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Users apparently at fault after reusing credentials the company didn't check were already compromised

23andMe users' godawful password practices were supposedly to blame for the biotech company's October data disaster, according to its legal reps.…

No 2FA or special characters to prevent database takeover and BGP hijack

A weak password exposed by infostealer malware is being blamed after a massive outage at Orange Spain disrupted around half of its network's traffic.…

Headline-grabbing takedowns are nice, but long-term solutions require short-term sacrifices

Comment  In some ways, the ransomware landscape in 2023 remained unchanged from the way it looked in previous years. Vendor reports continue to show a rise in attacks, major organizations are still getting hit, and the inherent issues that enable it as a business model remain unaddressed.…

Also: Remember that balloon over the US last February? It might have used a US internet provider

Four Chinese balloons have reportedly floated over the Taiwan Strait, three of them crossing over the island's land mass and near its Ching-Chuan-Kang air base before disappearing, according to the Taiwan's defense ministry.…