computer security
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Google Is Restricting Internet Access for Some Employees to Combat Cyberattacks
Google is restricting some employees’ Internet access in a pilot program created to combat cyberattacks. An internal memo informed employees that 2,500 were selected to use the internet-free desktop PCs, but the memo was revised to include the caveat that they have the option to opt out of the program while others can volunteer, CNBC…
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For Sale: A Formerly Popular Dark Web Marketplace
Anybody in the market to buy a defunct darknet site? If you are, you might try reaching out to the backers of Genesis Market, the once high-and-mighty peddler of stolen data. They seem to be getting desperate to sell their once prized possession for scrap. The Record reports that a number of posts have recently…
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China Tries to Censor What Could Be Biggest Data Hack in History
Chinese censors are working overtime to clamp down on news that the data they’ve siphoned from their citizens over the years is apparently out there and is being sold for less than the anticipated cost of a Tesla Roadster.
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A Hacker Gang Claims It Stole AMD’s Data. Were Bad Passwords Responsible?
A cybercrime gang claims that it recently stole 450 gigabytes of data from global chipmaker AMD by merely guessing employees’ terrible passwords.