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The person claiming responsibility for the FBI email server hack says they were able to send spam messages by abusing insecure code in the FBI's LEEP portal — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed today that its fbi.gov domain name and Internet address were used to blast …
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| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
FBI email servers were hacked to send spam warning of a “sophisticated chain attack”, with a likely goal to discredit security researcher Vinny Troia — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) email servers were hacked to distribute spam email impersonating FBI warnings …
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| Taylor Locke / CNBC: |
An overview of Bitcoin's Taproot upgrade, which makes transactions more private, less expensive, and will let bitcoin users execute more complex smart contracts — Taproot, a highly anticipated upgrade to bitcoin, went into effect on Sunday at block 709,632.| Wolfie Zhao / The Block: |
Taproot, the first major upgrade to Bitcoin's code since the introduction of Segregated Witness in 2017, goes live — Taproot, Bitcoin's long-anticipated code upgrade with a focus on enhancing the network's privacy and security, has been activated. — The upgrade went live …
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| CNBC: |
Agreements between Apple and some states to offer digital IDs in Wallet show states covering the costs of issuing the IDs and Apple approving marketing efforts — - Apple requires states to maintain the systems needed to issue and service credentials at taxpayer expense, according to contracts signed by four states.
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| New York Times: |
Apple, Spotify, and other companies that distribute podcasts have done little to rein in COVID-19 misinformation, escaping the scrutiny social media giants face — False statements about vaccines have spread on the “Wild West” of media, even as some hosts die of virus complications.| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Internal documents show Facebook defends algorithmic ranking because its data suggests that its algorithm knows what users want better than they do themselves — In at least two experiments over the years, Facebook has explored what happens when it turns off its controversial news feed ranking system …
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| Aisha Counts / Protocol: |
Report finds that online child sexual abuse material is increasing in sheer volume, growing more complex, and capitalizing on tech's blind spots — Online child sex abuse material has grown exponentially during the pandemic, and tech's best defenses are no match against it … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Pigment, a real-time business planning and forecasting service that integrates data from many platforms including Snowflake and Salesforce, raises $73M Series B — The last 20 months of living in the midst of Covid-19, with all its unexpected developments, have been a challenge …
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| New York Times: |
Ukraine's efforts to tackle corruption may be at odds with its aim to become a global crypto hub, as weak governance is part of Ukraine's allure — It has to be somewhere. Why not Ukraine? — KYIV, Ukraine — A buccaneering 37-year-old educated in a British private school …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the brewing rivalry between Meta and Apple over VR and AR headsets, smartwatches, smart home devices, and digital services — Apple and Meta are heading toward a collision course around wearables, AR/VR headsets and home devices. Also: Netflix and Apple mend fences around billing … | Ted Alcorn / Bloomberg: |
How Togo, a country where few possess a driver's license or national ID card, built a digital platform to rapidly disburse relief payments to millions of people — In two weeks, Togo designed and launched an all-digital system for delivering monthly payments to millions of people—and made the U.S. program look like a “dinosaur.”
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