Boom! Internet Giant SalesForce Falls From Cloud Face First
Hacker Forum Hacked / Linksys Router Issues / HP Buys Cray To Challenge IBM / Samsung’s First 5G Phone / Multichannel Headlines
Miscreant Forum OGusers.com Hacked
Member information, including IP addresses, is now out on the street. What exactly happened? Read More from Brian Krebs.
Linksys Wireless Routers Broadcasting Secrets?
Dozens of models provide logs of every device that’s ever connected, and Linksys isn’t going to fix the problem? Read More from SecurityAffairs.
HP Enterprise buys Cray Supercomputers
The acquisition will help HP challenge IBM, but it will cost them $1.2 billion to play. Read More from Bloomberg (h/t Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows.)
Database Scripting Mistake Chops The Beanstalk For Internet Giant SalesForce
It was supposed to be a small change in a smaller corner of the SalesForce platform, but when it was discovered that the change opened security up across North America and European instances in both sandbox, production and disaster recovery, technicians locked nearly everyone out to fix the problem disrupting business for countless businesses. Read More.
In Case You Missed It
from DSL Reports’ Friday morning links:
• Charter Using Mobile to Dislodge ‘Inert’ DSL Customers [lightreading.com]
• Chicago becomes first city to collect ‘Netflix tax’ from online services [dailymail.co.uk]
• Tests of Verizon’s 5G in Chicago on the Galaxy S10 5G show download speeds of up to 1.35 Gbps, but speeds were inconsistent, though never fell below 550 Mbps [digitaltrends.com]
• Sprint says it will begin offering 5G in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Kansas City on May 31, with preorders for LG’s V50 ThinQ 5G starting tomorrow [venturebeat.com]
• AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon say they’ve stopped selling customer geo-location data to third parties, according to letters they all sent the FCC [techcrunch.com]
• In Chasing AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile Diverge in 5G Video Strategies [lightreading.com]
• Amazon Claims 34M Active Users for Fire TV [multichannel.com]
• FCC officials meet to discuss Sprint, T-Mobile merger conditions as review hits critical stage [foxbusiness.com]
• Samsung’s first 5G phone is out for Verizon customers [CNN.com]
Breaches And Bugs: How Secure Are Your Family’s Favorite Apps?
McAfee examines how families are revisiting security after breaches like the one affecting Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Read more.
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