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The Ukrainian authorities have confirmed the widely reported disruption and takedown of the Egregor ransomware operation, saying cyber specialists from the Ukrainian Security Service – Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrayiny, or SBU – conducted a “multi-level, large-scale special operation” alongside authorities from France and the US.
Up to...
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Josh Frydenberg, who as federal treasurer would have enormous discretion over the new legislation, has media ties of his own. In 2016, he was the best man at the wedding of Ryan Stokes, the son of Kerry Stokes, the billionaire owner of Seven West...
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Software developers who want to earn the most should be working in Munich, at least according to talent.io, the recruitment platform which has about 150,000 developers on its books.
Businesses using talent.io include Deliveroo, VW, TripAdvisor, TransferWise, American Express and Renault.
The company analysed more than...
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Sweden’s central bank, Riksbank, has extended a project to build an understanding of how a digital currency might work, including what technology might underpin it.
Riksbank’s project, which started in 2017, has been extended to February next year.
Accenture was hired last year to build a technology...
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Although the function of the chief information security officer’s (CISO’s) role has not fundamentally changed since the first recorded CISO was hired nearly 30 years ago, the advent of Covid-19 in 2020 caused a shift in their responsibilities and priorities, and brought a new emphasis on...
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With only a proportion of developers classified as key workers, the majority of programmers will have been forced to work remotely, often in solitude. Lack of face-to-face meetings can eat away at team morale and some team members may become withdrawn and more isolated.
The pressure...
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A dispute has broken out over the provenance of stolen data between US law firm Jones Day and the Cl0p ransomware gang after a number of the firm’s assets were leaked on the dark web.
In correspondence with the Wall Street Journal, the Cl0p gang claimed...
Source is New York Times
Our dependency on technology has concentrated wealth in America, making San Francisco home to the most billionaires per capita than any other city. Nearly all of them are white, cisgender men. The pay disparities that have long existed in Silicon Valley are growing, reproducing...
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In the pre-pandemic office, for example, you would run into co-workers and strike up impromptu conversations throughout the day — about your pets, your boss, whatever project you were in the middle of. Information would be disseminated, ideas exchanged, additional meetings scheduled. But on...
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OAKLAND, Calif. — When Jeff Barr, a prominent executive at Amazon’s cloud computing division and a prodigious corporate blogger, celebrated his 60th birthday last year, Corey Quinn had a surprise for him: a music video that mocked Amazon’s business.“Jeff, can you write me a...
