Two Japanese Arrested After ATM Heist: Police, Media
Two Japanese men were arrested Tuesday for allegedly stealing money from
an ATM, with local media reporting they were part of a coordinated nationwide
heist that netted millions of dollars earlier this month.
The theft
on May 15 reportedly involved about 100 members of an international gang
each making a series of withdrawals from 1,400 ATMs around the country in less
than three hours, Japanese media reported.
The haul totalled 1.4 billion yen ($13 million), according
to the reports, with cash-dispensing machines in Tokyo and Osaka among those
targeted.
… That was
allegedly carried out by thieves armed with fake credit card details from South
Africa's Standard Bank.
It was not clear how the gang made off with the equivalent
of millions of dollars so quickly as the cash machines usually limit
withdrawals to 100,000 yen a day.
Standard Bank acknowledged the heist and put its losses at
around $19 million.
The lightning-fast raids began early on the morning of May
15, a Sunday, when banks were closed, according to Japanese media.
Similar robberies have occurred in recent years, including
a pair of heists totalling about $45 million that saw a group of cyber thieves
disable withdrawal limits on ATMs around the world.
I would have expected more from a country reputed to have
some of the best (or at least the most aggressive) hackers in the world.
The headline in the Daily Mail basically says it
all:
Well almost all. Note
that this is not Facebook’s site but a Facebook clone called phpDolphin.
Even so…
Just out of curiosity, what does Facebook consider
offensive? Are we going to be treated to
another “Facebook hates conservatives” if someone claims they block images of
Donald Trump? (Should we start the rumor
that they do?)
Facebook spares humans by fighting offensive photos with AI
Facebook’s artificial intelligence systems now report more
offensive photos than humans do, marking a major milestone in the social
network’s battle against abuse, the company tells me. AI could quarantine obscene content before it
ever hurts the psyches of real people.
Facebook’s success in ads has fueled investments into the
science of AI and machine vision that could give it an advantage in stopping
offensive content. Creating a civil
place to share without the fear of bullying is critical to getting users to
post their personal content that draws in friends’ attention.
(Related) …but completely different? What if everyone (“the majority”) hates
Donald Trump?
Periscope has a new plan to fight back against internet
trolls
Periscope, Twitter's standalone livestreaming app, has
created a new way to combat internet trolls, which includes a system to put
internet bad guys on trial in front of their internet peers.
Here's how the new abuse system works: If you're watching
a Periscope livestream and come across a vile or inappropriate comment, you can
report that comment, triggering what Periscope calls a "flash jury"
of other users watching the same livestream.
Periscope will ask this flash jury, a small group of other
randomly selected users, if they also consider the comment abusive or
offensive. If the majority agrees with
you, the commenter will be placed in a one minute time-out with commenting
disabled. Repeat offenders will be muted
for good.
In other words, Periscope wants its user base to police
itself, all the way down to the verdict.
Local.
New on LLRX – Should Colorado court documents be free on public library
computers?
by Sabrina I. Pacifici on May 31, 2016
Via LLRX.com
– Should
Colorado court documents be free on public library computers? – Jeff
Roberts of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition raises the question of
expanding free public access to court documents in Colorado. Specifically, he identifies the only location
where a non-lawyer can view and request copies of all civil court documents
from ICCES, the Integrated Colorado Courts E-Filing System. This location is the Colorado Supreme Court’s
law library in the Ralph L. Carr Judicial Center in downtown Denver. Fees and access to PACER have been the topic
of discussion in the legal community for many years. The urgency of this discussion and a
resolution that ensures free public access to court filings is critically
dependent upon the future of court law libraries.
Again the pendulum swings.
U.S. court says no warrant needed for cellphone location data
Police do not need a warrant to obtain a person's
cellphone location data held by wireless carriers, a U.S. appeals court ruled
on Tuesday, dealing a setback to privacy advocates.
The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, voted 12-3 that the government can get the
information under a decades-old legal theory that it had already been disclosed
to a third party, in this case a telephone company.
The ruling overturns a
divided 2015 opinion from the court's three-judge panel and reduces the
likelihood that the Supreme Court would consider the issue.
For my Computer Security classes. Security by Design…
Managing the Bots that Are Managing the Business
Science fiction writer William
Gibson once said, “The future is here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.” You don’t need to wait five years to see how
technology will change the practice of management. You just need to study companies that are
already living in the future that remains around the corner for everyone else.
… Some further
implications of this insight include:
·
A typical programmer in a 20th-century IT shop
was a worker building to a specification, not that different from a shop floor
worker assembling a predefined product. A 21st-century developer is deeply engaged in product design
and iterative, customer-focused development. For larger programs, this is a team exercise,
and leadership
means organizing a shared creative vision. Technology is not a back-office function. It is central to the management capability of
the entire organization. And companies
whose CEO is also the chief product designer (think Larry Page, Jeff Bezos, or
Apple under Steve Jobs) routinely outperform those whose leaders lack the
capability to lead not just their human workers but their electronic workers as
well.
I have to study this.
It seems to be the next big thing in Access Security.
Microsoft collaborates on blockchain-based ID system
Microsoft's work in the blockchain space is continuing
with a new partnership committed to building a blockchain-based identity system.
Microsoft, Blockstack Labs and ConsenSys took the wraps off their initiative at the ID2020
conference in New York on May 31.
… "In the
coming weeks" an open-source framework will be available on Azure where
developers can set up an instance to work on projects involving the proposed
open-source identity layer.
Microsoft has been forging a number of blockchain-related partnerships over the past
several months. Microsoft's initial
foray into Azure Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) came late last year with an offering on the Etherum Platform with ConsenSys. Now there are packaged BaaS offerings in the
Azure marketplace.
Another angle on the new economy. An infographic.
What is The ‘Gig Economy’ and How Does it Affect You?
I find this amusing.
How Paper Shaped Civilization
How would Plato have used Twitter? To tell the world what he just ate for lunch? To sound off about the Emmys? To scold Kim Kardashian?
Probably not. But
he may have left one clue: “Wise men speak because they have something to say,”
declares a quote that’s often—though probably falsely—attributed
to him. “Fools because they have to say
something.”
Want a computer that speaks with a British accent?
BBC Micro:bit computer now available to all for £13
After a couple of unforeseen
delays,
the BBC finally began delivering Micro:bit computers
to Year 7 students across the UK in March. With the objective of distributing free
microcomputers to an entire year group nearing completion -- around 80 percent
of schools have
received theirs to date -- it's time to let anyone else with an interest in
coding loose on the little device. Pre-orders open today at element14, which manufactures the
palm-sized 'puters, Microsoft's online store and many other resellers,
with the first shipments expected in July.
A lone Micro:bit costs £13, while a starter bundle with
battery pack, USB cable and a handful of introductory activities goes for £15
-- you can also get 10 of these for a discounted price of £140
… Now anyone can
pre-order the device, but better yet, there's a wealth of resources available for free online to help you
master the Micro:bit, including apps for iOS and Android
that mean you only need a smartphone to get started.
Something to build on?
Pepperoni spices up iOS and Android app dev
Mobile developers can get a slice of assistance from Pepperoni,
which provides a blueprint for cross-platform app-building.
Also characterized as an app starter kit, Pepperoni works
with Facebook's
React Native JavaScript framework, to build apps for iOS and Android.
… Pepperoni
features prebuilt components and boilerplates for common use cases; login,
authentication, and user management via the AuthO identity platform; push
notifications; and a cloud-ready back end
I’m going to encourage my students to try this.
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