Salon – We’re living in an Ayn Rand economy
It’s Salon and AlterNet so the article is not the high praise that many of you would probably expect from the title.
Marie-Clare via Hacker News– When Geeks Attack
A report on sexual harassment in the tech industry. I can’t say that I have ever seen behavior like that described in the article when I have attended conferences, but then again when I (very occasionally) do go to a conference I am not one of the guys who gets invited to after hours events so my perceptions can be very skewed.
(The initial blog post referenced in the article – A Hell of A Time)
NY Times – Chinese Hackers at it again
Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China’s People’s Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies, they appear to have resumed their attacks using different techniques, according to computer industry security experts and American official
The Register – Securo-boffins uncover new GLOBAL cyber-espionage operation
Spear-phishing attacks with possible links back to China (There’s that word again). Utilizes a vulnerability that had a patch issued last year. Update your F’in computers people.
Slashdot – Uptick in Whooping Cough Linked to Subpar Vaccines
‘Nuff Said
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