Biz & IT – Ars Technica

• Securing your digital life, part one: The basics 25.10.2021
  In this first of two parts, we go over some security steps everyone should be taking.
• More than 100,000 people have had their eyes scanned for free cryptocurrency 22.10.2021
  Worldcoin reveals "orb" scanner, aims to distribute cryptocurrency to 1 billion people.
• How hackers hijacked thousands of high-profile YouTube accounts 21.10.2021
  Spate of attacks turned creator channels into cryptocurrency scam livestreams.
• Passengers couldn’t fly after NHS vaccine passport went offline 14.10.2021
  Outage lasted approximately 4 hours, causing issues with health app.
• Verizon’s Visible cell customers hacked, leading to unauthorized purchases 14.10.2021
  Company suspects credential stuffing, but questions remain.
• “Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself 14.10.2021
  He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right.
• US gov’t will slap contractors with civil lawsuits for hiding breaches 7.10.2021
  Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative mandates data-breach reporting for gov't contractors.
• Twitch source code, creator earnings exposed in 125GB leak 6.10.2021
  Twitch blames a "server configuration change" for the massive data leak.
• Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was hacked for five years 5.10.2021
  Syniverse hasn't revealed whether text messages were exposed.
• Windows 11: The Ars Technica review 5.10.2021
  Attractive new design overshadowed by regressions and high system requirements.