Day: December 14, 2020

Spotify resets passwords after a security bug exposed users’ private account information – for 6 months

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Spotify said it has reset an undisclosed number of user passwords after blaming a software vulnerability in its systems for exposing private account information to its business partners. In a data breach notification filed with the California attorney general’s office, the music streaming giant said the data exposed “may have included email address, your preferred Read more about Spotify resets passwords after a security bug exposed users’ private account information – for 6 months[…]

‘Save Europe from Software Patents’, Urges Nonprofit FFII – DE is trying for 3rd time using underhanded sneaky tactics

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Long-time Slashdot reader zoobab shares this update about the long-standing Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, a Munich-based non-profit opposing ratification of a “Unified Patent Court” by Germany: The FFII is crowdfunding a constitutional complaint in Germany against the third attempt to impose software patents in Europe, calling on all software companies, independent software developers Read more about ‘Save Europe from Software Patents’, Urges Nonprofit FFII – DE is trying for 3rd time using underhanded sneaky tactics[…]

Russia Breached Update Server Used by 300,000 Organizations, Including the NSA

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Sunday Reuters reported that “a sophisticated hacking group” backed by “a foreign government” has stolen information from America’s Treasury Department, and also from “a U.S. agency responsible for deciding policy around the internet and telecommunications.” The Washington Post has since attributed the breach to “Russian government hackers,” and discovered it’s “part of a global espionage Read more about Russia Breached Update Server Used by 300,000 Organizations, Including the NSA[…]

World+dog share in collective panic attack as Google slides off the face of the internet

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Google services such as YouTube and Gmail started the week with an almighty bang as the Chocolate Factory’s cloud came crashing to the ground. Despite an insistence from the company’s various health dashboards that all was fine and dandy, it most definitely was not. Those seeking distraction in video form were treated to YouTube’s “Something Read more about World+dog share in collective panic attack as Google slides off the face of the internet[…]