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German phone repair biz collapses following 2023 ransomware attack 2025-08-04 at 14:04 By Connor Jones Founder miffed over prosecutors holding onto its Bitcoin The founder of a German mobile phone repair and insurance biz has begun insolvency proceedings for some operations in his company after struggling financially following a costly ransomware attack in 2023.… This […]

When hyperscalers can’t safeguard one nation’s data from another, dark clouds are ahead 2025-08-04 at 13:38 By Rupert Goodwins If it’s not on-prem, it’s on the menu Opinion  The details of cloud data regionalization are rarely the stuff of great drama. When they’ve reached the level of an exe admitting to the Senate that a […]

Millions of age checks performed as UK Online Safey Act gets rolling 2025-08-04 at 13:38 By Richard Speed But it’s OK, claims Brit government, no personal data stored ‘unless absolutely necessary’ The UK government has reported that an additional five million age checks are being made daily as UK-based internet users seek to access age-restricted […]

Legendary OpenPrinting architect looking for new role 2025-08-04 at 13:38 By Liam Proven Canonical lays off one of its old hands – a longstanding FOSS developer – after nearly two decades Till Kamppeter, the lead developer of the OpenPrinting subsystem for Linux, has been laid off by Canonical after 19 years.… This article is an […]

The Wild West of Shadow IT 2025-08-04 at 13:37 By Everyone’s an IT decision-maker now. The employees in your organization can install a plugin with just one click, and they don’t need to clear it with your team first. It’s great for productivity, but it’s a serious problem for your security posture. When the floodgates […]

BlackRock Bitcoin ETF set for ‘monstrous lead’ with SEC options boost 2025-08-04 at 10:22 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF will get a boost from the SEC’s decision to raise the limit for options contracts 10-fold, NYDIG’s Greg Cipolaro said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ether ‘mega whales’ continue buying through weekend dip 2025-08-04 at 10:22 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Ether “mega whales” continued buying the cryptocurrency, which dipped and began recovering over the weekend. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

China’s botched Great Firewall upgrade invites attacks on its censorship infrastructure 2025-08-04 at 10:22 By Simon Sharwood Attempts to censor QUIC traffic create chance to block access to offshore DNS resolvers China’s attempts to censor traffic carried using Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC) are imperfect and have left the country at risk of attacks that […]

PlayPraetor Android Trojan Infects 11,000+ Devices via Fake Google Play Pages and Meta Ads 2025-08-04 at 10:22 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a nascent Android remote access trojan (RAT) called PlayPraetor that has infected more than 11,000 devices, primarily across Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco, Peru, and Hong Kong. “The botnet’s rapid growth, which now exceeds […]

Bitcoin company Metaplanet kicks off August with first big buy 2025-08-04 at 09:11 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Metaplanet scooped up 463 Bitcoin on Monday, making it the first public company to capitalize on the August Bitcoin dip. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Cardano community approves $71M treasury spend for network upgrades 2025-08-04 at 08:10 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Prior to the proposal passing, Cardano’s Technical Steering Committee submitted a competing bid. Users were also concerned about transparency and accountability. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

CFTC starts ‘crypto sprint’ with SEC following White House plans 2025-08-04 at 08:10 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will work with the Securities and Exchange Commission to implement White House crypto recommendations. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

$110K support key as Bitcoin enters bear month with a 5% dip: Analyst 2025-08-04 at 08:10 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young The month of August has historically been a bearish one for Bitcoin, and is already off to a choppy start. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Microsoft briefly turned off Indian company’s cloud due to EU sanctions on Russia 2025-08-04 at 07:42 By Simon Sharwood Oh, the irony of Europe demonstrating the importance of the sovereign cloud it craves Microsoft disconnected Indian company Nayara Energy from its cloudy resources last week, before restoring access ahead of a court clash.… This article […]