TVwazhere

Would you like Option A or Option B?
 

Oof. At least they encrypted it, I guess?
 
Also looks like - for the birth dates at least - the encrypted data wasn't salted. The dataset has birth dates in an encrypted state. It includes a separate file (rainbow table) for birthdays which just includes every possible birth date combination and its encrypted value. It's possible to compare the encrypted value from the dataset to the table of birth dates to get the true value.

 
I'm actually surprised that birth dates were encrypted at all.
 
2021 was when an attempt was made to sell data stolen from AT&T. Apparently this data has been confirmed by AT&T to be from 2019 and include data on current and former customers from 2019 and prior.
 
If it was 2019 then the attacker would have generated every possible birth date combination since 1900 (1900 - 2019 = 119 years).
I wonder if that is also the same for the SSNs, since that also includes a separate table for decrypting the values. If SSNs weren't salted and they had the encryption key they could have just generated a table of every possible social security number and their encrypted value.

Summary
-This is Not an April Fools Joke-
 
AT&T, one of the Big Three Cellular Network providers as well as internet to millions of Americans, announced that a dark web database was released containing 7.3M active AT&T users and 65M inactive users. Most concerning is the leak of Social Security numbers and dates of birth. 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
First AT&T had the major service outage, and now a massive breach of personal data. While the data is speculated to be from 2021, it is unknown how far back the data extends, so customers who switched form AT&T back in 2018 (Hi, hello, its me) could still be affected. Admittedly I was part of a family plan so my SSN should be safe(r).
 
As a reminder, using both a 2FA app like Google Authenticator as well as a Password manager are some of the best ways you can protect yourself in the digital world we now live in, which feels almost inevitable that our data will be at some point compromised. 
 
Sources
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/att-data-breach-leaked-millions-customers-information-online-108697485
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/30/tech/att-data-leak/index.html
https://gizmodo.com/att-data-breach-hack-73-million-current-old-customers-1851378110

Who are we to tell dogs that they're incorrectly using their bed?

Body and head fully in donut shape? Correct.
Rest only the head on the edge? Correct?
Laying right next to it barely touching it? Also correct.

Summary
-This is Not an April Fools Joke-
 
AT&T, one of the Big Three Cellular Network providers as well as internet to millions of Americans, announced that a dark web database was released containing 7.3M active AT&T users and 65M inactive users. Most concerning is the leak of Social Security numbers and dates of birth. 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
First AT&T had the major service outage, and now a massive breach of personal data. While the data is speculated to be from 2021, it is unknown how far back the data extends, so customers who switched form AT&T back in 2018 (Hi, hello, its me) could still be affected. Admittedly I was part of a family plan so my SSN should be safe(r).
 
As a reminder, using both a 2FA app like Google Authenticator as well as a Password manager are some of the best ways you can protect yourself in the digital world we now live in, which feels almost inevitable that our data will be at some point compromised. 
 
Sources
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/att-data-breach-leaked-millions-customers-information-online-108697485
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/30/tech/att-data-leak/index.html
https://gizmodo.com/att-data-breach-hack-73-million-current-old-customers-1851378110

Who are we to tell dogs that they're incorrectly using their bed?

Body and head fully in donut shape? Correct.
Rest only the head on the edge? Correct?
Laying right next to it barely touching it? Also correct.

Summary
-This is Not an April Fools Joke-
 
AT&T, one of the Big Three Cellular Network providers as well as internet to millions of Americans, announced that a dark web database was released containing 7.3M active AT&T users and 65M inactive users. Most concerning is the leak of Social Security numbers and dates of birth. 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
First AT&T had the major service outage, and now a massive breach of personal data. While the data is speculated to be from 2021, it is unknown how far back the data extends, so customers who switched form AT&T back in 2018 (Hi, hello, its me) could still be affected. Admittedly I was part of a family plan so my SSN should be safe(r).
 
As a reminder, using both a 2FA app like Google Authenticator as well as a Password manager are some of the best ways you can protect yourself in the digital world we now live in, which feels almost inevitable that our data will be at some point compromised. 
 
Sources
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/att-data-breach-leaked-millions-customers-information-online-108697485
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/30/tech/att-data-leak/index.html
https://gizmodo.com/att-data-breach-hack-73-million-current-old-customers-1851378110

Me too dude

Summary
-This is Not an April Fools Joke-
 
AT&T, one of the Big Three Cellular Network providers as well as internet to millions of Americans, announced that a dark web database was released containing 7.3M active AT&T users and 65M inactive users. Most concerning is the leak of Social Security numbers and dates of birth. 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
First AT&T had the major service outage, and now a massive breach of personal data. While the data is speculated to be from 2021, it is unknown how far back the data extends, so customers who switched form AT&T back in 2018 (Hi, hello, its me) could still be affected. Admittedly I was part of a family plan so my SSN should be safe(r).
 
As a reminder, using both a 2FA app like Google Authenticator as well as a Password manager are some of the best ways you can protect yourself in the digital world we now live in, which feels almost inevitable that our data will be at some point compromised. 
 
Sources
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/att-data-breach-leaked-millions-customers-information-online-108697485
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/30/tech/att-data-leak/index.html
https://gizmodo.com/att-data-breach-hack-73-million-current-old-customers-1851378110

Summary
-This is Not an April Fools Joke-
 
AT&T, one of the Big Three Cellular Network providers as well as internet to millions of Americans, announced that a dark web database was released containing 7.3M active AT&T users and 65M inactive users. Most concerning is the leak of Social Security numbers and dates of birth. 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
First AT&T had the major service outage, and now a massive breach of personal data. While the data is speculated to be from 2021, it is unknown how far back the data extends, so customers who switched form AT&T back in 2018 (Hi, hello, its me) could still be affected. Admittedly I was part of a family plan so my SSN should be safe(r).
 
As a reminder, using both a 2FA app like Google Authenticator as well as a Password manager are some of the best ways you can protect yourself in the digital world we now live in, which feels almost inevitable that our data will be at some point compromised. 
 
Sources
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/att-data-breach-leaked-millions-customers-information-online-108697485
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/30/tech/att-data-leak/index.html
https://gizmodo.com/att-data-breach-hack-73-million-current-old-customers-1851378110

Summary
-This is Not an April Fools Joke-
 
AT&T, one of the Big Three Cellular Network providers as well as internet to millions of Americans, announced that a dark web database was released containing 7.3M active AT&T users and 65M inactive users. Most concerning is the leak of Social Security numbers and dates of birth. 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
First AT&T had the major service outage, and now a massive breach of personal data. While the data is speculated to be from 2021, it is unknown how far back the data extends, so customers who switched form AT&T back in 2018 (Hi, hello, its me) could still be affected. Admittedly I was part of a family plan so my SSN should be safe(r).
 
As a reminder, using both a 2FA app like Google Authenticator as well as a Password manager are some of the best ways you can protect yourself in the digital world we now live in, which feels almost inevitable that our data will be at some point compromised. 
 
Sources
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/att-data-breach-leaked-millions-customers-information-online-108697485
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/30/tech/att-data-leak/index.html
https://gizmodo.com/att-data-breach-hack-73-million-current-old-customers-1851378110

Summary
-This is Not an April Fools Joke-
 
AT&T, one of the Big Three Cellular Network providers as well as internet to millions of Americans, announced that a dark web database was released containing 7.3M active AT&T users and 65M inactive users. Most concerning is the leak of Social Security numbers and dates of birth. 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
First AT&T had the major service outage, and now a massive breach of personal data. While the data is speculated to be from 2021, it is unknown how far back the data extends, so customers who switched form AT&T back in 2018 (Hi, hello, its me) could still be affected. Admittedly I was part of a family plan so my SSN should be safe(r).
 
As a reminder, using both a 2FA app like Google Authenticator as well as a Password manager are some of the best ways you can protect yourself in the digital world we now live in, which feels almost inevitable that our data will be at some point compromised. 
 
Sources
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/att-data-breach-leaked-millions-customers-information-online-108697485
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/30/tech/att-data-leak/index.html
https://gizmodo.com/att-data-breach-hack-73-million-current-old-customers-1851378110

Willie has gone from ~20lbs to 75 in three months, but I still cannot resist holding him.


The next photos are from late January.


Here he is right after I got him, early Jan.

F L O O F S

It took a while, but my F@H box is finally operational again!
 
Tally of stuff i had to replace:
- CPU (7742 died, currently back using the 7552)
- Motherboard (asrock ROMED8-2T to replace the Supermicro H11SSL-i)
- RAM (128GB DDR4 3200 to replace 256GB DDR4 3200 that died)
- Lots of new fittings
- Lots of new tube
- New 4070Ti waterblock (managed to save 1, the other is dead)
- New radiator since the old one was impossible to clean
Final cost, well over 1800 euros!
 
If anything, i think i learned my lesson using loop cleaning fluids. I'm still waiting on delivery of the second 4070Ti waterblock which is why only 2 GPUs are in the picture now.
 
 
 

I didn't want to know 😭

So... I used 9,640kWh electricity last year... Damn
 
At 0.32GBP/kWh that's... A lot 

My cousins puppies. I finally got to meet them today! 

MegaPro is the OEM of the screw driver. 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VJY1EC
 
However neither Megapro nor the LTT use any kind of fluid lubrication, as you can see in this torture test / destruction disassembly
So adding fluid to the screw driver is unnecessary for operation and probably not recommended

Yeah, I was away from home for a week so of course that's when a UPS died in my rack because hardware always knows when I'm gone.
 
Back up as of yesterday, almost all services restored.

... I'll confess, I didn't look that far ahead ^^'
If they're daisyable then yes it will save slots, don't put more than 3 on a single chain.

GPU is supposed/designed to work at 100%;, unless it overheats it won't affect its lifespan

As they arent the most commonly bought parts and so the "tax" they come with is based on consumer demand and cost to make the parts. Less bulk production means more money to make them and therefore more expensive to buy for end consumers

I am very happy, I have hit the top 10.  I don't know as I will keep it for long or ever again, but I have made it at least once.
 

I thought the Aorus x570 Master had lost half of it's SATA Ports as the RAID 10 Array failed. Turns out that 2 drives in the RAID 10 had failed silently with Storage Spaces NOT throwing any Errors. Oh Joy. Thank Goodness for Backups!
 
Picked up:
Asus ProArt x670e Wifi Ryzen 9 7950x Corsair SF750W Titanium PS MSI Ventus 2x RTX 4070 Ti Super (Folding) 4 x Kingston Fury 32GB DDR5-5600 (Running at JEDEC 3600 until I can get the RAM Tuned) 2 x 8TB Seagate IronWolf NAS Drives 2 x 140mm BeQuiet! Silent Wings Pro 4 PWM (Front Intake) 1 x 120mm BeQuiet! Silent Wings Pro 4 PWM (Rear Exhaust) 2 x 120mm BeQuiet! Silent Wings HS PWM (Bottom Intake) Reused:
Lin-Li O11 Air Mini 2 x Samsung 980 Pro 512GB PCIe3 NVMe (OS) EVGA 240mm CLC FirePro W4100 (Display Out) Installed FANControl to manage Cooling. Connected EVGA 120mm AIO Fans to CPU Fan Header and AIO to Pump Header in DC Mode.
 
Created Curves:
75% Flat for AIO Pump CPU for AIO Fans, Top Front Intake GPU for Front Bottom and Bottom Front and Bottom Rear Intakes using Sensor from Folding GPU GPU and CPU "Max" Curve for the Rear Exhaust Fan The Gigabyte x570 Master, 5950x and 128GB DDR4-3200 and 650W Corsair PS will be spares for my Folding Rigs