Unclear on purpose? There was a breach but nothing was breached?
Australian
parliamentary network hacked; no sign data stolen
Australia's leading cybersecurity agency is
investigating a breach of the country's federal parliamentary
computing network amid speculation of hacking by a foreign nation.
Lawmakers and staff in the capital, Canberra, were
made to change their passwords on the system after the overnight
breach.
A joint statement from House of Representatives
Speaker Tony Smith and Senate President Scott Ryan says there's no
evidence that data had been accessed in the breach, but
investigations are continuing.
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic.” Clarke's First Law
“Any sufficiently poor disaster recovery is
indistinguishable from managerial incompetence.” Bob's First Law
Wells Fargo
customers are furious as 2nd service outage in a week means they
can't use their debit cards or access accounts online
Wells Fargo customers were unable to use debit
cards or access online banking because of a "systems issue"
causing "intermittent outages," the company said on Twitter
on Thursday morning.
The outage seemed to be nationwide, with customers
taking to social media to express their concerns and grievances.
Some said they were experiencing difficulty
buying gas and getting to work, while others were unable
to purchase food or pay bills.
… A Wells Fargo spokesperson sent Business
Insider the following statement: "We're experiencing system
issues due to a power shutdown at one of our facilities, initiated
after smoke was detected following routine maintenance. We're
working to restore services as soon as possible."
Law enforcement by intimidation? Forgetting your
password could be very costly.
Australia
Wields Vast Decryption Powers Before Planned Review
Australian security agencies have begun using
sweeping new powers to access encrypted communications, even before a
promised review to address concerns from the likes of Google, Apple
and Facebook.
The powers were granted under a new decryption law
which was rushed through parliament in December amid fierce debate,
and was seen as the latest salvo between governments and tech firms
over national security and privacy.
… Under
the fresh rules, refusal
to grant authorities access to devices is punishable with up to 10
years in prison,
and police told a parliamentary inquiry they had used that threat to
compel two suspects to hand over their passwords.
Citing
secrecy provisions in the law, police declined to say if they had
used the new law to force device makers or telecommunications firms –
including global giants like Apple – to break or bypass encrypted
communications.
The
same provisions bar industry from disclosing whether they have
received such police demands, known as "compulsory notices".
… Stanton
warned the new law posed "an enormous threat" to export
opportunities for Australian tech firms "because they can no
longer provide any assurance that their gear hasn't been tampered
with by Australian security".
"Even
to say, 'no, it hasn't', is an offence" under the law," he
added.
Is
this everything we need?
Amazon
weighs in on potential ‘legislative framework’ for facial
recognition
Amazon supports the creation of a “legislative
framework” covering facial recognition technology. That’s
according to Michael Punke, vice president of global public policy at
Amazon’s AWS division, who penned a blog post this week outlining
proposed guidelines for the “responsible use” of face-classifying
software by private, commercial, and government entities.
Does this really have that much of an impact on
DUI apprehension? Isn’t it the electronic equivalent of flashing
your lights to caution drivers?
NYPD –
Google and Waze Must Stop Sharing Drunken-Driving Checkpoints
The
New York Times: “Google’s navigation app Waze is known for
providing real-time, user-submitted reports that advise drivers about
potential thorns in their roadsides. But one feature has Waze in
conflict with law enforcement officials across the country: how the
app marks the location of police officers on the roads ahead or
stationed at drunken-driving checkpoints. Over the weekend, the New
York Police Department, the largest force in the nation, joined the
fray, sending a letter to Google demanding that the tech giant pull
that feature from Waze. In the letter, which was first
reported on by Streetsblog, the Police Department said that
allowing people to share the locations of sobriety checkpoints
impeded its ability to keep streets safe.
“The
posting of such information for public consumption is irresponsible
since it only serves to aid impaired and intoxicated drivers to evade
checkpoints and encourage reckless driving,” the department’s
acting deputy commissioner for legal matters, Ann P. Prunty, wrote in
the letter. “Revealing the location of checkpoints puts those
drivers, their passengers, and the general public at risk.”..
Perspective. In 1890, the Census used paper punch
cards to tabulate the data. That was far less risky than this.
I still have a gas powered car. Is it now a
valuable collectors item or just an obsolete piece of junk?
GM is going
'all-electric,' but it doesn't expect to make money off
battery-powered cars until early next decade
… GM is clear that its electric vehicles won't
make money until "early next decade," Barra said.
Turning a profit from electric vehicles has long
been considered a major challenge for automakers, which are pouring
money into electric vehicle, EV, technology in the face of
fluctuating oil prices, government initiatives to reduce carbon
pollution and excitement over Tesla.
I see a student poll coming.
Is Reddit
the Most Influential Site on the Internet?
Journalist and
author Christine Lagorio-Chafkin discusses her new book about the
history of Reddit.
Listen to the podcast:
Free to use!
Cleveland
Museum of Art: 30,000 high quality digital images now available
Creative Commons Blog: “The Cleveland Museum of
Art is one of the most visited art museums in the world, and soon it
will become one of the most important online collections as well.
Today, we are announcing a release
of 30,000 high quality, free and open digital images from the
museum’s collection under CC0 and available via their API.
CC0 allows anyone to use,
re-use, and remix a work without restriction. In line
with the museum’s mission to work “for the benefit of all people
in the Digital Age,” the Cleveland Museum is leading the charge for
comprehensive metadata and open access policy. The museum sees its
role as not only providing access, but also creating sincere
partnerships that increase utility and relevance in our time.
Creative Commons CEO Ryan Merkley joined museum
director William M. Griswold and Chief Digital and Information
Officer Jane Alexander at the CMA to announce this release. “I hope
this model of working closely together with visionary organizations
will be one that we can replicate with other museums, and that this
will become the new standard by which institutions share and engage
with the public online,” he said. The museum’s leadership echoed
the sentiment…”
You don’t often get this: A scifi vision of the
(near?) future and a rebuttal based on today.
“Mother
of Invention”
A new short story
by the author of Marvel’s Black Panther: Long Live the
King.
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