I didn’t know that slot
machines used the network. IoT?
Casinos
in Las Vegas Hit by Suspected Ransomware Attack
Slot
machines in two Las Vegas casinos were out of action for almost a
week in an incident that bears all the hallmarks of a ransomware
attack.
Investigations
are currently underway by the Nevada State Game Control Board, which
told us it is “actively monitoring the situation”.
Four
Queens Hotel and Casino and Binion’s Casino in downtown Las Vegas
are open for business but for several days were only
able to trade in cash, while startling videos of rows of
crippled slot machines on empty casino floors swept across Twitter.
The
two casinos’ websites also remained down on Tuesday, after the
incident, first reported six days earlier, on February 27
Take
a peek without giving up your personal information.
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to Find and Grab Free Logins for Websites
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These
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just for that one thing.
Making
my students think.
Winning
in the New Era of Digital Regulation
… .
Look for more and expanded privacy laws down the line. Already in
the U.S., at least 29
states have passed laws related
to data privacy, the Internet Association says.
Meanwhile,
other regulations
continue to amass.
By 2021, financial services firms alone will face 374 “legislative
initiatives,” and the number will continue to grow beyond that time
horizon, regulatory change management expert JWG says.
For
businesses, the challenges are not just that new regulations are
being put into place. It’s also that new activities, processes and
functions are being audited, up to and including the very act of
decision making itself. Indeed, it’s no longer just the “what”
that is being regulated. It is also the “how” as regulatory
policy shifts from a narrow focus on data points to a more holistic,
system-wide view, JWG asserts.
Is
law enforcement an “easy sell?”
Banjo
AI surveillance is already monitoring traffic cams across Utah
A
small company called Banjo is bringing pervasive AI surveillance to
law enforcement throughout Utah, Motherboard
reports. In July, Banjo signed a
five-year, $20.7 million contract
with Utah. The agreement gives the company real-time access to
state traffic cameras, CCTV and public safety cameras, 911 emergency
systems, location data for state-owned vehicles and more. In
exchange, Banjo promises to alert law enforcement to "anomalies,"
aka crimes, but the arrangement raises all kinds of red flags.
Banjo relies on info scraped from social media,
satellite imaging data and the real-time info from law enforcement.
Banjo claims its "Live Time Intelligence" AI can identify
crimes -- everything from kidnappings to shootings and "opioid
events" -- as they happen.
… According to Motherboard, Banjo says it
removes all personal data from its system, but how and how well it
does this remain unclear.
Perspective.
How would Ford view this?
Moving
Away From ‘Peak Car’
Overview:
How
a changing relationship with cars may shape the future of
transportation
– “Automobiles
make up 70% of the emissions from all forms of transportation. There
are an estimated 1 billion cars on the planet, with around 80 million
new cars sold each year. Despite continually strong sales, experts
suggest we have reached ‘Peak Car’ – meaning the average
distance traveled per person in cars has peaked, and will continue to
fall over time. There are many different factors contributing to
this trend, such as a global shift towards urban living, new forms of
mobility, new government policies for reducing traffic, and a slowing
expansion of road networks…”
Modern
communication?
Emoji
etiquette in the workplace
Human
Resources – The
good, the bad and the downright inappropriate –
“Emojis
are everywhere nowadays. When words fail us or we want to lighten
the mood, very often we turn to emojis. In fact even
in a professional work setting, 71% of respondents in Perkbox’s
latest survey feel emojis should be encouraged.
Polling 1000 UK workers, the research found that the ‘thumbs up’
emoji came top as the best way to convey a ‘well done’ (51%),
followed by the ‘OK’ (16%), ‘starry eyes’ (13%), ‘smiley
face’ (11%) and ‘raised hands’ emoji (10%). When it came to
what emoji was the biggest compliment – in first place was the
‘party popper’ emoji, followed by ‘raised hands’, ‘bicep’,
‘thumbs up’, ‘clap’ and somewhat surprisingly the ‘star’
in final place. However, more than one in four employee says they
still prefer to receive praise the ‘old school way’ through a
written email. Of those who said they prefer an informal chat using
emoji (49%), 27% believe it should only apply if the recipient is a
Millennial or younger, with one in five of the respondents saying
this group believes emojis are more heartfelt…”
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