HempBoosh

What? 😄 I guess I don't understand politics...

We should also keep in mind that from the phrasing of the law, it wouldn't necessairly require a full OS update. The thing is a lot of Android phones run fine even with older versions of the OS, so apart from security updates the impact itself might be indeed low.

Fun fact number 2: $268 million USD is only 1.49% of Alphabet's net profit in the first quarter of 2021. Imagine paying a fine which is 1.49% of your quarterly salary, not that bad.

downdetector , personal print screen

Summary
it seems to be the largest breach. 8,459,060,239 unique entries were leaked  (date base that has been stored for 12 years)  100GB TXT file was shared on one forum. 
 
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My thoughts
 This is so far the largest breach in history! Nearly all online population is affected. So we all need to check haveibeenpwned (when it will be updated)  .  
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/security/rockyou2021-alltime-largest-password-compilation-leaked/

When isn't it? (apart from when it's not working at all, of course...)

I'm coming to the conclusion that keeping your passwords somewhere in your notebook that is hidden in your drawer and changing them every week is the most secure way . I imagine next time posting news about LastPass, Windscribe or any other password managers breach and it seems really f****d up. For now I use password manager, but I think it's time to come back to the old school method 😬

I guess I just got mixed up. I'm very distracted today 🤕

100gb text file? Notepad is gonna need a decade to open that.

Another week in quarantine... Terrific, more time to play games!

Summary
Suspicious backdoors have been discovered in a Chinese-made Jetstream router, sold exclusively at Walmart as their new line of “affordable” wifi routers. This backdoor would allow an attacker the ability to remotely control not only the routers, but also any devices connected to that network. 
 
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My thoughts
You know the old saying "You get what you pay for", but this is a bit extreme. If I'm buying a cheap router then I expect it to perform decently. Now I'm finding out that they are potentially filled with backdoors? Feels like no matter how much research you do about tech, something bad still comes out later.
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/security/walmart-exclusive-routers-others-made-in-china-contain-backdoors-to-control-devices/

Summary
Suspicious backdoors have been discovered in a Chinese-made Jetstream router, sold exclusively at Walmart as their new line of “affordable” wifi routers. This backdoor would allow an attacker the ability to remotely control not only the routers, but also any devices connected to that network. 
 
Quotes
My thoughts
You know the old saying "You get what you pay for", but this is a bit extreme. If I'm buying a cheap router then I expect it to perform decently. Now I'm finding out that they are potentially filled with backdoors? Feels like no matter how much research you do about tech, something bad still comes out later.
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/security/walmart-exclusive-routers-others-made-in-china-contain-backdoors-to-control-devices/

Summary
Suspicious backdoors have been discovered in a Chinese-made Jetstream router, sold exclusively at Walmart as their new line of “affordable” wifi routers. This backdoor would allow an attacker the ability to remotely control not only the routers, but also any devices connected to that network. 
 
Quotes
My thoughts
You know the old saying "You get what you pay for", but this is a bit extreme. If I'm buying a cheap router then I expect it to perform decently. Now I'm finding out that they are potentially filled with backdoors? Feels like no matter how much research you do about tech, something bad still comes out later.
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/security/walmart-exclusive-routers-others-made-in-china-contain-backdoors-to-control-devices/

Summary
A group led by privacy activist Max Schrems on Monday filed complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities over Apple’s online tracking tool, alleging that it allows iPhones to store users’ data without their consent in breach of European law.
 
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My thoughts
Apple fans would always say how their products are more privacy respecting than Android, though I always found that hard to believe. And at this point I've grown to expect most digital products to collect some anonymized metrics about me. I suppose that's only a thing with American products as the EU seems to look at that more strictly. I guess that's why German and Spanish data protection authorities are involved.
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/news/privacy-activist-files-complaints-against-apples-tracking-tool/

Summary
A group led by privacy activist Max Schrems on Monday filed complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities over Apple’s online tracking tool, alleging that it allows iPhones to store users’ data without their consent in breach of European law.
 
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My thoughts
Apple fans would always say how their products are more privacy respecting than Android, though I always found that hard to believe. And at this point I've grown to expect most digital products to collect some anonymized metrics about me. I suppose that's only a thing with American products as the EU seems to look at that more strictly. I guess that's why German and Spanish data protection authorities are involved.
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/news/privacy-activist-files-complaints-against-apples-tracking-tool/

Summary
Intcomex has suffered a major data breach, with nearly 1 TB of its users’ data leaked. The leaked data includes credit cards, passport and license scans, personal data, payroll, financial documents, customer databases, employee information and more. 
 
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My thoughts
This is one of the bigger leaks I've seen this year, but I'm glad that the companies are being professional about this and addressing the issues. The amount of data leaked is also really bad, can't believe that credit card data is not secured properly. Oh, and of course the hacker was Russian 😆
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/security/miami-based-tech-company-suffers-massive-1tb-data-leak/

Summary
Intcomex has suffered a major data breach, with nearly 1 TB of its users’ data leaked. The leaked data includes credit cards, passport and license scans, personal data, payroll, financial documents, customer databases, employee information and more. 
 
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My thoughts
This is one of the bigger leaks I've seen this year, but I'm glad that the companies are being professional about this and addressing the issues. The amount of data leaked is also really bad, can't believe that credit card data is not secured properly. Oh, and of course the hacker was Russian 😆
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/security/miami-based-tech-company-suffers-massive-1tb-data-leak/

Summary
Intcomex has suffered a major data breach, with nearly 1 TB of its users’ data leaked. The leaked data includes credit cards, passport and license scans, personal data, payroll, financial documents, customer databases, employee information and more. 
 
Quotes
   
My thoughts
This is one of the bigger leaks I've seen this year, but I'm glad that the companies are being professional about this and addressing the issues. The amount of data leaked is also really bad, can't believe that credit card data is not secured properly. Oh, and of course the hacker was Russian 😆
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/security/miami-based-tech-company-suffers-massive-1tb-data-leak/

Summary
Intcomex has suffered a major data breach, with nearly 1 TB of its users’ data leaked. The leaked data includes credit cards, passport and license scans, personal data, payroll, financial documents, customer databases, employee information and more. 
 
Quotes
   
My thoughts
This is one of the bigger leaks I've seen this year, but I'm glad that the companies are being professional about this and addressing the issues. The amount of data leaked is also really bad, can't believe that credit card data is not secured properly. Oh, and of course the hacker was Russian 😆
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/security/miami-based-tech-company-suffers-massive-1tb-data-leak/

Finished DOOM recently, waiting for a sale on Doom Eternal now. Can't get enough of these songs.

Had this one favorited for a while, kind of forgot about it. Now I'm checking out their discography and it's pretty good.

Abroad In Japan
I like the host (Chris Broad), because his sarcasm knows no bound

Summary
The CyberNews research team discovered an unsecured data bucket that belongs to View Media, an online marketing company. The bucket contains close to 39 million US user records, including their full names, email and street addresses, phone numbers and ZIP codes.
On July 29, the exposed View Media bucket was closed by Amazon and is no longer accessible.
 
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My thoughts
This is a huge amount of personal data and it's frustrating that the company refused to comment or even notify users of this leak. It's really annoying that we have to suffer because some company decides it would be better to save face. We really need to hold these companies more accountable.
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/security/online-marketing-company-exposes-data-of-millions-americans/

Summary
The CyberNews research team discovered an unsecured data bucket that belongs to View Media, an online marketing company. The bucket contains close to 39 million US user records, including their full names, email and street addresses, phone numbers and ZIP codes.
On July 29, the exposed View Media bucket was closed by Amazon and is no longer accessible.
 
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My thoughts
This is a huge amount of personal data and it's frustrating that the company refused to comment or even notify users of this leak. It's really annoying that we have to suffer because some company decides it would be better to save face. We really need to hold these companies more accountable.
 
Sources
https://cybernews.com/security/online-marketing-company-exposes-data-of-millions-americans/

As if there wasn't already enough reasons to hate printers.