Trump administration wants to go on cyber offensive against China
The US has never attacked Chinese critical infrastructure before, right President-elect Donald Trump's team wants to go on the offensive against America's cyber adversaries, though it isn't clear how the incoming administration plans to achieve this.
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Think Ed Zitron's talking about the healthcare system in the Untied Snakes
He could be, but he isn't.
Is he critiquing end-stage capitalism
Sure sounds like it, but he's only focusing on one aspect of it: modern information technology.
It's the rotten heart at the core of our illusion of control in a world gone mad and blind to its madness.
Just to get through this surreal Monday. The internet connection went down while I was updating a server. I call support: "You need to open a ticket online." I go online, try to open a ticket: "Sorry, it only works from the main or backup line." I call support again: "Both the main and the 4G backup are down, so I can't proceed online." Operator: "I don't know what to do, our procedures don't account for this."
Fortunately, the second provider, also down (so I suspected a problem at the exchange) is more agile and smart. One click an automatic check starts without me saying or doing anything, I get a confirmation via SMS that they will send a technician to the exchange for a check because they can't reach it.
Needless to say, the first provider is a global giant, and the second is a smaller provider.
I'm more and more convinced about the choice of a smaller provider for FTTH when, hopefully soon, they'll activate it.
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Deloitte says cyberattack on Rhode Island benefits portal carries 'major security threat'
Personal and financial data probably stolen A cyberattack on a Deloitte-managed government system in Rhode Island carries a "high probability" of sensitive data theft, the state says.
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Europe signs off on 10.6B IRIS satellite broadband deal
Service promised by 2030 for bloc's take on Starlink A competitor for Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband constellation is on the way after Eurocrats signed the concession contract for the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS).
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Guide for the perplexed Google is no longer the best search engine
Seek and ye shall find Opinion Perplexity offers several advantages over Google as a search engine, making it a compelling alternative for many.
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The Register: Take a closer look at Nvidia's buy of Run.ai, European Commission told
Take a closer look at Nvidia's buy of Run.ai, European Commission told
Campaign groups, non-profit orgs urge action to prevent GPU maker tightening grip on AI industry A left-of-center think tank along with other non-profits are urging the European Commission to "fully investigate" Nvidia's purchase of workload management startup Run:ai amid worries its will help to tighten the GPU titan
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Germany cuts Threat Actors Access to over 30,000 Android Devices pre-loaded with BadBox Malware.
The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) announced that it had blocked communication between the infected Android IoT devices and the criminals command-and-control (C2) servers, to preventing further damage.
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$800 'AI' robot for kids bites the dust along with its maker
Moxie maker Embodied is going under, teaching important lessons about cloud services Comment The maker of Moxie, an "AI"-powered educational robot for kids, is going out of business and the $800 bots will die with it.
Surely today feels like the Monday-est Monday ever.
Ugh.
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The Register: Google Timeline location purge causes collateral damage
The sweet Raspberry taste of success masks a missed opportunity
Best way to demystify modern computing Brick it Opinion The Raspberry Pi is a moral hazard because it's been far too good to us. For the past 12 years, the Pi series has bombarded the world with extremely affordable, extremely useful computers designed purely to promote education, innovation and the democratization
In 2021, I sent an email saying that, given the situation, I would not be able to keep your machines running with the current infrastructure. You replied that the funds are allocated "for migration to a cloud-based solution," so the machines must be kept running as they are. I strongly suggest you reconsider: your connections are unstable and slow, it would be impossible to work (via Remote Desktop, Windows servers) in such conditions - from over 30 thin clients. You responded that the budget is now allocated for this, and that the consultant assured you everything would be perfect.
The migration will never happen after spending tens of thousands of euros due to "lack of connection quality."
I "forgive" you.
At the beginning of 2023, I wrote to you that there are two critical issues that will soon compromise the security and reliability of the machines. You replied that you are "working on the plan for migration to a centralized solution in one of your locations." I responded that the connectivity is inadequate, that that location has data center flooding issues (it should at least be moved to an upper floor), and that, in case of problems, all your 9 locations would be down because of it. Therefore, given the situation, it would be better to keep a server and a replica at each site, with offsite backups, ensuring they are current and consistent.
Minimal financial investment, maximum uptime.
You replied that "the defined path is now set, so we are proceeding with it" because a "consultant has guaranteed maximum reliability."
I withdrew, predicting disasters and for the same reason: they present themselves elegantly, with glossy catalogs and buzzwords they sure seem credible and modern!
Go ahead, its your money and your data.
This morning at 5:30, you woke up me because your location had electrical issues, and the other branches are facing external connectivity problems due to the (same) Internet provider (and the backup, which uses the same channels as the primary provider, unlike what the vendors had promised).
A downtime of at least 3 days is expected.
Everything is down. You want me to take the backups (made by others, I don't even know how), and restore the old servers in the branches (from 2015), as you believe it would be possible to resume work only this way as suggested by the "elegant consultant."
I replied that I wish you good luck and went back to sleep with a clear conscience.
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The Register: Coder wrote a bug so bad security guards wanted a word when he arrived at work
Hach ja, eine Cloud blind zu vertrauen ist allgemein, egal bei welchem Anbieter auch immer, zu vermeiden.
Cloud-Migration kommt (noch) nicht in die Gnge:
Unternehmen zgern bei der Cloud-Migration, schlielich hlt sie zahlreiche Herausforderungen und Stolperfallen bereit. Wer bereits Cloud-Projekte durchgefhrt hat, holt Applikationen nicht selten per Roll-back zurck.
Coder wrote a bug so bad security guards wanted a word when he arrived at work
Working for a startup is supposed to end with getting rich overnight, but not like this Who, Me Welcome once again to Who, Me The Register's Monday morning feature in which we share tales of technological messes your fellow readers made, and escaped, to give you hope in case you err during the coming week.
Highlight: Welche Herausforderungen sollten wir bis 2034 in der IT gelst haben
What you expect in an corner kitchen. No coffee(), tea bags for "inner peace" and of course urea foot cream.
Ingram Micro to 'stop doing business' with Broadcom, downgrade to 'limited engagement' on VMware
Giant distributor couldn't do a deal that delivered 'appropriate shareholder return' Exclusive Tech distribution behemoth Ingram Micro will stop doing business with Broadcom and its VMware range in many territories next year.
China's homebrew Bluetooth alternative is on the march as Beijing pushes universal remotes
Star Flash is said to include 5G tech and leave rival wireless protocols struggling in the crack of a sofa China's Electronics Video Industry Association last week signed off on a standard for a universal remote control a gadget Beijing thinks locals need because they're strugglin
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Infosys founder calls for 70-hour work week again claiming it creates jobs
Plus: China wants to end AI mashups of classic vids TSMC set to open Japan fab and more Asia In Brief Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has once again argued for Indian workers to spend 70 hours a week in paid employment.
Are your Prometheus servers and exporters secure Probably not
Plus: Netscaler brute force barrage BeyondTrust API key stolen and more Infosec in brief There's a problem of titanic proportions brewing for users of the Prometheus open source monitoring toolkit: hundreds of thousands of servers and exporters are exposed to the internet, creating significant security risks and
The Register: British Army zaps drones out of the sky with laser trucks
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