Hyundai and Kia issue software upgrades to thwart killer TikTok car theft hack [Thu Feb 16 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 16 February 2023 ***************************************************************** Hyundai and Kia issue software upgrades to thwart killer TikTok car theft hack Gone in 60 seconds using a USB-A plug and brute force instead of a key ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * DigitalOcean waves goodbye to 11 percent of staff The layoffs will continue until morale improves * Oracle NetSuite datacenter plunges offline for a day, customers warned of data loss Anything could happen in a half hour * Salesforce woes continue as Twitter slashes spending with SaaS supermonster Performance improvement plans and prompt exit packages in the offing On-Prem * Uncle Sam backs right-to-repair battle against Big Ag's John Deere Doh, a Deere, I fear no Deere * Musk says he ain't going anywhere as Twitter CEO until at least late 2023 Ignoring poll results is the new craze for some. At least that's daily entertainment guaranteed now * Intel Sapphire Rapids workstation chips tout up to 56 cores, unlocked SKUs Oh look, this x86 giant can ship more than just bugs, pink slips, and shareholder dividends * Legacy comms outfit Avaya returns to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in * ASML says Chinese employee stole data as US sanctions bite CEO hits out against export restrictions, saying they will hold back semi world * Lufthansa flights grounded by major IT snafu, 'construction work' blamed Resilience, we've heard of it * AWS puts datacenter in shipping container for the Pentagon Ditch the special forces helicopter – it's easier to ship it in an actual ship * Most Londoners would quit before they give up working from home Go on, spill the contents of that imaginary angry resignation email... it'll do you good * Warren Buffet cashes out of TSMC, which splashes cash on fabs Legendary investor appears to have made many millions in under 90 days * IBM cheapens Oracle by delivering promised power-up for some POWER servers Plus – calm down now – all the fun of OS subscriptions! * US sanctions fail to stop Russia connecting with Cisco hardware Grey market resellers provide backdoors into China, too * APNIC election sparks move for rapid rule changes to prevent council stacking Some of the actors involved in AFRINIC's recent controversies want to reform Asia's regional registry Security * Intel patches up SGX best it can after another load of security holes found Plus bugs squashed in Server Platform Services and more * Hyundai and Kia issue software upgrades to thwart killer TikTok car theft hack Gone in 60 seconds using a USB-A plug and brute force instead of a key * Apple splats zero-day bug, other gremlins in macOS, iOS WebKit flaw 'may have been exploited' – just like Tim Cook 'may have' made a million bucks this week Software * Adobe's $20b buy of Figma in crosshairs of Europe's antitrust cops If you could come this way and answer a few questions, say 16 countries * Craig Wright's crypto wallet claim against Bitcoin SV devs back before judges Another of the self-proclaimed BTC inventor's lawsuits rumbles onward * Core-JS chief complains open source is broken, no one will pay for it Being in Russia and going to jail might have something to do with it, tho * Workers who help Teslas become robots explore starting a union to avoid same fate Elon Musk has already said he likes the idea of less human input into the data labelling process these folks drive Offbeat * Ex-CEO of logistics startup Slync collared on multimillion fraud, embezzlement charges Christopher Kirchner alleged to have hyped up biz to investors then siphoned off a slice of cash ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2023 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: