Attacks on UK fiber networks mount: Operators beg govt to step in [Wed Mar 13 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 13 March 2024 ***************************************************************** Attacks on UK fiber networks mount: Operators beg govt to step in Some simply chop cables in ducts, others pour in petrol and set 'the whole lot alight' ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Meta sues ex infra VP for allegedly stealing top-secret datacenter blueprints Exec accused of using own work PC to swipe confidential AI and staffing docs for stealth cloud startup On-Prem * Meet the Proxinator: A hyperbox that puts SATA at the heart of VMware migrations Proxmox box sees fresh dedicated hardware become part of the market for Virtzilla alternatives * IBM said to be binning off more staff as 'workforce rebalance' continues Next logical step after rounds of voluntary layoffs * Samsung and SK halt sales of used chipmaking gear to brokers Reports indicate Korean giants fear 'backlash' from US over resale of lithography equipment to Middle Kingdom * Telegram eyes IPO as user numbers close in on 1 billion Chat app chaps may even turn a profit this year * Bullitt Group had $256 cash in the bank at the end, PWC reveals IP sold to founders in pre-pack administration, product warranties unaffected * We asked Intel to define 'AI PC'. Its reply: 'Anything with our latest CPUs' If it has a GPU and NPU, plus VNNI and DP4a instructions, it qualifies. But it's not a brand like vPro or Ultrabook * Home Office’s shiny immigration system glitches causing delays Amid reports emerge of technical issues, immigration teams keep 24-year-old legacy system up and running * Attacks on UK fiber networks mount: Operators beg govt to step in Some simply chop cables in ducts, others pour in petrol and set 'the whole lot alight' * French government sites disrupted by très grande DDoS Russia and Sudan top the list of suspects * Singapore startup SiliconBox to open packaging fab in Northern Italy Shared cultural values sealed the deal and we're struggling to figure out what they are Security * March Patch Tuesday sees Hyper-V join the guest-host escape club Critical bugs galore among 61 Microsoft fixes, 56 from Adobe, a dozen from SAP, and a fistful from Fortinet * Biden's budget proposal boosts CISA funding to $3B Plus almost $1.5b for health-care cybersecurity * JetBrains is still mad at Rapid7 for the ransomware attacks on its customers War of words wages on between vendors divided * UK council yanks IT systems and phone lines offline following cyber ambush Targeting recovery this week, officials still trying to 'dentify the nature of the incident' Software * Now you can compare your Chromium browser with that other Chromium browser using Speedometer 3.0 When almost everyone has the same engine, are benchmarks so important? * Google searches for boss to get grip on climate, energy costs of this AI hype cycle Hyperscalers increasingly looking over shoulders as workloads grow * Oracle investors hear the magic word 'Nvidia' and boom! Buy, buy, buy Forget the piffle about real world results, let's look at the potential of wundertech * No App Store needed: Apple caves, will allow sideloading in EU Think this'll help you escape the fees? Nope – Apple still wants a cut for letting devs install things on user devices * Network Rail steps back from geofencing over safety fears Award winning tech turns out to be less than accurate * Singapore's central bank warns AI isn't ready to handle monetary policy LLMs show promise, but are 'not yet capable of providing credible explanations for their own predictions' Offbeat * Trump 'tried to sell Truth Social to Musk' as SPAC deal stalled Talk about an unholy social media alliance * NASA's FY2025 budget request means tough times ahead for Chandra and Hubble But Artemis is still OK, so that's alright then * Microsoft calls AI privacy complaint 'doomsday hyperbole' Plaintiffs seek termination of permissionless and unpaid AI data harvesting * Cisco is a fashion retailer now, with a spring collection to prove it Promises quarterly lookbooks of branded tat, powered by branded kit ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2024 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: