The TikTok War – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

https://stratechery.com/2020/the-tiktok-war/

Twitter says hackers downloaded private account data - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53455092

The attackers successfully manipulated a small number of employees and used their credentials to access Twitter’s internal systems,” it said in a statement

Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgxd3d/twitter-insider-access-panel-account-hacks-biden-uber-bezos

A Twitter insider was responsible for a wave of high profile account takeovers on Wednesday, according to leaked screenshots obtained by Motherboard and two sources who took over accounts.

On Wednesday, a spike of high profile accounts including those of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Uber, and Apple tweeted cryptocurrency scams in an apparent hack.

Today’s Twitter Breach Reveals How It Is Often Used as Critical Infrastructure — Pixel Envy

https://pxlnv.com/linklog/twitter-critical-infrastructure/

Dark Web Price Index 2020. Check all 2020 Dark Web Prices

https://www.privacyaffairs.com/dark-web-price-index-2020/

You might be asking yourself, just how easy is it to obtain someone else’s personal information, documents, account details? We certainly were.

To see just how prevalent such items of personal data are being listed, and at what price, we sent our researchers on a data-gathering mission into the dark web.

U.K. to Ban Huawei From Its 5G Networks Amid China-U.S. Tensions - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-makes-u-turn-on-huawei-after-u-s-pressure-11594727179

British government gives cellular companies until 2027 to remove Chinese firm’s technology

Forbudt, slettet og fjernet: Dette skjer med TikTok

https://nrkbeta.no/2020/07/11/forbudt-slettet-og-fjernet-dette-skjer-med-tiktok/

A visual comparison of macOS Catalina and Big Sur - Andrew Denty

https://www.andrewdenty.com/blog/2020/07/01/a-visual-comparison-of-macos-catalina-and-big-sur.html

Så lett klarte BT å kjøre elsparke­sykkel på en annens regning

https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/K3dAjE/saa-lett-klarte-bt-aa-kjoere-elsparkesykkel-paa-en-annens-regning

Sikkerhetsbrist i Ryde-appen gjorde at folk kunne reise på andres regning og spore deres bevegelser. Datatilsynet skal undersøke saken

Studenter avslørte alvorlig sikkerhetsfeil i biblioteksystemet Bibliofil – NRK

https://www.nrk.no/kultur/studenter-avslorte-alvorlig-sikkerhetsfeil-i-biblioteksystemet-bibliofil-1.15076878

I april fant tre studenter ved NTNU et sikkerhetshull i Bibliofil. Utlånssystemet er i bruk ved 159 forskjellige bibliotek i Norge, og har registrert informasjon om 3,5 millioner lånere.

Siden januar 2019 har blant annet navn, adresse, telefonnummer og personnummer vært tilgjengelig med kun enkle tekniske grep.