Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
First Twitter is reported to have further reduced it’s online safety team – already severely reduced because of the job cuts Elon Musk initiated when he took over the company. A platform where hate speech of all kinds is easily distributed – including the position of Elon’s plane, Oh he …
The Vice Society, a hacking group that often targets US schools, has released stolen confidential data relating to several UK schools: Schools hit by cyber attack and documents leaked – BBC News Student, parent and staff information was compromised and included pay and contract details, passport scans and pupil special …
Twitter is a rich source of cyber security and privacy stories at the moment. The BBC and The Guardian (itself in the middle of a cyber security incident at the moment) have updates on how much personal information, that was stolen from twit, twit, Twitter, is available on the dark …
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This is a follow-up to Bruce Schneier’s earlier post – Bruce Schneier on CAPTCHA. Just a bit harder: As Long as We’re on the Subject of CAPTCHAs – Schneier on Security Because it is 2023 Lets look aback at 2022… Here are two of my favourite “look back” articles and …
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…but were unable to make work. Let’s hope the security employed by the contractor who submitted the lowest bid to run the service is the best money can buy Porn website age checks introduced in Louisiana – BBC News I have discussed this with a number of other cyber security …
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Twitter has disbanded the volunteer group which advised it on self-harm, child abuse and hate speech. BBC Tech News Charities’ dismay as Twitter disbands safety group – BBC News This cannot be a good thing – whatever other precautions are put in place children and vulnerable people are on Twitter …
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South Staffordshire PLC, the parent company of South Staffs Water and Cambridge Water, is warning that customer bank details may have been stolen by cyber criminals. This information and other customer details taken during the data breach may now be on the Dark Web. It has started informing the customers …
