Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: A threat actor hacked the Internet Archive and stole a user authentication database with 31M unique records; a DDoS attack took the site offline on October 9  —  Internet Archive’s “The Wayback Machine” has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Indian insurance firm Star Health says it suffered a “malicious cyberattack”, about two weeks after hackers put 31M customers’ alleged personal data on Telegram  —  Star Health and Allied Insurance, one of the largest health insurance firms in India, has confirmed it was the target of a … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Grabango, which provided cashierless checkout tech and raised just over $73M, shuts down after failing to secure enough funding to continue its services  —  Grabango, a venture-backed startup that was vying to take on Amazon in cashierless checkout technology, is shutting down after it was unable to raise enough money to stay afloat. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natalie Alms / Nextgov/FCW: The US GSA says Login.gov is opening up its face recognition capabilities, which compare a live selfie with the photo on a photo ID, to government agencies  —  Agencies using the government-created service will have the option to incorporate new face-matching capabilities or stick with existing offerings. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Florida-based data broker National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admitting an August 2024 leak of SSNs may impact “hundreds of millions” of people  —  In court documents, National Public Data concedes the breach may impact ‘hundreds of millions’ of people and that state prosecutors across … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: A threat actor hacked the Internet Archive and stole a user authentication database with 31M unique records; a DDoS attack took the site offline on Wednesday  —  Internet Archive’s “The Wayback Machine” has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Umar Shakir / The Verge: Some Threads and Instagram users say their accounts are being deleted or restricted due to moderation failures; Adam Mosseri says he’s “looking into it”  —  On Threads, the topic of “Threads Moderation Failures” is trending.  Some users complain their accounts are being deleted … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cory Weinberg / The Information: Docs: OpenAI’s projections suggest it won’t turn a profit until 2029, when its revenue would hit $100B; losses could hit $14B in 2026, nearly 3x its 2024 losses  —  OpenAI’s newest investors have signed up for a bumpy and expensive ride.  The company’s projections suggest it won’t turn a profit until 2029 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Zoom plans to launch a feature in 2025 that lets users create an AI-animated, photorealistic avatar with a head and arms from a video they record of themselves  —  Zoom wants to turn you into an AI-animated, photorealistic avatar — but not until sometime next year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post: Russia’s Roskomnadzor bans Discord, drawing ire from the Russian military, which has extensively used the app to coordinate units on the battlefield in Ukraine  —  The ban has also renewed a wider debate about how Russia’s bureaucratic machine keeps frustrating the military effort. Lees verder op Tech Meme