open source ideals, and the damage to open source may extend far beyond WordPress — Automattic demanding 8% of WP Engine's revenues because they're not “giving back enough” to WordPress is a wanton violation …
More: The Verge, DevLog, and TechIssuesToday.com
Mastodon: @cryptecks@mstdn.social and @chikorita157@sakurajima.moe
X: @photomatt, @blackmagikcodes, @dhh, @sherieffyi, @dan0sz, @hunvreus, @dhh, @technerdteitzel, @lemire, @photomatt, @shortformernie, and @thdxr. Forums: Slashdot
| Joyu Wang / Wall Street Journal: |
Taiwan says China detained four employees at Foxconn's iPhone factory in Zhengzhou and says Foxconn said it didn't suffer a financial loss tied to their actions — Taiwan says investor confidence may be damaged after four Taiwanese are held — TAIPEI—Four Taiwanese employees …
More: The Information, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, MacDailyNews, and BNN Bloomberg
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| Bloomberg: |
Amazon says Apple TV+ will be available as a $9.99/month subscription add-on in Prime Video Channels later this month in the US, joining 100+ streaming services — Apple will begin selling TV+ subscriptions through Prime later this month, Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Amazon Prime Video …
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Forums: r/television, r/cordcutters, and r/tvPlus
| Financial Times: |
How Google plans to deflect and delay the US breakup threat; a remedies ruling is likely in mid-2025 and legal timelines may let it put off any impact for years — Search group claims regulators are overreaching just as foreign and domestic rivals are gaining ground| CoinDesk: |
US prosecutors charge four purported crypto market makers, a handful of crypto projects, and over a dozen individuals with manipulating various crypto markets — Gotbit, CLS Global, MyTrade, and ZM Quant were secretly offering market manipulation services to projects that wanted …
More: Gizmodo, Reuters, US Securities …, US Department of Justice, Cryptopolitan, Protos, CryptoSlate, Unchained, The Cyber Express, CryptoGlobe, Cryptonews, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Crypto Basic, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, Fortune, CoinJournal, Decrypt, crypto.news, Bloomberg, CoinGape, and The Block
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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI says it has disrupted 20+ operations and deceptive networks in 2024 so far that tried to use its models, including four that had election-related content — OpenAI is increasingly becoming a platform of choice for cyber actors looking to influence democratic elections across the globe.
More: Reuters, OpenAI, International Business Times, The Independent, The Hacker News, Tech Monitor, NBC News, Times of India, Seeking Alpha, and CyberScoop
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Forums: r/politics and r/technology
| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
How Ryan Salame, an FTX executive who gave millions to GOP politicians, and Michelle Bond, who ran for Congress, went from crypto power couple to facing prison — Ryan Salame, an FTX executive, and Michelle Bond, a crypto policy advocate, were once a Washington power couple. Now they both face prison time.| Bloomberg: |
A profile of FTC Chair Lina Khan, whose term ended in September 2024, as a bipartisan club of tech figures and VCs, including Reid Hoffman, call for her ouster — Biden's FTC chair has toughened merger oversight, taken on noncompetes and made the donor class crazy.
More: Quartz, Raw Story, and Financial Times
| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
ByteDance debuts its first earbuds, open-ear wearables called Ola Friend that have audio access to its Doubao chatbot, shipping on October 17 in China for ~$170 — The Ola Friend earphones are linked to ByteDance's self-developed chatbot, Doubao, currently China's most popular GenAI app
More: Engadget and The Information
| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Some Threads and Instagram users say their accounts are being deleted or restricted due to moderation failures; Adam Mosseri says he's “looking into it” — On Threads, the topic of “Threads Moderation Failures” is trending. Some users complain their accounts are being deleted …
More: Pajiba, TechIssuesToday.com, and Absolute Geeks
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Bluesky: @o.simardcasanova.net, @janetcivitelli.bsky.social, @wagatwe.com, @serrata.org, @krisrabberman.bsky.social, @wagatwe.com, and @batsandwires.bsky.social. X: @evacide
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, and r/technology
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
A SCOTUS decision means that the US now legally owns the 69,370 BTC obtained during its Silk Road probe; the ex-IRS agent who seized them is in a Nigerian jail — The $4.4 billion in crypto is set to be the largest pile of criminal proceeds ever sold off by the US.| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Florida-based data broker National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admitting its breach that led to the August 2024 SSN leak may impact “hundreds of millions” — In court documents, National Public Data concedes the breach may impact ‘hundreds of millions’ of people … | Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Garmin Fenix 8 review: the $1,000 smartwatch has excellent battery and fitness tracking and an OLED option, but costs $350 more than the Fenix 7 and lacks LTE — The Fenix 8 adds smarter features, but they don't quite make up for the price hike or lack of LTE.
More: Android Central, PhoneArena, Notebookcheck, and The Drive
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
An investigation details a $243M crypto heist in August 2024 where attackers used a phone-based social engineering attack on a user of Gemini's crypto exchange — The parents of a 19-year-old Connecticut honors student accused of taking part in a $243 million cryptocurrency heist in August …
More: Cybernews.com. Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange. X: @moo9000 and @cybernews
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/Connecticut
| Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
Suki, which makes AI voice assistants for health care providers, raised a $70M Series D, a source says at a ~$500M valuation, taking its total funding to $165M — Suki, a startup that offers to build artificial intelligence (AI) assistants in healthcare, has raised $70 million in a Series D round …
More: STAT, HIT Consultant, Tech Startups, Business Insider, and ENDPOINTS NEWS
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Farther, which makes software for financial advisers, raised $72M co-led by CapitalG and Viewpoint at a $542M valuation, bringing its total funding to $117M — Farther raised $72 million in the new funding round. … Farther Advisors LLC, a startup making technology for financial advisers … | Reuters: |
FTC: Marriott agrees to pay a $52M penalty to 49 states and DC to resolve data security allegations, and, in another settlement, agrees to a new infosec program — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it will require Marriott International and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide …
More: Federal Trade Commission, CT.gov, Tech Monitor, SC Media, Associated Press, TechRadar, The Record, Infosecurity, Silicon Republic, The Register, Hospitality Net, Skift, Insurance Journal, Wall Street Journal, DataBreachToday.com, PYMNTS.com, PhocusWire, CNET, Seeking Alpha, KATV-TV, and Federal Trade Commission
X: @kevincollier and @ftc
| Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: |
Scope3, which makes tools to monitor the carbon footprint of digital ads, raised $25M led by GV to expand into making tools to track the climate impact of AI — It was the banana that did it. — Brian O'Kelley, who had recently sold his previous startup, ad platform AppNexus …
More: FinSMEs, Finextra, and Business Wire
| Gavin Bonshor / The Register: |
Intel unveils its Arrow Lake desktop processors, with an NPU, better power efficiency at higher clock speeds, and 2X the graphics performance vs. its 14th Gen — New silicon, new architecture, and loads of new motherboards rise to support it, but will power be anchored down?
More: HotHardware, Club386, PCWorld, Tom's Hardware, PCWorld, The Verge, How-To Geek, Tom's Guide, PC Gamer, ExtremeTech, Laptop Mag, Guru3D, PCGamesN, Digital Trends, TechSpot, and TweakTown
X: @markhachman, @markhachman, and @tomwarren
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