Facebook sues scraper who sold 178 million phone numbers and user IDs [Tue Oct 26 2021]

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in

The Register

{* Daily Headlines *}

26 October 2021

 
facebook

Facebook sues scraper who sold 178 million phone numbers and user IDs

Apparently The Social NetworkTM is the only one allowed to do nasty things with users' data

 
 

On-Prem

Non-profit's IT manager accused of embezzling $400k by buying gear, services from his own fake companies

Boss used org's credit card to buy stuff from Amazon, Square accounts he set up, say prosecutors

10 Comments

UK watchdog launches full probe of Motorola Solutions' cop-comms deals on Emergency Services Network

Firm working on both old programme and its replacement - CMA checks potential 'incentive' to delay

7 Comments

Poor data sharing is holding back the UK court system's pandemic recovery, says National Audit Office

Lack of data for planning also a problem, spending watchdog finds

7 Comments

IT outsourcing: SLAs, patches – and how uptime funk's going to get to you

Cheaper, better than running it yourself? Maybe

4 Comments

Orders wrong, resellers receiving wrong items? Must be a programming error and certainly not a rushing techie

Some of those punch cards may still be lying at the bottom of a lift shaft

87 Comments

Here comes the blob: Asia's top 'net boffin thinks 'shapeless services' could replace the Internet

Common network services are less important when we've moved to apps hosted at the edge

12 Comments
.

Designing an Efficient Distributed Storage System with Intel® DAOS and Supermicro Hardware System

Solution Brief

X

Cloud Or Colo? The Point When AI Startups Need To Make The Switch

Whitepaper

Security

If you're using this hijacked NPM library anywhere in your software stack, read this

US govt issues alert over JS package downloaded 8m times a week – plus more news from world of infosec

1 Comments

Ransomware criminals have feelings too: BlackMatter abuse caused crims to shut down negotiation portal

Or so says infsec outfit Emsisoft

3 Comments

SolarWinds attacker on the move: Russia's Nobelium crew has trebled attacks targeting MSPs, cloud resellers, says Microsoft

Phishing and password spraying on the up

7 Comments

HIV Scotland fined £10,000 for BCC email blunder identifying names of virus-carriers' patient-advocates

'Serious deficiencies in tech and organisational measures'

5 Comments

Online harms don’t need dangerous legislation, they need a spot of naval action

It worked on Jolly Roger, it can work on ProudWhiteGuy66373

73 Comments

Facebook sues scraper who sold 178 million phone numbers and user IDs

Apparently The Social NetworkTM is the only one allowed to do nasty things with users' data

30 Comments

Cleanup on aisle C: Tesco app back online after attack led to shopping app outages

With an average 1.27 million orders a week, many customers left hacked off

52 Comments
Microsoft_365

Protect your Microsoft 365

Ensure your data is secure, discoverable, accessible

Remote-and-branch-office

Remote and branch office and edge IT

Adapt to your new reality outside the data centre

Software

The future: Windows streaming through notched Apple screens

Choice is the word for Jamf's Dean Hager

2 Comments

Windows XP@20: From the killer of ME to banging out patches for yet another vulnerability

When NT and 9x became one

14 Comments

Intel hopes to burn newly open-sourced AI debug tech into chips

Chipzilla dreams of planting ControlFlag in hardware

5 Comments

Tesla slams into reverse, pulls latest beta of Full Self-Driving software from participating car owners

FSD rolled back to 10.2 after 'issues' found

23 Comments

Twitter's machine learning algorithms amplify tweets from right-wing politicians over those on the left

Engineers and researchers don't know why

44 Comments

Asia's 'superapps' bundle ride-share, food delivery, even financial services – and they're beating big tech

China backed the concept of tools users perceive as an extension of the OS, not just an app

24 Comments
.

Software-defined Storage For Modern Workloads

Whitepaper

Offbeat

Jeff Bezos wants to build a business park in space

Pretty ambitious – none of this Blue-Origin-led consortium can put humans in orbit yet

Amazon warehouse workers in New York to labor watchdog: We want our union vote

Unions face test on Staten Island after defeat in Bessemer, Alabama

1 Comments

Electronic Frontier Foundation ousts co-founder John Gilmore from its board

He's free of governance duties now, but still an emeritus member

13 Comments
 
 
  
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
  
    

This email was sent to you

You can update your preferences or unsubscribe

Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2021 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy

Older messages

Apple's Safari browser runs the risk of becoming the new Internet Explorer – holding the web back for everyone [Mon Oct 25 2021]

Monday, October 25, 2021

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 25 October 2021 Apple Safari icon Apple's Safari browser runs the risk of becoming the new Internet Explorer – holding the web

'Windows 11 has been successfully downloaded,' says update for Xbox version of Microsoft Flight Simulator [Fri Oct 22 2021]

Friday, October 22, 2021

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 22 October 2021 Windows 11 in content manager 'Windows 11 has been successfully downloaded,' says update for Xbox version

Not just deprecated, but deleted: Google finally strips File Transfer Protocol code from Chrome browser [Thu Oct 21 2021]

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 21 October 2021 delete Not just deprecated, but deleted: Google finally strips File Transfer Protocol code from Chrome browser A

If your apps or gadgets break down on Sunday, this may be why: Gpsd bug to roll back clocks to 2002 [Wed Oct 20 2021]

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 20 October 2021 time If your apps or gadgets break down on Sunday, this may be why: Gpsd bug to roll back clocks to 2002

What do you mean you gave the boss THAT version of the report? Oh, ****ing ****balls [Tue Oct 19 2021]

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 19 October 2021 shock horror What do you mean you gave the boss THAT version of the report? Oh, ****ing ****balls Say what you

You Might Also Like

☕ Great chains

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Prologis looks to improve supply chain operations. January 15, 2025 View Online | Sign Up Retail Brew Presented By Bloomreach It's Wednesday, and we've been walking for miles inside the Javits

Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing.

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Hegseth's hearing had some fireworks, but he looks headed toward confirmation. Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing. Hegseth's hearing had some fireworks, but he looks headed toward

Honourable Roulette

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

The Honourable Parts // The Story Of Russian Roulette Honourable Roulette By Kaamya Sharma • 15 Jan 2025 View in browser View in browser The Honourable Parts Spencer Wright | Scope Of Work | 6th

📬 No. 62 | What I learned about newsletters in 2024

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

“I love that I get the chance to ask questions and keep learning. Here are a few big takeaways.” ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌

⚡️ ‘Skeleton Crew’ Answers Its Biggest Mystery

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Plus: There's no good way to adapt any more Neil Gaiman stories. Inverse Daily The twist in this Star Wars show was, that there was no twist. Lucasfilm TV Shows 'Skeleton Crew' Finally

I Tried All The New Eye-Shadow Sticks

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

And a couple classics. The Strategist Beauty Brief January 15, 2025 Every product is independently selected by editors. If you buy something through our links, New York may earn an affiliate commission

How To Stop Worrying And Learn To Love Lynn's National IQ Estimates

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

... ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

☕ Olympic recycling

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Reusing wi-fi equipment from the Paris games. January 15, 2025 View Online | Sign Up Tech Brew It's Wednesday. After the medals are awarded and the athletes go home, what happens to all the stuff

Ozempic has entered the chat

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Plus: Hegseth's hearing, a huge religious rite, and confidence. January 15, 2025 View in browser Jolie Myers is the managing editor of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Her work often focuses on

How a major bank cheated its customers out of $2 billion, according to a new federal lawsuit

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

An explosive new lawsuit filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) alleges that Capital One bank cheated its customers out of $2 billion. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏