Neue Berec-Leitlinien: 5G soll Netzneutralität nicht aushebeln

Die europäischen Regulierungsbehörden haben neue Leitlinien zur Netzneutralität vereinbart. Diese soll auch in 5G-Netzen unangetastet bleiben. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (Netzneutralität, Technologie)

Die europäischen Regulierungsbehörden haben neue Leitlinien zur Netzneutralität vereinbart. Diese soll auch in 5G-Netzen unangetastet bleiben. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (Netzneutralität, Technologie)

Twitter lost control of its internal systems to Bitcoin-scamming hackers

Celebrity account holders weren’t the only targets. Late hacker Adrian Lamo was too.

A Twitter logo displayed on a smartphone.

Enlarge / A Twitter logo displayed on a smartphone. (credit: Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images/LightRocket | Getty Images)

Twitter lost control of its internal systems to attackers who hijacked almost a dozen high-profile accounts, in a breach that raises serious concerns about the security of a platform that’s growing increasingly influential.

The first signs of compromise occurred around 1 PM California time when hijacked accounts—belonging to Vice President Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other people with millions or tens of millions of followers—started pumping out messages that tried to scam people into transferring cryptocurrency to attacker-controlled wallets.

In a tweet issued about seven hours after the mass takeover spree began, Twitter officials said the attackers appeared to take control by tricking or otherwise convincing employees to hand over credentials.

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Lilbits: Computing convergence, another streaming platform, and DDR5

It’s been 7 years since Canonical failed to raise meet its crowdfunding goals for the Ubuntu Edge smartphone that was supposed to be a phone you could also use as a desktop computer thanks to “convergence,” which is a fancy way of sa…

It’s been 7 years since Canonical failed to raise meet its crowdfunding goals for the Ubuntu Edge smartphone that was supposed to be a phone you could also use as a desktop computer thanks to “convergence,” which is a fancy way of saying you could plug in a keyboard, mouse, and display and use it like […]

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