Hackers Tried to Poison Water Supply of Florida Town - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/oldsmar-florida-water-supply-hack.html
Hackers remotely accessed the water treatment plant of a small Florida city last week and briefly changed the levels of lye in the drinking water, in the kind of critical infrastructure intrusion that cybersecurity experts have long warned about.
the level of sodium hydroxide — the main ingredient in drain cleaner — was changed from 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million, dangerous levels that could have badly sickened residents if it had reached their homes.
Kan ta et halvt år for Østre Toten å rette opp dataangrep – NRK
https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/kan-ta-et-halvt-ar-for-ostre-toten-a-rette-opp-dataangrep-1.15364106
Den første uka var mange helt uten e-post.
Sosialhjelpsmottakere måtte skrive søknader på nytt.
Alle PC-er måtte formateres og få lagt til ny programvare.
Det er stor fare for at sensitive data er kommet på avveie.
Også sikkerhetskopier ble slettet av angriperne.
Ansatte måtte jobbe med penn og papir i starten.
Angrepet vil trolig koste minst 10 millioner kroner.
Telegram feature exposes your precise address to hackers - Ars Technica
Messenger maker has expressed no plans to fix location disclosure flaw.
People Nearby poses the biggest threat to people using Android devices, since they report a user’s location with enough granularity to make Hassan’s attack work. The recently released iOS 14, by contrast, allows users to divulge only a rough approximation of their location. People who use this feature aren’t as exposed.
The American Abyss - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/magazine/trump-coup.html
A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next.
WhatsApp clarifies privacy practices after surge in Signal and Telegram users - The Verge
The company is trying to contain fallout over a privacy policy update
the change is designed to outline how businesses who use WhatsApp for customer service may store logs of its chats on Facebook servers.
WhatsApp says European users do not have to share data with Facebook
There are no changes to WhatsApp’s data-sharing practices in the European region arising from the updated terms of service and privacy policy
WhatsApp updates its Terms and Privacy Policy to mandate data-sharing with Facebook
https://www.xda-developers.com/whatsapp-updates-terms-privacy-policy-mandate-data-sharing-facebook/
in the previous update, WhatsApp gave users the option to “not have your WhatsApp account information shared with Facebook.” With the latest update, WhatsApp has done away with this option, and users will have to accept the new terms and privacy policy if they want to continue using the instant messenger
Adobe Flash Player is finally laid to rest - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55497353
the browser plug-in that brought rich animations and interactivity to the early web, has officially reached the end of its life.