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    1 hour ago

    I'm sorry, internet. I promise this is the last time I show anything.

    You know that app everyone's using to see who their celebrity lookalikes are?
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  2. 2 hours ago

    This is Captain Buzzkill, reporting for TechCrunch.

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  3. 2 hours ago

    You know that app everyone's using to see who their celebrity lookalikes are?

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  4. 14 hours ago

    Shocked, SHOCKED to learn that non-infosec reporters blindly ran anything they were told — even though there was no proof at the time to back up their claims. Shocked!

    This story appears to have been updated to remove speculation it intentionally targeted publishing infrastructure. I sure wish I had the story version as it appeared yesterday. Does anyone have it?
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  5. 17 hours ago

    This is hell.

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    Well, tried to mark all her emails as read and is being punished by the mail server with a seemingly infinite increase in unread messages, far exceeding the original number.
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  6. Retweeted
    Dec 30

    Also shoutout to who leads up information security at the New York Times. The moment something happened at another publication that was cyber related she used her expertise and voice to calm the hype.

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  7. 23 hours ago

    I got 17/17 on 's tech quiz of the year.

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  8. 24 hours ago

    Happy Sunday! This week's cybersecurity newsletter just went out to 2,069 (nice) subscribers. It was a slow week, yet still lots of news you might've missed. Happy New Year! As always, you can sign up here: — or read online here:

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  9. Retweeted
    Dec 29

    Boy, I’m not seeing much evidence of “targeting” in what has been published, but the vulnerabilities to news media persist, and we’ll see.

    Cyberattack disrupts printing and distribution at The Baltimore Sun, LA Times, Chicago Times and others. LA Times cites source saying attackers deliberately targeted printing infrastructure.
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    Dec 29

    Cyberattack disrupts printing and distribution at The Baltimore Sun, LA Times, Chicago Times and others. LA Times cites source saying attackers deliberately targeted printing infrastructure.

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  11. Dec 29

    My Tourette's is so obnoxiously loud today that even my cat is giving me "shut the fuck up, I'm trying to sleep" sideeye.

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  12. Dec 28

    Same.

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  13. Dec 28

    Just in: CenturyLink says all consumer services impacted by its day-long outage — including 911 services across the U.S. — have "been restored." Here's how today unfolded.

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    Dec 28

    Mark Zuckerberg said in his end-of-year remarks that he was "proud" of the progress Facebook made this year, despite drowning in a sea of scandals. Here are a few things he doesn't want you to think about.

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  15. Dec 28

    It’s no longer spy versus spy. It’s spy versus tweeter, plane spotter, criminal, activist, bored person on the internet, and who knows who else. reports.

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  16. Dec 28

    Mark Zuckerberg said in his end-of-year remarks that he was "proud" of the progress Facebook made this year, despite drowning in a sea of scandals. Here are a few things he doesn't want you to think about.

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  17. Dec 28

    Wow, this just got so much worse. also found several serious flaws in Guardzilla's products, including an API flaw that can "grant anyone access to the security camera’s feed silently." Guardzilla ignored Bitdefender's disclosure, too.

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  18. Dec 28

    Hey, journalists! If you're reporting on a nationwide 911 outage, maybe re-think using lighthearted and jovial headlines about "coal in stockings." People are scared, and people might not get help when they need it. Read the room.

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  19. Dec 28

    New: Many 911 emergency services across the U.S, remain down after a day-long outage at telecoms giant CenturyLink.

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  20. Dec 27

    cc:

    Got in our we've been driving for 3 days. It doesn't start. Call Zipcar and get told that the car can't access the internet so it won't start. The only option is to have a tow truck come and tow it to somewhere where it has internet.
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