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☆ Exclusive: Musk-owned X's content moderation shift complicated effort to win back brands -former exec
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sheila Dang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. "I didn't always have access to other people who were doing (brand safety) work," he said of his time at Twitter. Before acquiring Twitter, Musk had criticized the platform for limiting free speech by removing certain content and having a politically liberal bias. Still, Brown said he felt supported in his brand safety work by Musk and Ella Irwin, Twitter's then-head of trust and safety, who resigned days before Brown. FALLING REVENUEOn Monday, Musk said X's declining ad revenue was primarily due to pressure from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

Persons: Carlos Barria, AJ Brown, Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Brown, NBCUniversal, Ella Irwin, Twitter's, AJ, Jonathan Greenblatt, X, Sheila Dang, Kenneth Li Organizations: REUTERS, Elon Musk, Twitter, Brand Safety Institute, BSI, Kroger, Defamation League, Anti, Defamation, ADL, Center, X, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Dallas

☆ Almost one in three UK women expect to end careers early - poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The British Standards Institution, which commissioned the survey, said the results showed the need for employers and the government to take steps to help older women remain in the labour market. Caring responsibilities and a lack of flexibility in work were both cited as barriers to work by about one in five respondents. Some 32% of British women aged 50 to 64 were not in work or seeking work in the first quarter of this year, compared with 22% of similarly aged men, official data shows. For men and women aged 25 to 34, the comparable rates were 16% and 8%. The BSI did not survey men to see how their reasons for leaving the labour market as they age compared to women's.

Persons: Anne Hayes, Hayes, William Schomberg, David Milliken Organizations: British Standards Institution, Sectors, BSI, Thomson Locations: Britain

A DB spokesperson told Reuters that under current IT security legislation it did not have to run network components by Germany's cybersecurity office, the BSI, unlike public telecoms network operators. A BSI spokesperson said it was not aware of any law that determined the DB IT systems as "critical components". A Huawei spokesperson said the firm would never harm any nation or individual. The December contract with Deutsche Telekom Business Solutions, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, is for Huawei tech like switches and routers. A government source said it had detected some operators had already built in Huawei critical components without waiting for a BSI green light and could be required to replace those.

☆ ECB's IT head named as next German cybersecurity chief
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Claudia Plattner, the European Central Bank's director general for information systems, was named as Germany's next cybersecurity chief on Tuesday, filling a position left empty for months after the previous head was fired following reports of possible Russia ties. Plattner, a trained mathematician who has held her ECB role since July 2021, will take over as head of the BSI cybersecurity agency starting July 1, the German interior ministry said in a statement. Her predecessor, Arne Schoenbohm, was fired in October and an investigation was launched into his conduct after media allegations that he may have come into contact with Russian security circles through a consultancy he co-founded. Schoenbohm said in October he had himself asked the ministry to launch an investigation. Writing by Miranda Murray Editing by Paul CarrelOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russian 'hacktivists' briefly knock German websites offline
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BERLIN, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Russian activist hackers knocked several German websites offline on Wednesday in response to Berlin's decision to send tanks to Ukraine, although Germany's BSI cyber agency said the digital blitz had little tangible effect. Hacking group Killnet said it was targeting government websites, banks and airports with a coordinated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) campaign, a relatively unsophisticated attack which works by directing high volumes of internet traffic towards targeted servers in order to knock them offline. Killnet is a self-proclaimed Russian "hacktivist" group that has actively targeted opponents of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant previously reported that Killnet is associated with another Russian hacktivist group, Xaknet, which claims it breached numerous Ukrainian organisations. Xaknet is likely connected to Russian intelligence services, Mandiant said.

Arne Schoenbohm came under scrutiny in recent weeks after a satire TV show highlighted his ties with a cybersecurity consultancy which counted as a member a German subsidiary of a Russian firm founded by a former KGB employee. He told Reuters he was no longer active in the council and had only delivered the keynote speech at its 10th anniversary in September as an exception after receiving the green light from the interior ministry. The consultancy last week protested it had not known of the alleged ties to Russian services of Protelion GmbH, which it expelled after the TV programme was aired. The consultancy said the interior ministry knew of the allegations since at least spring but "no information was provided to associations or potential customers by official bodies". The head of Protelion GmbH was not immediately available for comment.

☆ German government relieves cyber security chief of duty - Spiegel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

BERLIN, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has relieved the country's cybersecurity chief of duty after several media reported possible contacts with people involved with Russian security services, Spiegel said on Tuesday. Arne Schoenbohm, president of the BSI federal information security agency, could have had such contacts through the Cyber Security Council of Germany, various media outlets reported last week. The interior ministry did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Kirsti Knolle, Alexander Ratz; editing by Matthias WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Germany's cybersecurity chief faces dismissal, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Oct 10 (Reuters) - German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants to dismiss the country's cybersecurity chief due to possible contacts with people involved with Russian security services, German media reported late on Sunday, citing government sources. Schoenbohm was a founder of the association, which counts as a member a German company that is a subsidiary of a Russian cybersecurity firm founded by a former KGB employee, they wrote. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSchoenbohm did not immediately reply to a message sent to him via social media. "These accusations must be decisively investigated," said Konstantin von Notz, the head of the parliamentary oversight committee for Germany’s intelligence agencies. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Birgit Mitwollen; Writing by Sarah Marsh; Editing by Cynthia OstermanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Хакеры требуют 70 млн долларов после атаки на американскую ИТ-фирму
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

В результате массированной кибератаки во всем мире заблокирована работа тысяч компаний. Предполагаемые российские хакеры из группировки REvil, которую подозревают в массированной кибератаке на американскую IT-компанию Kaseya, потребовали выкуп в размере 70 млн долларов за разблокирование зашифрованных в результате взлома данных. В результате одной из крупнейших кибератак, совершенных с целью вымогательства, со второй половины дня 2 июля во всем мире заблокирована работа тысяч различных компаний. От атаки REvil пострадали и компании в Европе. По данным Федерального ведомства по безопасности в сфере информационной техники (BSI), в Германии заблокирована работа тысяч компьютеров.

Persons: VSA Organizations: Федеральное ведомство по безопасности Locations: Европа, Германия

Ambele instituții spun că cunosc în ce țară se află Nicolae Ceaus și dacă se află în Ucraina. Mesajul video publicat are și un mesaj: „Au mai rămas 10 ore”. Procuratura pentru Combaterea Criminalității Organizate și Cauze Speciale a anunțat că examinează veridicitatea imaginilor și va reveni cu o reacție. Nicolae Ceaus, a fost răpit din centrul Chișinăului, în data de 3 aprilie. Un alt suspect a fost reținut acum 6 zile la intrarea în țară.

Persons: Nicolae, Nicolae Ceaus, Mikola Ceaus, El, Rostislav, Iulian Balan Locations: Ucraina, ucrainean, Moldova, Chișinăului

☆ La Chișinău încep lucrările pentru prima parcare automatizată situată în centrul orașului
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-31 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Primăria municipiului Chișinău și Universitatea Tehnică a Moldove dau start lucrărilor de construcție a primei parcării automatizate din centrul Chișinăului, aceasta va avea patru nivele și va deține 40 de locuri de parcare. De asemenea, în acest an ne propunem să facem mai multe locuri parcare și în alte zone ale municipiului Chișinău”, susține primarul de Chișinău, Ion Ceban. Totodată, Ion Ceban a spus că anul acesta urmează să apară o parcare cu 500 de locuri la Parcul Izvor. Dariu Valentin, directorul companiei de construcție a parcării, a comunicat că, construcțiile parcării automatizate din centrul Chișinăului vor începe probabil chiar astăzi și vor în mediu 2-3 luni, totul depinde de costurile destinate construcției. Parcarea automatizată va avea patru nivele și va dispune de 40 de locuri de parcare.

Persons: Ion Ceban, Alexei Mateevici, Mihai Viteazul, Ismail . Organizations: Universitatea Tehnică Locations: Chișinău, Chișinăului, Romania, Ismail

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