Tu Union - Your link to the internet

More than 100,000 people have had their eyes scanned for free cryptocurrency

Worldcoin reveals "orb" scanner, aims to distribute cryptocurrency to 1 billion people.

How hackers hijacked thousands of high-profile YouTube accounts

Spate of attacks turned creator channels into cryptocurrency scam livestreams.

Passengers couldn’t fly after NHS vaccine passport went offline

Outage lasted approximately 4 hours, causing issues with health app.

“Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself

He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right.

Verizon’s Visible cell customers hacked, leading to unauthorized purchases

Company suspects credential stuffing, but questions remain.

US gov’t will slap contractors with civil lawsuits for hiding breaches

Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative mandates data-breach reporting for gov't contractors.

Twitch source code, creator earnings exposed in 125GB leak

Twitch blames a "server configuration change" for the massive data leak.

Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was hacked for five years

Syniverse hasn't revealed whether text messages were exposed.

Facebook’s outage likely cost the company over $60 million

Configuration change cascaded down the data centers, bringing systems to a halt.

Windows 11: The Ars Technica review

Attractive new design overshadowed by regressions and high system requirements.

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus are down. Here’s what we know [Updated]

The root cause of the worldwide outage appears to be a flubbed BGP route update.

Researcher refuses Telegram’s bounty award, discloses auto-delete bug

Telegram took months to fix "self-destruct" message bug. Then requested silence.

Hundreds of scam apps hit over 10 million Android devices

GriftHorse campaign used clever techniques to avoid detection in Google Play.

California DMV gives Cruise and Waymo OK to charge for rides

But the California Public Utilities Commission still has to give its approval.

Neiman Marcus data breach impacts 4.6 million customers

Users were asked to change passwords—but were not offered free credit monitoring.

“Wayforward Machine” provides a glimpse into the future of the web

"Imagine a future without access to knowledge..."

Intel launches its next-generation neuromorphic processor—so, what’s that again?

Intel's Loihi processors have electronics that behave a lot like neurons.

Apple forgot to sanitize the Phone Number field for lost AirTags

Another bug-bounty boondoggle leads to public disclosure before the bug is fixed.

PoC exploit released for Azure AD brute-force bug—here’s what to do

Microsoft maintains it's not a security risk but is working toward a solution.

Russia arrests cybersecurity expert on treason charge

Ilya Sachkov is founder of Group-IB, which specializes in ransomware attack prevention.

NBC demanded that YouTube TV bundle Peacock or lose access to NBC channels

YouTube TV could lose NBC channels when contract expires Thursday.

New Azure Active Directory password brute-forcing flaw has no fix

Microsoft says AD authentication responses are working as intended.

GM’s BrightDrop starts production of its EV600 electric delivery van

The vans use GM's new Ultium battery platform and have a range of 250 miles.

Film studios sue “no logs” VPN provider for $10 million

Independent movie studios are demanding $10 million in damages from LiquidVPN.

Researchers use Starlink satellites to pinpoint location, similar to GPS

Researchers track 6 satellites to get location with accuracy of 8 meters.

Ford picks Kentucky and Tennessee for $11.4 billion EV investment

Three battery plants and a truck factory will add 11,000 new jobs to the region.

He escaped the dark web’s biggest bust. Now he’s back

DeSnake apparently eluded the takedown of AlphaBay and now plans to resurrect it.