The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo made fun of the rulers of Iran with a caricature competition. In return, it was hacked. Some of the cartoons at Charlie Hebdo (Image: Screenshot) Iran is behind a cyber attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which customer data on around 230,000 subscribers was stolen and then offered … Continue reading Charlie Hebdo subscription database hacked: Microsoft blames Iran
Slava Banik is one of the most important men in the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation. He wants life in Russia to be “really uncomfortable”. He explains to us how Ukrainian hackers work - and how the "civilian secret service" works. Their attacks hit Russia far behind the front line, their attacks are aimed directly at the … Continue reading How Ukraine intends to win the first cyber war
The Italian cyber security authority ACN warns of a current ransomware attack affecting thousands of servers worldwide. Thousands of servers around the world have been the target of a ransomware cyber attack. The Italian cyber security agency ACN reported this on Sunday this week and warned that organizations should take measures to protect their systems. What exactly … Continue reading Italy’s cyber security authority warns of a worldwide ransomware attack
Elon Musk wants tweet creators to earn money from advertising in the replies. However, an active Twitter Blue subscription is required. Elon Musk also wants to show advertising in the replies to tweets in the future, instead of just in the timeline. This could be financially worthwhile for the authors of the tweet, as Bloomberg reports with … Continue reading Twitter: Musk promises tweet creators a share of advertising revenue
Since this Sunday, the EU and the G7 have again intervened in the world market with new punitive measures against Russia. The aim is to slow down Russia's war machine. Oil products from Russia may no longer be imported into the European Union from this Sunday. The import restriction is based on a sanctions regulation passed by … Continue reading Energy market: New oil sanctions against Russia apply
Bill Gates seems to be back in the halls of Microsoft... Bill Gates claims to devote “10%” of his time to discussing Artificial Intelligence with Microsoft teams He explains on the sidelines of a Forbes interview that AI has the same potential as PCs and the internet in Microsoft's history. The firm, in which he … Continue reading Bill Gates says ChatGPT “is as important as the PC and the Internet”
Apple's financial results for the last quarter of 2022 are worse than expected, with revenue down 5% year-over-year. The fault of the iPhone 14 Pro, not found until January. Usually, the publication of Apple's financial results in the first quarter of a new year is accompanied by the mention "all-time high". The Californian brand, impervious to crises, stacks the … Continue reading The Christmas iPhone shortage cost Apple $6 billion
There are only about two handfuls of systems in the Milky Way that end up in a so-called kilonova comparatively soon. Now the first has been discovered. Artist's rendering of the two stars (Image: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J.da Silva/Spaceengine/M.Zamani) A research team from the United States has discovered an extremely rare binary star system - they say there should only … Continue reading One in 10 billion: Extremely rare star system is “close” to kilonova
Groups of Russian hacktivists attacked government and hospital sites in Germany. The impacts are minimal, but the country faces a sharp increase in Russian cyberattacks. Russian hacktivists are seeing red. Germany declared on January 24, 2023, that it would send modern Leopard-2 tanks to Ukraine. Allies with this model could provide tanks to the attacked country. The next day, vengeful hackers decided … Continue reading Russian hackers go after Germany for sending Leopard tanks
In Nigeria, Bitcoin trades at the equivalent of around $37,000. While this represents a premium of almost 38% compared to its "official" price, let's try to understand how this is possible. Bitcoin at $37,000 in Nigeria While for most cryptocurrency investors, Bitcoin (BTC) is currently hovering around $23,100, the situation is quite different in Nigeria. And for … Continue reading Why is Bitcoin (BTC) trading at $37,000 in Nigeria?
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