Meta (Facebook) has taken steps to remove companies and organisations from it’s platforms it accuses of “… targeting individuals including journalists and human rights activists.” Meta bans surveillance-for-hire firms for targeting users – BBC News More on this here: Facebook takes down accounts for seven “cyber-mercenary” firms – The Record …
Sainsbury’s impacted by ransomware attack
Sainsbury’s payroll hit by Kronos attack – BBC News The payroll systems provider Kronos has been hit by a ransomware attack which has impacted a range of businesses here in the UK and the US. The supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has reportedly lost a week of data relating to it’s 150.000 …
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More about Log4j
This was always going to be an issue when we posted about it last week – here is more information. Log4shell: US demands Christmas Eve deadline for hack fix – BBC News CISA issues emergency directive to fix Log4j vulnerability • The Register CISA issues ’emergency directive,’ orders federal agencies …
“What we’ll be doing when AI is doing most of what we currently call work” – The Reith Lecture
The third lecture in Stuart Russell’s Living With Artificial Intelligence series is out: The Reith Lectures – Stuart Russell – Living With Artificial Intelligence – AI in the economy – BBC Sounds Past articles about the this year’s lectures: Reith Lectures – Smart Thinking Solutions Rutherford and Fry on Living …
100 attacks a minute – Log4j
Flaw prompts 100 hack attacks a minute, security company says – BBC News Log4j – Smart Thinking Solutions
