Elon Musk and as The efficiency of their so -called government Rampage, Wired reported extensive this week through federal institutions in the United States Dogus Members, actionAnd Digital access For some of the most delicate and important software systems of the US government. Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old high school graduate Edward Coristine, established at least five different companies in the last four years-Tesla.Sex LLC-and briefly worked in a network monitoring company, who convicted who convicted a network monitoring company in the last four years. Hackers are hired. Experts Question whether Coreistine, who has gone online under the name “Big Balls”, will pass the background check Usually it is necessary for access to sensitive American government systems.
Meanwhile, clear of Dogi Disintegration of USAID US state department coupled with funding freeze Efforts are interrupted to help dramatically disrupted people to help avoid forcible labor camps in Southeast Asia run by criminal scams,
Out of US government news, Wired conducted a More than 300 cyber attack investigations against US -12 schools in last five years And found that the aggrieved schools sometimes prevent important information about the scale and scope of violations from the affected students and parents. In a little better news, the data from the Cryptocurrency tracing firm Channelis shows that Ransomware payment fell rapidly in the second half of 2024However, experts are afraid that brief recurrence may be short -lived and may not be easy to maintain for defenders.
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The Washington Post said on Friday that Apple received a secret order from the UK office of the UK Home Secretary, which has a way to provide a way to the company to reach any user data protected by the company's advanced data security for iCloud. Provides Facility, which Debated in late 2022The end-to-end encryption is designed, so only the user has access to their data, not only themselves, not Apple. As a result, to comply with the UK demand, Apple will need to break the facility by constructing a back door in it. Sources told the post that instead of installing a back door, Apple is likely to withdraw support for advanced data security for iCloud in the UK. The post said, “Yet this concession will not meet the UK demand for backdoor access to service in other countries including the United States.”
The order was issued under the UK's Broad 2016 Investigation Powerrs Act. UK law enforcement agencies, to not mention police in the US and other countries, have made the encryption backdores champion for years, and MPs have tried Many times to mandate the backdoor. “We do not comment on operating matters, for example, confirming or denying the existence of any such notice,” the home office said in a statement. A spokesperson of Apple refused to comment on the post.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave President Donald Trump a golden pageer when the two met in Washington on Tuesday. The gift referred to the 1st September attack against the militant group Hizbullah in Lebanon, with booby-trapped pager (and walkie-talkies) Explosion in coordinated explosions Across the country. Operation Killed at least 42 peopleSome of the citizens, and at least injured 4,000 citizensAccording to Lebanese officials. The attack has been widely attributed to Israel, but the country has neither confirmed nor denied its participation. Trump in the meeting Obviously Netanyahu gave a signed picture of both of them, which he signed, “Bibi, a great leader!”
The Hewlet Packard Enterprise is informing dozens of users that their personal information was stolen during a 2023 violation. The company is blaming the attack of Russian state -backed hackers. The stolen data included social security number, driver's license information and credit card number. The incident began in May 2023 as a system infiltration in HPE's email mailbox and Microsoft Sharepoint System. HPE Publicly revealed the incident In January 2024.
Edtech giant Powerkool says at least 16,000 students stole their data as part of one in the United Kingdom Massive December data violation He May be affected 62 million students and 9.5 million teachers, most of them are in the US and Canada. The attackers used credentials compromised to infiltrate the company's customer support portal and then access user data.
Powerschool spokesperson Bath Kiebler confirmed Techcrunch in a statement that students in four UK schools were affecting “about 16,000 students”. It is not clear whether it is the total number of Britain victims. The data compromised include the date of birth of students, contact information, some medical data and “other related information”.