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Hackers pushing a crypto scam hijacked Twitter accounts for Bitcoin, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Ripple, Binance, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Apple, more — A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers who used the accounts …
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Tweets: @jack, @twittersupport, @twittersupport, @tylerwinklevoss, @winklevoss, @jack, @oneunderscore__, @ydklijnsma, @5blocks, @bullyesq, @selectedwisdom, @joshconstine, @jbarro, @teddyschleifer, @tomwarren, @kevinroose, @techcrunch, @jason_koebler, @strngwys, @thehackersnews, @mikaelthalen, @swiftonsecurity, @rjcc, @arrington, @duncan, @kaplanezra, @felixsalmon, @jsnell, and @kimdotcom
| @twittersupport: |
[Thread] Twitter says a “coordinated social engineering attack” against employees with access to internal systems and tools allowed hackers to hijack accounts — Our investigation is still ongoing but here's what we know so far:
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Sources share screenshots of an internal control panel they say Twitter workers use to interact with user accounts, which may have enabled account takeovers — After a wave of account takeovers, screenshots of an internal Twitter user administration tool are being shared in the hacking underground.
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CoinDesk, Ars Technica, The Verge, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, CNET, The Diff, Six Colors, Business Insider, BitcoinExchangeGuide, CryptoGlobe, Engadget, CNBC, Senator Josh Hawley, Finbold, Crypto Briefing, Security Boulevard, Bloomberg, The Daily Dot, SlashGear, SecurityWeek, ComputerWeekly.com, Android Authority, Lifehacker, MediaNama, Financial Times, Tech Xplore, TechSpot, and Neowin
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter unveils a new, fully rebuilt developer API with features like conversation threading, poll results in tweets, and pinned tweets, launching next week — Twitter is still recovering from the fallout of yesterday's sizable attack on high-profile accounts, but it's continuing to move forward … | Casey Newton / The Interface: |
Twitter hack has profound national security implications as it's no longer unthinkable that someone takes over an account of a world leader to start nuclear war — You can't say you didn't see it coming. — Whatever Twitter eventually comes to say about the events of July 15th, 2020 …
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Axios, SlashGear, Crypto Briefing, New York Times, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @eastdakota, @wongmjane, @reckless, @derekmross, @ritajking, @nickbona, and @dabeard
| Reuters: |
Sources: the FBI is leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter hack — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter hacking, two sources familiar with the situation said, after hackers seized control of accounts belonging to Joe Biden … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
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VICE, Cointelegraph, Engadget, and Reuters
Tweets: @derrick_snyder, @tempnbcnews, @kayvz, @comfortablysmug, and @kremlintrolls
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
EU's top court strikes down flagship EU-US data transfer mechanism Privacy Shield, in a ruling that could impact thousands of companies including Facebook — A highly anticipated ruling by Europe's top court has just landed — striking down a flagship EU-US data flows arrangement called Privacy Shield.
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noyb.eu, EU Policy Blog, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Fortune, Court of Justice of the European Union, CNBC, Washington Post, U.S. Department of Commerce, EAID, The Irish Times, Reuters, Reuters, Microsoft on the Issues, ZDNet, Politico, WIRED UK, EDRi, The Guardian, The Verge, RTÉ, UPI, newseu.cgtn.com, Engadget, EU Law Analysis, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @eucourtpress, @maxschrems, @maxschrems, @juliesbrill, @tconnellyrte, @kierenmccarthy, @stevepeers, @maxschrems, @marcrotenberg, @sophieintveld, @tconnellyrte, @wolfiechristl, @narcaware, @jason_kint, @paulbernaluk, @europaulb, @alanbeattie, @linnetelwin, @hadas_gold, @paultang, @webdevlaw, and @baldingsworld
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it will offer its game streaming service, currently called Project xCloud, for free to its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers in September — xCloud will get a new name and some bigger ambitions — Microsoft is planning to launch its game streaming service …
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Xbox Wire, VentureBeat, Laptop Mag, Android Authority, AppleInsider, Protocol, PCWorld, 9to5Google, Windows Experience Blog, CNET, Thurrott, Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, Windows Central, CNBC, CCN.com, GeekWire, OnMSFT.com, GamingBolt, SlashGear, Neowin, Pocketnow, WinBuzzer, Tom's Guide, KnowTechie, Wccftech, MCV/DEVELOP, Destructoid, USgamer.net, Gamasutra, Trusted Reviews, Twinfinite, Kotaku, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @tomwarren and @majornelson
| Wall Street Journal: |
US and UK say state-backed Russian hacking group APT 29 is responsible for ongoing cyberattacks against orgs involved in the development of coronavirus vaccines — Targets include universities, private companies and other organizations working on vaccine research and testing globally
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UK NCSC, Bloomberg, BBC, BBC, ZDNet, Financial Times, New York Times, BleepingComputer, us-cert.cisa.gov, CyberScoop, MIT Technology Review, UK Parliament, Axios, GOV.UK, The Guardian, DataBreaches.net, Dark Reading, HealthITSecurity, Reuters, infosecurity-magazine.com, Engadget, and CNBC
Tweets: @apolyakova, @tomgara, @tombossert, @dnvolz, and @rebeccaballhaus
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
T-Mobile announces ScamShield, a free service to block robocalls for all T-Mobile, Metro, and Sprint customers — T-Mobile announced Thursday it will offer ScamShield, a free scam-blocking service to all T-Mobile, Metro and Sprint customers. — Why it matters: Robocalls remain the scourge …
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T-Mobile, CNET, MacRumors, GeekWire, VentureBeat, Android Central, Engadget, Android Headlines, and Pocketables. Tweets: @inafried
| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Facebook adds screen sharing to Messenger video calls on its iOS and Android apps — The next time you're video chatting with a friend on your Facebook Messenger mobile app, you'll be able to quickly share your screen. Today, Facebook added screen sharing to Messenger video calls on its iOS and Android mobile apps.
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Messenger News, MacRumors, Android Police, 9to5Mac, CNET, Neowin, and iPhone Hacks
| Ryan McCarthy / ProPublica: |
Analysis shows voting misinfo flourishes on Facebook: about 50% of top 50 posts that mentioned voting by mail since April 1 were false or misleading — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook confirms it will launch Instagram Reels, its answer to TikTok, in the US, UK, Japan, Mexico, and ~50 other countries in the coming weeks — Instagram confirmed it's preparing to soon launch its TikTok competitor, known as Reels, in the U.S. The company expects to bring the new video feature …
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NBC News, The Verge, The Next Web, Associated Press, Adweek, KnowTechie, and The Media Nut
Tweets: @dylanbyers, @harry_jerry, @navalang, @caseynewton, @hshaban, @lululemew, @cjmordock, @jesselehrich, @stevemullis, and @joshsternberg
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's Area 120 launches Shoploop, a short-form video interactive shopping app — Google's latest experiment is a video shopping platform designed to introduce consumers to new products in under 90 seconds. The company today is launching Shoploop, a project from Google's internal R&D division …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches a new livestreaming option for influencers on its Amazon Live service, a home shopping network-style video feed on Amazon's retail site — Amazon is giving live streamers a new way to earn commissions on purchases of products showcased in their streams.
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AWS News Blog, Tubefilter, Amazon.com, Inc., Engadget, and Neowin
Tweets: @colin_sebastian, @sandeepssrin, and @tprstly
| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky tells employees that the company's IPO plans are back on track, despite the COVID-19 pandemic — After a financial hit from the pandemic, the San Francisco company said business was starting to return from its nose-dive. — SAN FRANCISCO — Airbnb has resumed …
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google debuts a major update to Gmail for G Suite, bringing integrations with Chat, Meet, Rooms, Docs, and more, coming first to G Suite's early adopter program — Google is launching a major update to its G Suite productivity tools today that will see a deep integration of Gmail, Chat …
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Google Cloud Blog, Axios, Laptop Mag, OnMSFT.com, ZDNet, TechRepublic, CNBC, and Fossbytes
| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Instagram is rolling out a redesigned shopping hub with collections, a carousel of brands, and curated selections from Instagram's own @Shop account — It'll be available globally “in the coming weeks.” — 7m ago … You might have noticed that Instagram has an area called ‘Shop.’ It's accessible …
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Instagram, The Verge, WWD, TechCrunch, Reuters, and Neowin
Tweets: @kantrowitz, @neednewshorts, and @wongmjane
| Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
EU launches a sweeping antitrust inquiry into how tech giants might be using voice assistants like Siri and Alexa to restrict access to data — - Vestager warns that voice assistants may offer less choice — Some 400 firms to be quizzed, EU to present results in 2021
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CNET, Reuters, Thurrott, EURACTIV.com, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, iMore, AppleInsider, Wccftech, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @brianroemmele and @realdanstoller
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
IBM's X-Force security team says it has obtained five hours of screen recordings from Iran-linked hacking group ITG18 that were uploaded to an exposed server — IBM's X-Force security team obtained five hours of APT35 hacking operations, showing exactly how the group steals data from email accounts—and who it's targeting.| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asian Review: |
TSMC confirms it has suspended processing new orders from Huawei to comply with US export regulations, will stop shipping wafers after September 14 — Chip titan says 5G demand will fuel growth despite US export ban and pandemic — TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Drover, a UK-based car subscription marketplace, raises £20.5M led by new investors Target Global, RTP Global, and Autotech Ventures — The future of transportation is in a moment of flux, and that continues to provide opportunities for startups to build solutions provide new ways … | Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Facebook says it is tying employee diversity and inclusion to bi-annual performance reviews for some executives at the VP level and higher — - Facebook is now factoring how well its executives do with diversity and inclusion within their organizations when it comes to their bi-annual performance reviews.Thanks:@sal19
| Eva Xiao / Wall Street Journal: |
At least three VPN providers are suspending their Hong Kong operations, citing concerns over China's new national security law — Companies that let internet users circumvent censorship and protect their privacy worry about new broad government powers — HONG KONG—At least three providers …
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| Elise Reuter / MedCity News: |
GoHealth, an online portal that lets users buy health insurance plans, closes at ~$19/share, after pricing at $21/share, raising $914M in its Nasdaq IPO — GoHealth, an online insurance broker focusing on Medicare Advantage plans, went public on Wednesday for $914 million.| Sophia Kunthara / Crunchbase News: |
Openpath, which provides mobile credentials and cloud-based software for contactless entry into workplaces, raises $36M Series C led by Greycroft — As employers start to form their COVID-19 return-to-work plans, security startup Openpath has landed $36 million in a Series C round of funding.
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