Ah, right on time: Hacker-slammed SolarWinds sued by angry shareholders
Plus: US intelligence names and shames Russia as probable culprit
05 Jan 2021 | 27
Kieren is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and covers internet infrastructure and governance, the domain name system, the Internet of Things, and many other topics.
Trump's overhaul of Section 230 stalls, Biden may just throw the web legal shield on the bonfire anyway
FCC won't mull law reform this month
05 Jan 2021 | 39
Brexit freezes 81,000 UK-registered .eu domains – and you've all got three months to get them back
After years of waffle, potentially thousands of web addresses suspended
05 Jan 2021 | 205
Trump pushes anti-immigrant policy into Biden term with extended freeze on H-1B and other work visas
Applicants will need to hold off until March at the earliest
04 Jan 2021 | 12
Dutch officials say Donald Trump really did protect his Twitter account with MAGA2020! password
And no, we’re not going to prosecute the bloke who found out
17 Dec 2020 | 150
SolarWinds’ shares drop 22 per cent. But what’s this? $286m in stock sales just before hack announced?
VC firms say they weren't aware Orion code had been backdoored
16 Dec 2020 | 31
In this week’s episode of Texas Attorney General: Google faces lawsuit accusing it of crushing ad-tech rivals
Antitrust legal challenge also claims web giant accessed encrypted WhatsApp messages
16 Dec 2020 | 13
As UK breaks away from Europe, Facebook tells Brits: You'll all be Californians soon
Boris can’t manage a US trade deal, so antisocial media giant has done it for him
16 Dec 2020 | 172
We take a look at proposed Big Tech regulations in the UK: Heavy on possible fines, light on enforcement
Analysis Online Harms draft gets most things right, still gives Facebook and friends too much leeway
16 Dec 2020 | 26
Cloudflare, Dropbox, Reddit and friends launch Section 230 compromise coalition as change seems inevitable
De-FAAMG'd tech outfits fear being steamrolled
15 Dec 2020 | 1
Leaked draft EU law reveals tech giants could face huge 6% turnover fines if they don't play by Europe's rules
As UK govt mulls eye-watering 10% penalties for goliaths that don't scrub away illegal content
15 Dec 2020 | 43
SolarWinds: Hey, only as many as 18,000 customers installed backdoored software linked to US govt hacks
Analysis Orion networking monitoring users need to take action as we summarize what the hell is going on
15 Dec 2020 | 109
China Telecom answers US internet routing hijack claims by joining internet routing security team: How do you like them apples?
Mind your MANRS as politics meets network security
14 Dec 2020 | 10
Twitter, Mozilla, Vimeo slam Europe’s one-size-fits-all internet content policing plan
Blanket deletions will smother internet, EU tech chief told
10 Dec 2020 | 26
When it comes to privacy, everyone says America needs a new federal law ASAP. As for mass spying, well, um… huh what’s that over there?
Analysis Congressional hearing on Privacy Shield oddly productive affair
09 Dec 2020 | 42
Facebook crushed rivals to maintain an illegal monopoly, the entire United States yells in Zuckerberg’s face
Multi-AG, FTC antitrust lawsuits focus on 'the wrath of Mark', potential break-up of social media giant
09 Dec 2020 | 42
Apple fires warning shot at Facebook and Google on privacy, pledges fight against 'data-industrial complex'
Offer does not apply in China
09 Dec 2020 | 27
Cybersecurity giant FireEye says it was hacked by govt-backed spies who stole its crown-jewels hacking tools
Not a great look
09 Dec 2020 | 64
Judge strikes down another attempt by President Trump to force a TikTok US sale
Donald-appointed jurist says Uncle Sam 'likely overstepped' authority, 'acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner'
08 Dec 2020 | 25
Senators, net neutrality advocates rail against looming lame-duck confirmation of new FCC commissioner
Updated Nathan Simington not qualified, they claim, and installed to create deadlock
08 Dec 2020 | 19
Kremlin hackers are right now exploiting security hole in VMware software to hijack systems, NSA warns
So, you know, patch it
07 Dec 2020 | 17
Remember Ask Jeeves? It's still alive, kinda, and Google seems keen to show it the door once and for all
IAC calls foul over Chrome extensions spat, complicated by antitrust case
07 Dec 2020 | 32
.org owner Internet Society puts its money where its mouth is with additional IETF funding
Has the TLD debacle forced ISOC back to its roots? Maybe
03 Dec 2020 | 11
Trumpian politics continue as senators advance controversial Republican FCC commissioner nominee
Analysis Telecoms regulator now firmly a part of the burnt partisan landscape
03 Dec 2020 | 35
