av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 7, 2017 | Lästips
Hackers Tried To Break Into DNC Computers Right Before New Years Eve – BuzzFeed News
WASHINGTON The FBI alerted the Democratic National Committee as recently as New Years Eve that hackers were once again trying to break into their computer systems, BuzzFeed News has learned.
There was activity the day after the president issued sanctions [against Russia], looking for ways to get into the servers, one high-level source familiar with the investigation said.
A US intelligence officer, who requested anonymity as they were not cleared to speak to the press, said that there have been multiple attempts to hack into the DNC since the Nov. 8 elections.
Many of these attempts are not serious
hackers are trying to re-enter the DNC system but as far as we understand their attempts have not been successful, said the intelligence officer, who had been in contact with the DNC over the attempts.
Källa: Hackers Tried To Break Into DNC Computers Right Before New Years Eve – BuzzFeed News
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 7, 2017 | Lästips
Beating of Disabled Teenager Highlights a Crime That Often Goes Unpunished – The New York Times
CHICAGO The appalling video seized the nations attention this week: A group of young people kidnapped, bound, beat, slashed, gagged, humiliated and threatened to kill a teenager with mental disabilities over nearly three days, and laughed about it as they carried out their acts.But by far, the most unusual thing about the episode, advocates for people with disabilities have said, was not the abuse itself, but the fact that it was recorded. Violence against people with disabilities is far more common than most people realize, advocates have said, and frequently goes undetected or is not taken seriously.The victim in the attack here, an 18-year-old white man, suffered from schizophrenia and attention deficit disorder, prosecutors said in court papers filed on Friday. The four accused attackers, ranging in age from 18 to 24, are black. The four appeared on Friday in Cook County Circuit Court and Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil ordered them held without bail.
Källa: Beating of Disabled Teenager Highlights a Crime That Often Goes Unpunished – The New York Times
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 7, 2017 | Lästips
Facebooks New Head of News Partnerships, Campbell Brown, Has Deep Ties to Trump Nominee
FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED FRIDAY that former CNN host and education reform activist Campbell Brown will be leading its news partnership team.
Brown wrote in a statement on her Facebook page that she will help news organizations and journalists work more closely and more effectively with Facebook. I will be working directly with our partners to help them understand how Facebook can expand the reach of their journalism, and contribute value to their businesses.
Browns hiring should raise eyebrows given her close ties to Betsy DeVos, the president-elects nominee to lead the Education Department. DeVos is a Mochigan-based billionaire heiress who has poured millions of dollars into organizations supporting school vouchers and charter schools.
Källa: Facebooks New Head of News Partnerships, Campbell Brown, Has Deep Ties to Trump Nominee
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 7, 2017 | Lästips
Online databases dropping like flies, with 10k falling to ransomware groups | Ars Technica
More than 10,000 website databases have been taken hostage in recent days by attackers who are demanding hefty ransoms for the data to be restored, a security researcher said Friday.The affected data is created and stored by the open source MongoDB database application, according to researchers who have been tracking the ongoing attacks all week. On Monday, Victor Gevers, co-founder of the GDI Foundation, reported finding 200 such databases that had been deleted. By Tuesday, John Matherly, founder of the Shodan search engine increased the estimate to 2,000 databases, and by Friday, fellow researcher Niall Merrigan updated the count to 10,500.
Misconfigured MongoDB databases have long exposed user password data and other sensitive information, with the 2015 breach of scareware provider MacKeeper that exposed data for 13 million users being just one example.
Källa: Online databases dropping like flies, with >10k falling to ransomware groups | Ars Technica
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 7, 2017 | Nöje
Dannyboy
Flerfaldigt prisbelönt film som tagits ut till medverkan i flera filmfestivaler.
En film om Dannyboy som är artist och idiot. Han har en blind hund, gillar att spela gitarr, dricker aldrig kaffe men har ändå en kaffekopp på sitt rum. Han sitter ofta framför sin dator och spelar Brickboy.
This is a documentary about Dannyboy.
A portrait about failure and disappointment.
He’s an artist but also an idiot.
A film by Simon Lynen
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Awards:
– Yotsuba special award, New chitose airport festival, 2016
Festival screenings:
– Animafest Zagreb, 2016
– Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart, 2016
– New Chitose Airport Festival, 2016
– Nederlands Filmfestival Utrecht, 2015
– Anima Brussels, 2017
– Hommage Bozar Brussels, 2016
– Nuit de l’animation Lille, 2016