"Working on a project" doesn't only mean pushing commits. It also means deciding what to do, syncing with committees, running a team structure, thinking about how and where to get funding, and handling the mental pressure of "I'm responsible for this".
This is the way it happens in India. We have to enter an OTP to authenticate the transaction. The OTP comes as a SMS and it tells the amount.Some merchants tie up with bank and we can enter the OTP on the merchant's site or choose to go to the bank's site to enter OTP. In any case the OTP page is a new page and the amount is displayed.
Didn't know about this. His clemency petition [1] doesn't mention any serious crimes. It even lists over 250 organizations, eminent individuals and leaders have voiced their support[2] for clemency.
With the info we have it looks like hackers changed the email id of the accounts and then used forgot password to reset the password. What’s concerning is that they were able to do it for accounts with 2FA enabled. I think disabling 2FA should be extremely privileged actions and should not accessible to most employees.
If it’s really a social engineering attack then I think it happened because everyone is working remotely and it is easier to perform social engineering attacks. Maybe this incident will have impact on their long term remote work plans.
“We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools.”
I think it happened because everyone is working remotely and it is easier to perform social engineering attacks. Maybe this incident will have impact on their long term remote work plans.
Twitter support tweeted: "We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly."
I have always wondered how could the world allow the genocide of the Jews during the Holocaust. Now I understand. It's all about financial gains. No one will speak out against such atrocities if it's against their financial interest. In today's world, no one will speak against China due to their selfish interests.
You can append ?mod=rsswn at the end of WSJ urls to get non-paywall links. I submitted the story with this param but for some reason it's missing. Maybe I made some mistake in copy/pasting. I learnt about this trick from a HN comment in the past.