Rackspace rocked by ‘security incident’ that has taken out hosted Exchange services [Mon Dec 5 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 5 December 2022 ***************************************************************** Rackspace rocked by ‘security incident’ that has taken out hosted Exchange services Warns recovery could take several days and pledges better support after customer complaints ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Salesforce calls some workers back to the office amid slowing sales Months after CEO Benioff said return to office mandates don't work, a bunch told to come in three days a week, take half customer calls in-person * US commerce bosses view EU rules as threat to its clouds Rules haven't been decided yet but others are already kicking up a stink * Nutanix buyout may be on the cards with HPE sniffing around A GreenLake future could reportedly be more cloudy * Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams went down in APAC because Microsoft broke itself Legacy process overwhelmed infrastructure, brought ten hours of trouble On-Prem * Datacenter switching surged everywhere except Europe last quarter Economic headwinds, surging energy prices batter EMEA switch sales * US chip group: $52b is not enough, we need an extra $30b in federal funding We need more free money from the government say silicon salesfolks * Twitter tries to lure brands back with spend-matching scheme Spend $500k and we'll double your money, but please ignore the trolls * FCC gives SpaceX OK to launch 7.5k Gen2 Starlink satellites Subject to conditions: offer only valid if you can get Starship off the ground * AMD says transistor tech will keep Moore’s law alive for 6 to 8 years 'We're going to have lower power, but it's going to cost more' says chipmaker's CTO * IBM set to bump up storage prices outside the US in the new year Big Blue confirms DS8000 arrays, and various tape libraries and drives will all cost more * Intel offers Irish staff a three-month break from being paid Chipmaker confirms 'voluntary time-off programs' part of push to reduce costs * ‘Mother of Internet’ Radia Perlman argues for centralized infrastructure Inventor of the spanning tree protocol gets heretical about blockchain, crypto, and why the broken internet is a blessing in disguise * Creator of spec for melting RTX 4090 cables urges Nvidia, others to 'ensure user safety' Testing is your responsibility, not ours, says PCI-SIG * Huawei teases bonkers gadget combo A watch that flips open to reveal tiny earbuds: what could possibly go wrong? * Facebook approved 75% of ads threatening US election workers Not a good look for Meta's content moderation team Security * Rackspace rocked by ‘security incident’ that has taken out hosted Exchange services Warns recovery could take several days and pledges better support after customer complaints * US Air Force reveals B-21 Raider stealth bomber that'll fly the unfriendly skies 'Digital bomber' will bring 'peace through deterrence' * Medibank prognosis gets worse after more stolen data leaked Plus Australia launches an investigation into insurer's data privacy practices * FBI warns about Cuba, no, not that one — the ransomware gang Critical infrastructure attacks ramping up * Domain aging gang CashRewindo picks vintage sites to push malvertising Like fine wine, the longer it sits, the better it is * Mozilla, Microsoft drop TrustCor as root certificate authority 'There is no evidence to suggest that TrustCor violated conduct, policy, or procedure' says biz * Two signs in the comms cabinet said 'Do not unplug'. Guess what happened No amount of resilience planning can defeat determined idiots whose devices are low on battery Software * Microsoft hikes prices in India by up to eleven percent PLUS: Eight million more outsourced jobs for India; Australia warns on IoT shoe risks; Equinix enters Malaysia * OpenAI tweaks ChatGPT to avoid dangerous AI information Plus: DeepMind beats humans at Stratego * Google says Android runs better when covered in Rust Banishing memory safety bugs cuts critical vulnerabilities * Google frees nifty ML image-compression model... but it's for JPEG-XL Yep. The very same JPEG-XL that's just been axed from Chromium * Blockchain needs a reason to exist, Boris Johnson tells roomful of blockchain pros As for Twitter, politicians need to grow thick skins and stop mistaking it for advertisement * DoJ worries messaging apps could hide evidence of crime, corruption Record keeping rules might need a tweak to ensure content is preserved Offbeat * US ends case against Huawei CFO who holed up in Canada for three years Wanzhou Meng hasn't re-offended, so last possible charges have been dismissed * After lunar orbit trip NASA's Orion capsule is on its way back home Heat shield will be put to the test for the first time, what could go wrong? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2022 Situation Publishing. 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