Cloud engineer wreaks havoc on bank network after getting fired [Wed Dec 13 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 13 December 2023 ***************************************************************** Cloud engineer wreaks havoc on bank network after getting fired Now he's got two years behind bars to think about his bad choices ***************************************************************** On-Prem * When it comes to AMD's latest AI chips it's follow the money, and the memory Don't expect supply, or prices, to ease until 2025 at the earliest * Ofcom proposes ban on UK telcos making 'inflation-linked' price hikes mid-contract And it's not just inflation... it's inflation plus an additional percentage, it turns out * AWS S3 is 'pushing to become primary storage for a lot of applications' We speak to Andy Warfield, AWS distinguished engineer * Android iMessage app Beeper releases working update of blue-bubbled tool Dev claims to have fixed 'issue that caused messages not to be sent or received' Security * Final Patch Tuesday of 2023 goes out with a bang Microsoft fixed 36 flaws. Adobe addressed 212. Apple, Google, Cisco, VMware and Atlassian joined the party * Cloud engineer wreaks havoc on bank network after getting fired Now he's got two years behind bars to think about his bad choices * Discord in the ranks: Lone Airman behind top-secret info leak on chat platform Poor cybersecurity hygiene in the military? Surely not! * Northern Ireland cops count human cost of August data breach Officers potentially targeted by dissidents can't afford to relocate for their safety, while others seek support to change their names * BlackBerry squashes plan to spin out its IoT biz Board and incoming CEO decide reorganizing is better than splitting * Interpol moves against human traffickers who enslave people to scam you online Scum lure folks with promises of good jobs in crypto and then won't let them leave * Proposed US surveillance regime would enlist more businesses Expanded service provider definition could force cafes and hotels to spy for the feds Software * OpenAI's non-profit arm netted less than $45,000 last year The wages of sin are almost certainly much, much higher * Sports Illustrated boss fired, but it's nothing to do with AI fake news - quite the opposite Arena Group seeking 'the Uberization of Content' * Linux Mint 21.3 and Zorin 17 are beta buddies Irish software projects gear up for latest iterations * Oracle share price slides as it misses revenue expectations Still, Ellison talks up cloud margins, says 100 datacenters don't cost more 'to run' than 10 * Microsoft floats bringing a text editor back to the CLI We used to use Edlin. And we were happy * Kernel kerfuffle kiboshes Debian 12.3 release A mis-merged patch causing corruption on ext4 volumes is to blame Offbeat * British train system is getting another excuse for delays – solar storms Let's choo-choo-choose safety, folks * ByteDance slides around Indonesian social commerce ban with $1.5 billion buy Takes huge stake in local superapp Tokopedia, for the good of the small business community * China's SpaceX wannabe recycles a rocket after just 38 days Interstellar Glory Space Technology gets a boost – even though it's yet to reach orbit * Epic decision sees jury find Google's Play store is illegal monopoly Fortnite dev hails 'a win for all app developers and consumers around the world' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: