Another Equifax update.
Equifax
faces hundreds of class-action lawsuits and an SEC subpoena over the
way it handled its data breach
Equifax, the credit reporting firm, is facing more
than 240
class-action lawsuits from consumers — in addition to suits
from shareholders and financial institutions — over the way it
handled a massive data breach that affected 145.5 million Americans.
Perspective.
Google says
hackers steal almost 250,000 web logins each week
Looking at cybercriminal black markets and public
forums, the company found millions of usernames and passwords stolen
directly through hacking. It also uncovered
billions usernames and passwords indirectly exposed in third-party
data breaches.
For one year, Google researchers investigated the
different ways hackers steal personal information and take over
Google accounts. Google published
its research, conducted between March 2016 and March 2017, on
Thursday.
… "One of the interesting things [we
found] was the sheer scale of information on
individuals that's out there and accessible to hijackers," Kurt
Thomas, security researcher at Google told CNN Tech.
Even if someone has no malicious hacking
experience, he or she could find all the tools they need on criminal
hacker forums.
Now here’s a market I clearly don’t
understand.
Sex toy
company admits to recording users' remote sex sessions, calls it a
'minor bug'
I have some news: the
Internet of Things is a mess. A hacked refrigerator sounds slightly
scary, but a vibrator-controlling app that records all your sex
sounds and stores them on your phone without your knowledge? That's
way worse.
Today, a Reddit
user pointed out that Hong Kong-based sex toy company Lovense's
remote control vibrator app (Lovense
Remote) recorded a use session without their knowledge. An audio
file lasting six minutes was stored in the app's local folder. The
users says he or she gave the app access to the mic and camera but
only to use with the in-app chat function and to send voice clips on
command — not constant recording when in use. Other users
confirmed this app behavior, too.
Perspective. Some of my students don’t
understand how companies like Lyft can operate for years without
making a profit.
Lyft Set to
Claim Third of U.S. Market in 2017, Document Shows
… A major investor is projecting Lyft will
have boosted its share of U.S. ride-hailing business some 61 percent
by the end of the year, climbing to about a third of the market. The
gains come as market-leader Uber’s reputation is in tatters
following a string of scandals that culminated with the resignation
of its chief executive officer in June.
… The document shows that Lyft projected it
would escape the red for the first time next year. The San
Francisco-based company was forecasting that its earnings, excluding
expenses such as taxes and interest, would increase to $500 million
in 2019 and $1 billion in 2020. However, Lyft has been spending at a
faster rate than expected to take advantage of Uber’s weaker
position and now is telling investors the company won’t break even
by the end of next year, said the people who asked not to be
identified discussing private financial information.
This year, Lyft is on pace for $1.5 billion in net
revenue -- the amount of money it generates after paying drivers --
on losses of $400 million, according to the document, which was
prepared at the end of the second quarter.
Never admit a failure.
Russia
named as likely source of Europe radioactivity spike
An apparent accident at a Russian facility is
suspected of causing a recent spike in radioactivity in the air over
much of Europe, according to a report by France’s nuclear safety
agency.
Now that the tour is over, time to start planning
his campaign? I think Mark believes that Facebook’s image is his
image.
Facebook
will teach the unemployed digital/social media skills in 30 cities
Whether it’s to
“bring the world closer together” or improve its public image,
Facebook today
announced Community
Boost. Facebook tells me it’s investing tens of millions of
dollars into the program that will travel to 30 cities around the
U.S. in 2018. It will teach digital job skills to the unemployed,
internet literacy to those just getting online, startup methodology
to entrepreneurs and customer growth to small business owners.
Unsurprisingly, though, all these skills revolve
around Facebook, which Facebook clearly thinks is the key to a better
life. Stops on the tour include Houston, St. Louis, Albuquerque, Des
Moines and Greenville, South Carolina — which are conspicuously
all red states that voted for Trump in the 2016 election.
Perhaps Facebook hopes to reduce unemployment that led to the
dissatisfaction with current political systems which landed us Trump.
Try them. You might like one or two.
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