Posts by Phiphi in SoCal

Ukrainian cops collar Kyiv programmer believed to be Conti, LockBit linchpin

We won't learn his name for years...

Ukraine will turn him against the Orcs.

Alleged $100M dark-web drug kingpin, 23, arrested

He's in Brooklyn now.

RUI-SIANG LIN

Register Number: 12648-506

Age: 23

Race: White

Sex: Male

Located at: Brooklyn MDC

Release Date: UNKNOWN

Latest figures show AMD chipping away at Intel's CPU dominance

AMD has been 'chipping' away since the 70's.

When will the lines cross?

Or will they just converge, ad infinitum?

ByteDance 'would rather' torpedo TikTok than sell it off

Empty threat.

Just posturing.

Truck-to-truck worm could infect – and disrupt – entire US commercial fleet

All the PCBs are made in China

What could possibly go wrong?

Hmm... Verkada, Nest...

Air National Guardsman Teixeira to admit he was Pentagon files leaker

Espionage is still a capital crime.

As it should be.

Time to make an example.

Chinese 'connected' cars are a national security threat, says Biden

By 'no radio' you mean AM/FM

There will be a Wifi/BT transceiver somewhere.

Targeting data

Connected car metadata is a wonderful tool for identifying targets of any kind of warfare.

From it you can locate centers of wealth, population density, and infrastructure.

It promotes cost effective strikes.

Lenovo to offer certified refurbished PCs and servers

Fresh new SPYOS...err... BIOS, as well.

Best way to track anything is it insert yourself between them and the world.

Throwing a sniffer on it won't help, as it could be remotely activated, and by then, it'll be too late.

Multiple billions up for grabs as UK government launches cloud services tenders

What could possibly go wrong?

So the low bidder will often get the contract.

If the low bidder has ties to a sketchy relative, they can regain their profits by coopting the hosted data.

Hope the low bidder isn't centered around 26.4450566,151.6266786.

Trident missile test a damp squib after rocket goes 'plop,' fails to ignite

Maybe not a failure.

What better [cheaper] way to dispose of dated solid rocket boost charge and propellant without worrying about HAZMAT disposal?

You still validate the launch sequence and process.

No news if the weapon was cannibalized for spares before disposal...err... test.

Upstart retrofits an Nvidia GH200 server into a €47,500 workstation

Science fair project.

...when you've built a bunch of PCs, every project looks like a nail.

Dumping us into ad tier of Prime Video when we paid for ad-free is 'unfair' – lawsuit

Sign me up to the class.

Billions lost to fraud and error during UK's pandemic spending spree

A billion is in the noise...

The pandemic cost TRILLIONS.

If you're worried about a billion, establish a bounty to report and prosecute the fraud.