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A hacker leaked the entirety of Twitch’s source code alongside a 128GB trove of data that included creator payouts going back to 2019, proprietary SDKs and internal AWS services used by Twitch, as well as all of the company’s internal cybersecurity red teaming tools. While much of the press attention initially focused on the eye-popping revenues brought in by certain Twitch streamers, concern over the privacy and security of all Twitch streamers began to grow later in the day....

In a tweet (that thankfully wasn’t 10,000 characters long), Twitter Write said: “We’re making improvements to the writing and reading experience on Twitter! Starting today, Twitter now supports Tweets up to 10,000 characters in length, with bold and italic text formatting. Sign up for Twitter Blue to access these new features, and apply to enable Subscriptions on your account to earn income directly on Twitter. Tap on ‘Monetization’ in settings to apply today....

The feature will only be available to a small group of English-language users on iOS, Android and Twitter.com, the company explained in a blog post on Wednesday. Users will also be blocked if they are sending “repetitive and uninvited replies or mentions,” according to Twitter senior product manager Jarrod Doherty. “When the feature is turned on in your Settings, our systems will assess the likelihood of a negative engagement by considering both the Tweet’s content and the relationship between the Tweet author and replier,” Doherty said....

The option will appear to users after clicking on the button to report a tweet. “We’re assessing if this is an effective approach so we’re starting small,” Twitter’s safety account said. “We may not take action on and cannot respond to each report in the experiment, but your input will help us identify trends so that we can improve the speed and scale of our broader misinformation work.” In February, Twitter was joined by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Redbubble, and TikTok in signing up to the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation....

O’Connor was charged in the US District Court for the Northern District of California with three counts of conspiracy to intentionally access a computer without authorization and obtaining information from a protected computer, along with six other counts. O’Connor is also facing charges for cyberstalking a juvenile victim and for his involvement in an effort to take over TikTok and Snapchat user accounts. According to a lengthy report released by the New York State Department of Financial Services in October, O’Connor and at least three others pretended to work for Twitter’s Information Technology department in July 2020....

In a March 28 release, the SBU said that the bot farms had an overall capacity of at least 100,000 accounts spreading misinformation and fake news surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which started on February 24 and has now lasted over a month. According to the security service, the bot farms have “tried to inspire panic among Ukrainian citizens and destabilize the socio-political situation in various regions.” The SBU has accused Russia of operating the farms for conducting “large-scale information sabotage....

Global internet access tracker NetBlocks shared data showing widespread internet outages across Mariupol, Sumy, and other regions of the country following an increase in bombing campaigns and rocket fire launched by Russian units. “Mariupol and Sumy are the main outage incidents we’re tracking today. Overall, at national level, observable connectivity is down some 20% compared to ordinary levels prior to the onset of conflict,” Alp Toker, director of NetBlocks, told ZDNet....

In a statement, Ukraine’s Cyber Police Department and the Kyiv-based Pechersk Police Department said the criminal group created and promoted roughly 400 phishing links to send to the county’s citizens. The links sent victims to malicious, fraudulent websites packaged up as European Union resource pages. SEE: Google: Half of zero-day exploits linked to poor software fixes The phishing group decided their scam would be disguised as an EU social security payments scheme that could be claimed by beleaguered Ukrainian residents who need financial help – but, of course, they had to first provide their bank card details....

Eugene Krupnov, developer of the popular Mac application Unclutter, found himself answering his eight-year-old daughter with a bit of pop-culture gallows humor. “Not today, we joked, quoting Arya from Game of Thrones.” On February 24, Krupnov and his family evacuated from Kyiv. “As we were fleeing the city, we heard how the shelling escalated, we saw unthinkable traffic across the highways and endless lines at every gas station. It was night time....

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has called for a federal response to insurance for “catastrophic” cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. A functioning insurance markets is essential for businesses, consumers and, as GAO highlights, for critical infrastructure operators. The GAO, which audits the trillions of dollars the US government spends each year, warns that private insurers and the US government’s official terrorism risk insurance – the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP) – may not be able to cover catastrophic financial loss arising from cyberattacks....

The metaverse is a hot topic in blockchain right now, but there are few examples to combine a VR metaverse with blockchain technology and NFTs. Miami-based technology and video game studio Aexlab had launched its first NFT series as it looks to ‘plant its flag’ in the blockchain ecosystem. The company which develops virtual reality (VR) experiences and applications from the ground-up has raised over S1M from its crowdfunding campaign on the Start Engine....

ZDI, a brand owned by security firm Trend Micro, is making the move because of what says is a “disturbing” decrease in patch quality and a rise in vague communications about patches. The impact on enterprises is that they can’t accurately estimate the risk to their systems and they’re wasting money on applying incomplete patches that are re-released down the track and need re-applying a second time around. ZDI’s standard disclosure timeline gives software vendors 120 days to release a patch, but it’s now introducing shorter timelines for “failed patches” that it will be monitoring....

If you’re in need of one but your budget is tight, Walmart’s New Rollbacks and More sale includes a compact 27" Acer KW272U monitor for only $114, 58% off the usual $272 retail price, or a saving of $158. The Acer KW272U is a 27" display offering a WQHD (2560x1440) resolution with a 75Hz refresh rate and 16:9 aspect ratio. Suitable for a small desk or corner setup, this IPS monitor also comes with AMD FreeSync and a number of ports....

If you are considering getting a new credit card, an unsecured credit card could very well be the card for you. With an unsecured credit card, you can have the ability to pay for your purchases later either in full or in installments pre-assigned by your credit card issuer. These cards can bear the Visa or Mastercard logo, giving you greater spending power. Good or excellent credit: Unsecured credit cards rely upon your credit score in order to receive approval, so it is usually important to hold a good or excellent credit score....

Each mobile network generation consolidates the use cases offered by the preceding one and introduces new capabilities, on a roughly 10-year cycle. So 2G (1990) introduced digital voice calls and text messaging (SMS); 3G (2000) added mobile web browsing on smartphones; 4G (2010) brought faster data speeds, enabling mobile video; and 5G (2020) is bringing even faster mobile broadband with lower latency, enabling use cases such as the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), digital twins, autonomous vehicles, smart homes, buildings, cities and farms, and remote healthcare....

Today, writing is the largest part of my workflow, but I expect to go back to much more audio production as I roll out the novel I’ve been working on for the last 5 years. I’m ready for that. Office kit Power. My office has 3 battery backup units, and for the last year or so none of them has worked. I don’t need them. Optical. LG Electronics 6X Blu Ray Writer M-Disc support put this over the top for me....

Update: Windows Server IoT 2022 also is generally available today. (Did I know Server IoT was a thing? Maybe?)

The media just has to treat it like such an event. Will there be one more camera? Will there be one more thing? Will there be one more dad joke? What goes through the collective minds of the Android world? Scoffing, certainly. An enthusiasm for pointing out where Apple might be seen as having stolen ideas from Samsung, too. Ultimately, though, Android manufacturers mostly wait for it all to be over and worry whether it’ll affect their sales – and by how much....

Krishna, who’s only a few years older than Whitehurst, was named IBM’s CEO in January 2020. Clearly, there was no easy route forward for Whitehurst. It was assumed, however, that Krishna would only be an interim CEO. That soon proved not to be the case. Why then did Whitehurst stick around as long as he did? Simple. He wanted to oversee the IBM-Red Hat merger until he felt it was as good as it was going to get....

I wish I did, but I don’t. Instagram hasn’t done one blessed thing to fix my hacked account. Six weeks into this, and neither Instagram tech support – if there even is such a department – nor public relations have said a word to me. The more I look, the more it seems Instagram seldom, if ever, helps its users. While this is really annoying, it’s not a big deal for me....