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The Playlist: An origin story like no other that charts the rise of Spotify
Daniel Ek is no Adam Neumann, and Spotify is definitely no WeWork – unlike the much-hyped coworking space company, the music-streaming service is alive and well. And now it has an origin story on Netflix – The Playlist.
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Cybercrime car wash: auto dealer convicted of laundering $5.7m in stolen money
A car dealer based in the US has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for using his business to launder money stolen by a Ghanaian gang that ran romance and business email compromise (BEC) scams, raking in millions from unsuspecting victims.
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Issues with European subsea cables impact global internet connectivity
Two undersea internet cables in France and Scotland were damaged by cuts, resulting in the disruption of internet connectivity.
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Microsoft discloses data breach
Microsoft exposed some of its customers’ names, email addresses, and email content, among other sensitive data.
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Cybersecurity is the “soft underbelly” of space networks, says US military Commander
Space domain has become a contested one, yet cyber remains its weak entry point, head of the US Space Force’s Space Operations Command said.
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Nearly 20% of passwords are compromised, report says
Globally, over half of the passwords are reused, exposing personal and corporate data at risk.
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Digital conmen pose as social security services
Cybercriminals are impersonating the Social Security Administration (SSA) to pressure vulnerable US citizens and migrant workers into revealing their social security numbers.
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Kingfisher confirms its IT systems were breached
Kingfisher Insurance said that some of the company’s IT systems were accessed by an unauthorized third party.
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JBL Bluetooth speakers give car thieves the va-va-voom
Clever crooks in France have figured out how to steal supposedly cybersecure vehicles made by the likes of Peugeot and Toyota in less than a minute, using a modified JBL Bluetooth speaker to break past their defenses.
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Hackers say they stole 1.4TB of data from UK’s Kingfisher Insurance
Ransomware group LockBit posted Kingfisher Insurance’s name on their leak site, saying the stolen data included personal details of employees and customers.
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When the Black Axe falls: cybercrime suspects detained in global bust
More than 70 suspects have been arrested during an Interpol-led crackdown on Black Axe, a West African outfit believed to be an increasingly big player on the cybercrime scene.
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Trump’s Truth Social app now available on Google Play Store
After months of wrangling with Google, former US President Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social can now be downloaded on the Google Play Store. Trump was banned from Twitter and Facebook after the violent events at the Capitol in January 2021.
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Russia’s version of GitHub is on its way, Ministry of Digital Development announced
Russia will create its own version of Microsoft-owned GitHub, which will host public open-source projects amid increased sanctions risks.
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Windows 10 exploited to deliver ransomware to households
Threat actors are after individual consumers, disguising ransomware as fake antivirus or Windows software updates and demanding $2,500 in bitcoin to restore access.
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Phishing scam spoofs Google to target Spanish-language victims
Spanish-speaking internet users are being targeted with a phishing campaign that seeks to exploit Google Translate, research by Avanan has found.
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Online retailers targeted by refund fraudsters, report warns
Many of us have felt reassured to receive a refund at some point – but now cyber-conmen are increasingly offering bogus claims as a service to consumers in exchange for a cut.
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White House to launch cyber labels for IoT devices
The proposed cyber labeling system would indicate which Internet of Things (IoT) devices meet cybersecurity standards.
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Piracy costs entertainment industry billions, says report
Online TV and film piracy costs the US economy at least $29 billion in lost revenue each year. What's more, spiralling global visits to such sites are also estimated to be robbing the entertainment industry of hundreds of thousands of jobs.
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Toyota customer data exposed as dev published key on GitHub
Toyota confirmed that data of almost 300,000 of its customers leaked online after the company’s developer published the source code of the user site on GitHub five years ago.
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Data of up to 450k patients released online after cyberattack hits New Zealand medical network
Sensitive patient data of a large New Zealand medical network has been posted online following a cyberattack on the company’s IT platform.
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