Ta-ta, security: Bungling Tata devs leaked banks' code on public GitHub repo, says IT bloke
Staff at Indian outsourcing biz Tata Consultancy Service uploaded a huge trove of financial institutions' source code and internal documents to a public GitHub repository, an IT expert has claimed.
The documents related to programming work Tata was carrying out for six big Canadian banks, two well-known American financial organizations, a multinational Japanese bank, and a multibillion dollar financial software company. The data is a boon for rival organizations developing similar features, as well as criminals who could exploit any weaknesses in the designs to potentially steal millions.
The tech world is rallying around a young developer who made a huge, embarrassing mistake
On the first day as a junior software developer at a first salaried job out of college, his or her copy-and-paste error inadvertently erased all data from the company’s production database.
The company made several. It didn’t back up the database. It had poor security procedures and a sloppily-organized system that encouraged the very error cscareerthrowaway567 made. Then, rather than taking accountability for those problems, the CTO fired the rookie who revealed them. Of all the errors this company made, that last might be the most destructive to their future success.
BBC Says It May Contact Your Boss If You Post Comments It Finds Problematic
There are all sorts of different ways that websites that allow comments have dealt with trollish behavior over the years, but I think the BBC's new policy is the first I've seen in which the organization threatens that it may contact your boss or your school.
To be fair, it does seem to limit this to cases where it believes you've violated the law, but even so, it seems like a stretch to argue that the BBC should be calling your boss to tell on you for being a dipshit online, even if you break the law.
Ransomware cyber-attack threat escalating - Europol
In England, 48 National Health Service (NHS) trusts reported problems at hospitals, GP surgeries or pharmacies, and 13 NHS organisations in Scotland were also affected.
What occurred was an "indiscriminate attack across the world on multiple industries and services", Mr Wainwright said, including Germany's rail network Deutsche Bahn, Spanish telecommunications operator Telefonica, US logistics giant FedEx and Russia's interior ministry.
WhatsApp offline for several hours
A second statement from the company, released after the service had been restored, said: "Earlier today, WhatsApp users in all parts of the world were unable to access WhatsApp for a few hours.
Dave Anderson, a digital experience expert at Dynatrace, told the BBC he believed it was likely that an update to the app had caused the problem.
20,000 Chinese writers will create their own Wikipedia competitor
The third edition of the Chinese Encyclopaedia will be "the nation's first digital book of 'everything,'" featuring 300,000 entries of about 1,000 words each, according to the South China Morning Post, which reported the news on Sunday.
Wikipedia has a long history of partial and sometimes full blocks in China. Currently, the SCMP reports that most of the Chinese-language Wikipedia is available in mainland China, but searching for articles on sensitive topics, such as the Dalai Lama, will lead to a lost connection.
Facebook lets advertisers target insecure teens, says report
Leaked documents from Facebook's team in Australia allegedly show the social giant's ability to help advertisers target teens who feel "worthless." The documents, first revealed by The Australian, say Facebook can spot when teens "need a confidence boost."
Studies have shown that social media has been linked to lower self-esteem for young people, with strong ties between using social networks and body image issues.
Cloudflare Debuts Orbit Security Service to Protect IoT Devices
IoT devices can sometimes be difficult to update and might not be patched as rapidly as new exploits are discovered, which can expose users to risk. With Orbit, Cloudflare provides a barrier that will restrict IoT device communications to the Cloudflare platform, as well as providing a virtual patch.
Prince explained that instead of a device connecting directly through the public internet, an IoT device is routed through a buffer network (in this case Cloudflare) to provide security.
Can Twitter save itself?
CEO Jack Dorsey proclaimed two months ago that Twitter is working harder than ever. There's been numerous tactics to make people and tweets to follow easier to find. The platform has also taken steps to curb abusive behavior from anonymous users. And, it's still hoping streaming events, ranging from sports to music to political satire, will bring success.
Twitter's numbers could be even lower, according to study released last month by the University of Southern California and Indiana University, which found that as many as 48 million Twitter accounts are fake.
Instagram is back up, please resume your shameless food pics
The social network, which boasts more than 500 million daily active users and 200 million users of its Stories feature, experienced several issues starting around 1:30 p.m. ET. Instagram didn't clarify what the cause was but said it was aware of issues with the app on Twitter.