This was not unexpected. Getting
caught was… Why were these tools in a file labeled “CIA”
rather than a “country unknown” file?
CIA
Hackers Targeted China in Decade-Long Campaign: Chinese Security Firm
A
report published on Monday by Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360
claims that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) conducted an
11-year-long cyberespionage operation aimed at China’s critical
industries.Qihoo’s research revolves around the Vault 7 files published in 2017 by WikiLeaks. The Vault 7 files include exploits and tools used by the CIA to target computers, routers, mobile devices, and IoT systems.
First:
Secure thyself.
https://www.bespacific.com/how-to-dox-yourself-on-the-internet/
How to Dox Yourself on the Internet
The NYT Open Team –A step-by-step guide to finding and removing your personal information from the internet. “No one wants their home address on the internet. That is personal information we typically only give out to friends, family and maybe our favorite online stores. Yet, for many of us, that information is available and accessible to anyone with an internet connection. And increasingly for journalists, public figures and activists, this kind of information is dug up and posted to online forums as a form of harassment, or doxxing. Doxxing (also sometimes called “doxing”) is a low-level tactic with a high-impact outcome: it often does not require much time or many resources, but it can cause significant damage to the person targeted. Once sensitive information — such as home address, phone number, names of family members or email addresses — about a targeted individual is posted to public forums, it can be used by others for further targeting… When our team begins looking into the personal information that is available online for a colleague, we think like doxxers and use some of the same readily available online resources that doxxers may use to surface personal information…”
Politics
2.0?
The
Man Behind Trump’s Facebook Juggernaut
… “We
have turned the R.N.C. into one of the largest data-gathering
operations in United States history,”
he said. He was referring to the Republican National Committee,
which has raised two hundred and sixty-three million dollars for the
2020 elections. (The Democratic National Committee has raised just
over a hundred million.) As Parscale explained, the Trump campaign
has been operating more or less full time since 2016, continually
improving its “technology and data operations.” During this
period, the campaign and the R.N.C. have essentially merged, sharing
staff, voter data, and other resources. The Democrats do not yet
have a nominee for President, and some of their systems for acquiring
and sharing data are considered outdated by comparison. “You
cannot just build an app, or build out data, in the few months you
have from the Convention,” Parscale said. “The Democrats will
have that problem this time. As they all interfight, we are building
for our future.”
How
tech handles Corona.
Amazon
employee in Seattle tests positive for coronavirus
(Related)
Apple
Restricts Employee Travel to Italy, Korea on Coronavirus
(Related)
Google
cancels I/O 2020 due to coronavirus concerns - 9to5Google
(Related)
Twitter
tells employees to work from home as tech firms react to coronavirus
Some extra for my students.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-websites-started-learning-programming-language/
How to Learn C++ Programming: 6 Sites to Get Started
No comments:
Post a Comment