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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
The Twitter attack may have been perpetrated by Joseph James Connor, a 21-year-old English SIM swapper linked to a group that hijacked @jack's account last year — Twitter was thrown into chaos on Wednesday after accounts for some of the world's most recognizable public figures …
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| @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:
| TechCrunch: |
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 … | Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Twitter says 130 accounts were affected in Wednesday's hack, and the attackers were able to gain control and send tweets from a small subset of those accounts — Social network investigating whether users' private data was compromised — More than a hundred high-profile Twitter accounts have been hacked …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it is halting production of its Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles, ahead of Series X launch — The Xbox One S will continue to be manufactured — Microsoft is officially halting production of its Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q2 revenue of $6.15B, up 24.9% YoY, and expects 2.5M net subscriber additions for Q3 vs analyst estimates of 5.27M; stock down 9%+ after hours — - Analysts counted Netflix among the safer bets during stay-at-home orders in the U.S. and the company showed substantial subscriber growth last quarter.
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| CNBC: |
Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO, appoints Chief Product Officer Greg Peters as COO — Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO
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| Bloomberg: |
Pegatron, the second-largest iPhone assembler, is setting up a local subsidiary in India, joining rivals Foxconn and Wistron — Apple Inc. assembly partner Pegatron Corp. is making preparations for its first plant in India, adding to a large influx of foreign tech investments in the country this year.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: US App Store's downloads have surpassed China's for the first time since 2014, seeing a 27.4% YoY growth compared to 2.1% YoY in China — The U.S. App Store's downloads have surpassed China's downloads for the first time since 2014, in a new milestone.
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| The Intercept: |
In a leaked bulletin from May, DHS indicated concern that the widespread use of masks could interfere with police facial recognition systems — While doctors and politicians still struggle to convince Americans to take the barest of precautions against Covid-19 by wearing a mask …
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Apple updates its Style Guide with more inclusive language, such as replacing blacklist/whitelist with deny list/allow list and master branch with main branch — Apple has joined an industry trend toward more inclusive language in its technical domain, replacing terms with racial overtones like a …
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Tweets: @twostraws, @pixel, @elektrojunge, @netnewswire, @b3ll, @s_m_i, @reneritchie, and @stshank. Thanks:@stshank
| Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
DHS' CISA issues its third ever emergency order, giving agencies 24 hours to patch or mitigate the “wormable” Windows DNS Server vulnerability — The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity division on Thursday ordered federal civilian agencies to apply a security fix …
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Department of Homeland …, Threatpost, SecurityWeek, SiliconANGLE, The Hill, and ZDNet. Tweets: @dnvolz
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
A purported 360-degree render of the rumored Samsung Galaxy Note 20 leaks — We've seen a lot of Samsung's Note 20 Ultra to date, but there haven't been any notable appearances of the smaller model. Today, a detailed 3D render of the Galaxy Note 20 has hit the web, giving us a clear look at this phone and what sets it apart.
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