Security: UEFI, Updates, Uber
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The PC BIOS will be killed off by 2020 as Intel plans move to pure UEFI [Ed: UEFI/BIOS, as even the NSA acknowledged a few years back, is a component that can be used for remote access. For Intel to maintain worldwide dominance it isn't unthinkable it would spread ME back doors (and more) everywhere. Digital imperialism.]
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Security updates for (US) Thanksgiving Day
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Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 To “Protect” 57 Million Users’ Data
On Tuesday, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowashahi revealed in a blog post what the ride-hailing company was hiding from the public since October 2016, i.e., for almost a year. No, it’s not their dream of flying taxis.
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Uber Hid Security Breach Impacting 57 Million People, Paid Off Hackers
It's no secret that Uber's management over the years has been pretty sketchy, if not downright nefarious. At some point I may write a longer post about this, but it appears that the company culture took the idea of reasonably pushing back on bad laws (such as those that restricted competition in the taxi space) and took it to mean that it could just ignore all sorts of rules. And it appears that a company culture was created that celebrated rulebreaking in all sorts of ways -- most of which were bad. The company has a new CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, who comes in with a strong reputation and has indicated his intent to change the culture. On Tuesday, the company admitted that it had covered up that data on 57 million users had been leaked. While the data didn't include credit card info or trip data, it did include drivers' license info for 7 million drivers, and the email addresses and phone numbers of 50 million riders.
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Uber data breach “raises huge concerns”, says UK watchdog
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Uber data breach: Information Commissioner’s Office expresses ‘huge concern’ about cover-up
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Uber hack: The UK's top cyber crime and data authorities are investigating the massive data breach
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Uber scandal: Britain’s spy chiefs begin investigating cover-up of data hack of 57 million customers
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