Hackers Wipe VFEmail Servers, May Shut Down After Catastrophic Data Loss
Sergiu Gatlan reports:
The U.S. servers of privacy-focused e-mail provider VFEmail were hacked into on February 11 and all the
data was destroyed, on both the main and the backup systems.
According to VFEmail’s owner, the hackers did not leave a
ransom note and, given the extent of the destruction, the service will most
likely go offline to never return.
Read more on BleepingComputer.
VFEmail’s last tweet was yesterday (Feb. 11):
This is all I can do at this
time. I will need to get into the datacenter to see if the one file server I
caught during formatting can be recovered. If it can, we can restore mail, but
most of the infrastructure is lost..
And 9 hours ago, @Havokmon tweeted that yes, VFEmail is
effectively gone and likely would not return.
This is both incredibly sad and chilling.
Hacking for fun and profit.
A Closer Look: SEC’s Edgar Hacking Case
Craig A. Newman writes:
Last month, the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission charged
nine defendants with hacking into the agency’s EDGAR
system – the online platform used by public companies for making their public
filings – and stealing material nonpublic information to use for illegal
trading purposes.While the charges are new, the insider trading scheme goes back years and underscores the challenges faced by U.S. law enforcement and regulatory authorities in pursuing foreign nationals who violate U.S. securities laws.
According to a 43-page complaint filed in federal court in New Jersey, a Ukrainian hacker and six individual traders based in the U.S., the Ukraine and Russia, made off with more than $4.1 million in illegal profits by hacking the EDGAR system and trading in front of market-moving news.
Read more on Data Security Law Blog.
Tools for the hacking kit.
Something to watch.
Saritha Rai reports:
India’s government dealt retail giants Amazon.com and
Walmart a devastating blow this year with new policies undermining their growth
plans. Now U.S. social media pioneers
Facebook and Twitter are in danger of suffering similar setbacks in what is
perhaps the world’s most important emerging technology market.
In the latest skirmish, the government is targeting
Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp, the popular messaging service
increasingly important to its parent’s bottom line. Frustrated that the service has been used to
incite violence and spread pornography, the government is pressing WhatsApp to
allow more official oversight of online discussions, even if that means giving
officials access to protected, or encrypted, messages. Facebook has refused, risking
punitive measures or even the possibility of a shutdown in its biggest market.
Read more on Bloomberg.
I’m sure everyone will get out the paint rollers and start
doing this immediately.
You'll
Have to Mark Your Drone With an ID Under Anti-Terror Rule
Responding to concerns from law enforcement and security
agencies about the potential for concealed explosives, the U.S. government is
ordering all civilian drones to add external markings so the owner can be more
easily identified.
The regulation, which was posted Tuesday on a preview
website for the Federal Register and takes effect Feb. 23, is part of an effort
to bring more oversight to the rapidly growing hobby and commercial drone
industry.
… The regulation
would require drone owners to place their registration number on the outside of
their devices. When the FAA first required drone owners to register their
aircraft in 2015, it said the number could be placed within the battery
compartment.
Perspective.
Towards fully automated vehicles.
40
countries agree cars must have automatic braking
Forty countries led by Japanand the European Union — but
not the U.S. or China — have agreed to require new cars and light commercial
vehicles to be equipped with automated braking systems starting as soon as next
year, a U.N. agency said Tuesday.
… The measure will
apply to vehicles at “low speeds”: 60 kilometers per hour (42 mph) or less, and
only affects new cars sold in the markets of signatory countries — so vehicle owners won’t be required to
retrofit their cars and trucks already on the roads today.
Why I love lists: Someone took the time to gather useful
stuff! (Only a couple examples)
The
Essential Tools for Programmers
This is a list of essential tools and services from my
coding workflow that I think should be part of every web programmer’s toolkit. Whether you a building a simple “Hello World”
app or a complex web application, these tools should make your coding easier
and increase productivity.
1. devdocs.io — API documentation for all
popular programming languages and frameworks.
Includes instant search and works offline too.
10. explainshell.com
— Type any Unix command and get a visual explanation of each flag and argument
in the command.
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