How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
here's what's going on Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : ‘Ghosts’ of Spotify — Liz Pelly, Harpers: … Reading this article made me feel quite sad. Bluesky: @nanobii.com : the spotify “fake artist” issue appar...
AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers
Item 1.05 Material Cybersecurity Incidents. On April 19, 2024, AT&T Inc. … AT&T : AT&T Addresses Illegal Download of Customer Data CNN : Nearly all AT&T cell customers' call and text records exposed ...
A look at a US State Department program to train diplomats in cybersecurity, privacy, and other tech issues, to help them spot threats and advance US policy
Eric Geller / Wired : Mastodon: @ericgeller@mastodon.social . X: @ericgeller . Forums: r/cybersecurity Mastodon: Eric Geller / @ericgeller@mastodon.social : I got exclusive access to the State Depart...
Comcast's Xfinity says hackers breached one of its Citrix servers in October 2023, two weeks after Citrix issued a patch, and stole data on 35,879,455 people
what we know Laura French / SC Media : 35 million Xfinity customers have data leaked in breach tied to Citrix Bleed bug Helga Labus / Help Net Security : Citrix Bleed leveraged to steal data of 35+ mi...
After a reported theft, OpenSea freezes 16 Bored Ape and Mutant Ape NFTs, worth ~$2.3M, leading some to point out the NFT space's lack of decentralization
Once upon a time, there was a monkey. Catherine Forrest / Shelf Life : Flimflam Fantasy Crypto Chronicles Casey Newton / Platformer : The Bored Ape art heist and crypto's trust and safety problem Edit...
Microsoft is avoiding antitrust scrutiny by rebranding itself as nice and boring, even as it reverts to some of the behaviors that led to prosecution the '90s
How has Microsoft escaped the scrutiny of reinvigorated antitrust regulators? — About the author: Molly Wood is the host … Tweets: @aarti411 , @brycas , @theatlantic , @mollywood , @mollywood , and ...
Leonid Radvinsky, billionaire owner of OnlyFans, ran sites in the '90s promoting “hacked” porn site passwords, including links promising access to child porn
Associate editor at Forbes, covering cybercrime, privacy, security and surveillance. — I cover the work and wealth of Europe's richest. Tweets: @iblametom , @alanaevansxxx , @iwantjules , @iblametom...
In its quasi-judiciary role, Facebook Oversight Board is neutered from the start since it can not mandate codes of conduct or effectively help minimize harm
The company's new review board is designed to move slowly and keep things intact. — My late colleague, Neil Postman … Tweets: @elibietti , @elinor_carmi , @wired , @ptnoo , @k8henne , @arielbogle , ...
Amazon has done little to improve Goodreads, which has basically remained a list-making app with design flaws and features that don't help avid readers
Despite Amazon's innovation elsewhere, Goodreads has stagnated for 12 years, and its problems are endless Tweets: @patchworkbunny , @css , @crapshoot101 , @basche42 , @mckinneykelsey , @mka_ultra , @m...
Sheryl Sandberg says allegations that she and Zuckerberg hid info about Russian interference are untrue, claims she didn't know Facebook hired Definers
and that it might be toxic Michael Posner / Forbes : Confronting Facebook's Growing Pains Rob Price / Business Insider : Facebook employees react to the latest scandals: ‘Why does our company suck at ...