Ace holed: Hardware store empire felled by cyberattack [Wed Nov 1 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 1 November 2023 ***************************************************************** Ace holed: Hardware store empire felled by cyberattack US outfit scrambles to repair operations, restore processing of online orders ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Apple swipes left on the last Touch Bar Mac, replaces it with a pricier 14″ model Proper function keys are the norm once more and the dream of a touchscreen Mac appears to be dead * Trademark fight: Brit biz Threads has a teeny tiny problem with Meta's Threads Software house says it's had UK trademark since 2012 as Zuck & Co know full well * X says it's only worth $19B after year of Muskmanagement Everything's down, except Elon's engagement, and that's what really matters, right? * Intel dumps its silicon photonics bells and whistles into Jabil's lap 10th arena that chip giant has quit in 2.5 years for $1.8B in annual savings * FCC throws an $18B bone to rural broadband Funds intended to support carriers for more than 15 years * Dell cosies up to Meta to tame Llama 2 AI beast on-prem Spitting in the cloud's eye * The UK government? On the right track with its semiconductor strategy? Oh, you're not joking * Google formally gets to work on Android on RISC-V Emulators coming in 2024, first for wearables * Vietnam becomes latest nation to pitch itself as a chip biz hub 50,000-strong alt.China talent pool promised, with Google, Samsung, SpaceX, and Intel interested * Apple lifts the sheet on a trio of 'scary fast' M3 SoCs built on a 3nm process MacBook Pro and iMac get the new silicon, and price tags up to a terrifying $7,199 Security * US officials close to persuading allies to not pay off ransomware crooks 'We're still in the final throes of getting every last member to sign' * 'Mass exploitation' of Citrix Bleed underway as ransomware crews pile in At least two extortion gangs abusing CVE-2023-4966, we're told * Now Russians accused of pwning JFK taxi system to sell top spots to cabbies Big Apple unlikely to get a bite out of them at this rate, though * Ace holed: Hardware store empire felled by cyberattack US outfit scrambles to repair operations, restore processing of online orders * Finance orgs have 30 days to confess cyber sins under incoming FTC rules Follows similar efforts from the SEC and DHS in recent months * Cybersecurity snafu sends British Library back to the Dark Ages Internet, phone lines, websites, and more went down on Saturday morning * UK policing minister urges doubling down on face-scanning tech 'No question' it will solve more crimes, Tory MP claims * Meta's ad-free scheme dares you to buy your privacy back, one euro at a time If you're in the EU, EEA, or Switzerland * Stop what you’re doing and patch this critical Confluence flaw, warns Atlassian Risk of ‘significant data loss’ for on-prem customers Software * Tesla swerves liability in Autopilot death lawsuit Cali jury decides 9-3 Muskmobile maker wasn't at fault when Model 3 veered into tree and exploded * Judge bins AI copyright lawsuit against DeviantArt, Midjourney – Stability still in the mix Artists' lawyers vow to fight on * Unit4 ditching on-prem in favor of SaaS come 2025 Clients have a little over a year to get their affairs in order * Microsoft's 11-year itch: The uncelebrated anniversary of Windows 8 Lots to like under the covers, but what was on top made it truly unforgettable * Australian video-streamer lets users opt out of ads for burgers, booze, and betting All without reducing the effectiveness of data-driven targeting, dammit Special Features * Canada to remove China’s top messaging app WeChat from government devices Kaspersky also on the way out due to ‘unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security' Offbeat * As NASA struggles to open OSIRIS-REx's asteroid sample can, probe heads off to next rock Screw it... no wait, unscrew it, cry boffins * NASA and Boeing try to chase the contrail clouds away The sky isn't the limit when it comes to greener fuel alternatives * To prevent 'lost' nukes, scientists suggest storing them in a hall of mirrors Radio bouncing off multiple reflectors is a hard-to-defeat method of monitoring a weapons cache ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2023 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: