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Twitter says it looks like ~130 accounts were affected in Wednesday's hack, and the attackers gained control of and sent tweets from a subset of those accounts — - “We believe approximately 130 accounts were targeted by the attackers in some way as part of the incident," Twitter said Thursday.| 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:
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| New York Times: |
Personal assistant arrested in the NYC killing of Fahim Saleh, founder of prank call app PrankDial and motorcycle ride-sharing apps in Bangladesh and Nigeria — Mr. Saleh, 33, was found dismembered and decapitated inside his Manhattan apartment. — The former personal assistant …
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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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| 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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Tweets: @amitmalviya, @economictimes, @c_aashish, @chaonmh, and @rmantri
| Dara Khosrowshahi / Uber Newsroom: |
Uber wants to become “actively anti-racist” by doubling Black leadership by 2025, tying exec compensation to diversity metrics, and supporting Black-owned SMBs — With a resurgence of cases, it can feel that our collective attention has moved back to the COVID-19 pandemic and away …
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Tweets: @saraashleyo, @tonywest, @uber, @nikolenka, and @dkhos
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC unanimously approves rules that let carriers block calls from “bad-actor” phone companies that profit from robocalls — Safe harbor lets phone companies block all calls from “bad-actor” telecoms. — “Bad-actor” phone companies that profit from robocalls could be blocked … | Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
US District Judge says WhatsApp's malware case against NSO Group can move forward, rejecting NSO's claim that it qualified for foreign official immunity — WhatsApp and its parent Facebook Inc. can press ahead with a lawsuit accusing Israeli spyware maker NSO Group of creating accounts …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Global Alliance for Responsible Media, an industry body of ad companies including Google and Facebook, agrees to evaluate mutual definition of hate speech — The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), an industry body consisting of the world's biggest advertising companies …
Tweets: @ajb_sf and @sarafischer
| 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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| 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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| 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 — - 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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