An awful lot of “hurry up and fix it!” pressure will do this.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/colonial-pipeline-5-million-ransom_n_609e1a82e4b063dccea7df1a
Colonial Pipeline Reportedly Paid $5 Million Ransom After Hack
The owner of the Colonial Pipeline paid hackers about $5 million in bitcoin to regain access to its data and end a standoff that forced one of the country’s largest energy pipelines offline, multiple media outlets reported Thursday.
Details of the payments were first reported by Bloomberg News and The New York Times, and cited sources familiar with the ransom. The ransom amounted to about 75 bitcoin, a hard-to-trace cryptocurrency.
(Related)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57111615
Irish health service hit by cyber attack
Ireland's health service has temporarily shut down its IT system after what it described as a "significant ransomware attack".
The Health Service Executive (HSE) said it had taken the precaution of closing down its systems to further protect them and assess the situation.
Ireland's Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said the incident was having "a severe impact on [the] health and social care services".
… "At this moment we can't access lists of people who are scheduled for appointments on Monday, so we don't even know who to cancel," she said.
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https://threatpost.com/ransomwares-swindle-triple-extortion/166149/
Ransomware’s New Swindle: Triple Extortion
Ransomware attacks are exploding at a staggering rate, and so are the ransoms being demanded. Now experts are warning against a new threat — triple extortion — which means that attackers are expanding out to demand payments from customers, partners and other third parties related to the initial breach to grab even more cash for their crimes.
Check Point’s latest ransomware report found that over the past year, ransomware payments have spiked by 171 percent, averaging about $310,000 — and that globally, the number of attacks has surged by 102 percent.
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An idea for my Ethical Hacking students: make Alexa sound like Donald Duck.
https://voicebot.ai/2021/05/13/ford-cars-will-embed-amazon-alexa-in-cars-by-over-the-air-update/
Ford Will Embed Amazon Alexa in Cars by Over-the-Air Update
Ford announced that it will integrate Amazon Alexa directly into hundreds of thousands of vehicles this year using its new Power-Up program of Over-the-Air (OTA) updates. The hands-free version of Alexa includes all of the voice assistant’s standard and automotive-specific features, including control over the car’s locks and remote control over smart home devices.
This caught my eye. A labor shortage? Are we no longer teaching our liberal arts graduates how to ask, “Do you want fries with that?”
Why McDonald's minimum wage hike is surprisingly good news for the stock
… "In this highly competitive market for talent, successful employee recognition, recruitment, and retention is fundamental to drive growth," said McDonald's U.S. President Joe Erlinger in an internal memo obtained by Yahoo Finance.
I know a couple of English teachers who will find this rather distressing. If I write (program) one of these tools, can I claim copyright on all of their output?
https://builtin.com/marketing/copywriting-ai-gpt3
AI WON’T TAKE COPYWRITING JOBS. IT’LL TRANSFORM THEM.
… Many writers — not just neurotic Hollywood scribes — will tell you that the hardest part of the process is getting started.
… Services have arrived on the scene to help these writers conquer the blank page. And they all share something in common: they’re powered by artificial intelligence.
These tools include Copy AI, Conversion AI, Anyword, Copysmith, Writesonic and Shortly AI. They are designed to transform simple human inputs (like brainstorm notes and bullet points) into clean prose — full sentences that pass off as human creativity.
It’s all but inevitable that AI writing assistants will help shape the future of content marketing and copywriting.
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