UK PARLIAMENT CYBERATTACK HIT 90 ACCOUNTS AT LEAST

 

On sunday, a parliamentary spokesman said that a sustained and determined cyberattack on Britain's parliament compromised fewer than 90 email accounts. "Investigations are ongoing, but it has become clear that significantly fewer than one percent of the 9000 accounts on the parliamentary network have been compromised. As they are identified, the individuals whose accounts have been compromised have been contacted and investigations to determine whether any data has been lost are underway" said the spokesman.

The British media and The times that hackers were selling passwords for MPs online. Parliament shut down external access to email accounts on saturday as it battled the attack

Hackers have been really busy. A global ransomware attack last month hits thousands of computers. WannaCry ransomware locked access to user files and demanded payment of 300dollars in the bitcoin currency to enable you decrypt the files

SOURCE : THE PUNCH

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WINDOWS 10 SOURCE CODE LEAKED

Twas confirmed by microsoft that a portion of the source code for windows 10 has leaked. this contains software elements  which may present an opportunity for hackers to exploit such weakness.

The leak was described by U.K tech site, THE REGISTER, as a massive trove including both code for USB and Wi-Fi modules and full unreleased builds of Windows 10 and server 2016

While such leak was descrbed as massive, THE VERGE claims that the leak is relatively minor.
much of the leaked material has already circulated outside of Microsoft as part of code packages regularly shared with development partners and other customers.

Meanwhile, there is evidence that the content came from hacks of microsoft's network. THE VERGE points to the arrest of two men in England accused of hacking Microsoft.

The files have since been removed from beta archive where they originally surfaced


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TRANSFER NEWS: STOP TALKING ABOUT ME, SAYS VERATTI

There have been heavy links between PSG Veratti and Barcelona. The midfielder seems to be excited about this and has shown in so many ways that he would like to join Barcelona. Though PSG will not make that easy, he plans to force his way through.

Recently, a journalist wrote that Veratti said he could still stay at PSG provided the club invested heavily to improve the squad this summer by buying stars. Veratti hit back and made known his thoughts. He said " I have not given an interview to anyone and i never discussed with PSG what was explained in the article in that way. I hope that you will stop talking about what you know nothing about. Everyone has their  limits"

This obviously suggest that the interview published by the Journalist named Alessandro Grandesso was false. Meanwhile the journalist himself replied by tweeting this: "7 years of professionalism. i confirm everything "

So who do we hold on too? Time will tell. But for the main time, maybe we should stop talking about Veratti!

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NYSC MEMBER, SAMUEL, KILLED BY ROBBERS IN YENOGOA

A corp member named Samuel Collins, a graduate of engineering from the University of Benin, aged 30, was shot dead by some gunmen who are suspected to be hoodlums on saturday evening at Melford okilo Road , INEC/Kpansia area of Yenagoa metropolis.

 He was accosted by these hoodlums at INEC Road Junction on his way to the Nigerian Content Development and Management Board's office on Isaac Boro expressway. According to eyewitnesses, Samuel was gunned down, on his head, when he tried to drag his phones and valuables with his assailants.

The hoodlums fled the scene along with Samuel's phone, money and other valuables. According to an eyewitness, the shot on his head led to a massive loss of blood and after some minutes of struggles, he gave up. His body have been removed and deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa.

The Police Public Relations Officer at the Bayelsa Command, Mr Asinim Butswat, on Sunday said preliminary investigation showed that the killing was cult related, meanwhile Samuel was described by his friends as an easy-going and brilliant young man .The PRO further added that detailed investigation was ongoing to expose those behind the crime and bring them to justice.

SOURCE : THE PUNCH

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