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Cyber Reporter @ BBC News. Cyber security, crypto, social networks, online safety, gaming and everything 
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Reality check: Is ChatGPT really the next big cybersecurity threat? Good piece here with - “I was legitimately a malware developer for a decade and it took me three hours to get a functional piece of code — and this was in python.”
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The Bitcoin pizza is worth $231,033,667 today. (+0.98% from yesterday)
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Gov paper here. FTX looms large. 6 references to the collapsed crypto empire. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl
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Government promises robust crypto regulation. Firm proposals to be detailed later today ahead of consultation according to press release. bbc.co.uk/news/technolog Analysis from me:
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Government announces consultation for regulating crypto.
Last week the said 85% of crypto firms fail to meet minimum requirements when they apply to register with it.
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Very surprised to see evidence that central government told Redcar & Cleveland to say nothing publicly about their ransomware attack 🤔 twitter.com/AlexMartin/sta
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We’ve heard a lot from celebs who’ve used surrogates, most recently Paris Hilton and Priyanka Chopra. But has spoken to Shanna, a woman who acted as a surrogate for a celebrity. An important perspective we don’t normally hear from.
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Racial slurs discovered in leaked Yandex source code. The apology came in response to the discovery of multiple references to the N-word in the company’s code base after it leaked online.
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They are tweaking the models
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Lockdowns linked to tenfold rise in self-generated child sex abuse imagery. "During the pandemic, the internet was a lifeline but we are only now unpacking the full effects," says IWF.
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US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew. The US reveals it infiltrated a prolific cyber gang to secretly sabotage their hacking attacks for more than six months giving away decryptor keys and warning victims. Coolest police op since EncroChat??
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Lockdowns linked to tenfold rise in self-generated child sex abuse imagery. "During the pandemic, the internet was a lifeline but we are only now unpacking the full effects," says IWF.
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US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew. The US reveals it infiltrated a prolific cyber gang to secretly sabotage their hacking attacks for more than six months giving away decryptor keys and warning victims. Coolest police op since EncroChat??
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More bad news for ransomware crews - US DoJ has taken HIVE rasnomware gang offline. Hive has been prolific and attacked hospitals raking in more than $100m in ransoms but the crew didn't last long.
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Meanwhile Royal Mail says the recent wave of strikes at the postal firm have cost it £200m so far.
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Another step towards recovery for Royal Mail. They are now focusing on moving the backlog of parcels and letters which were in their depots since before ransomware attack 16 days ago. Still not able to accept new tracked export letters. Still calling this a ‘cyber incident’.
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We’ve resumed International Tracked & Signed and International Signed services to all destinations for customers buying postage online. This includes parcel, large letter, and letter formats of these services
For more info and the latest updates visit: ms.spr.ly/6019e7FSz
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Iranian and Russian hackers targeting politicians and journalists. Officials are not formally accusing Russia and Iran of involvement in the espionage, although 2 hacking groups involved are said to be linked to the nations writes
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Germany’s interior minister apparently said that this morning’s Microsoft outage might be the work of ‘culprits’. But Microsoft is adamant it WAS a technical glitch. My colleague just got this response to ‘could this have been a cyber attack?’:
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Not sure if translate makes it read different. But, the use of 'calling to arms' language has been a popular theme. One thing that is clear from cyberspace in #RussiaUkraineWar is that people are keen to 'go to battle'if they can do it in safety and sweatpants
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T-Mobile investigates yet another data breach, this one affecting 37 million accounts. 'This is T-Mobile’s sixth major breach since 2018.'
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California shooting: CCTV shows 'hero' fighting gunman as deaths rise
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Recent ransomware attacks on the Royal Mail and The Guardian highlight the importance of data security.
The recognises ransomware as the biggest cyber threat facing the UK.
Review your security policies to prevent the same thing happening to you: ico.org.uk/for-organisati
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Overnight Vice Society published Monmouth College on their data leak site. By our count, that makes them the 12th publicly reported school/college/university ransomware victim this month. If this pace continues it will be the largest number reported in January.
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🥂 At last! Some rare good news in cyber!🥳 Cyber-crime gangs' earnings slide 40% as victims refuse to pay. Cryptocurrency experts at Chainalysis say ransomware groups extorted at least $457m (£370m) from victims in 2022 - $311m less than the year before
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Cryptocurrency experts at say #ransomware groups extorted at least $457m (£370m) from victims in 2022 - $311m less than the year before.. <-- Via with comments from and others. 1/2
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🥂 At last! Some rare good news in cyber!🥳 Cyber-crime gangs' earnings slide 40% as victims refuse to pay. Cryptocurrency experts at Chainalysis say ransomware groups extorted at least $457m (£370m) from victims in 2022 - $311m less than the year before
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Great story here and I'm reminded of this brilliant take on the long-standing issue of paying the developing world to develop technology. This from has stayed with me since he published in 2018: bbc.co.uk/news/technolog
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Exclusive: OpenAI used outsourced Kenyan workers earning less than $2 per hour to make ChatGPT less toxic, my investigation found
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