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☆ Prince Harry Says Struggle With U.K. Tabloids Deepened Family Rift
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Prince Harry’s marathon quest against Britain’s tabloids produced a “monumental victory” in the courts, he said in a TV interview that will air Thursday, but it was a “central piece” of the bitter rift between him and other members of the British royal family. Speaking for the first time since winning hundreds of thousands of pounds in damages from Mirror Group Newspapers over his claims that it had wrongfully invaded his privacy, Harry, 39, said that he had been vindicated by the judge’s ruling, even if the price to his relations with his family was high. “I’ve made it very clear that this is something that needs to be done,” Harry said in excerpts released by ITV News, part of an hourlong documentary about the phone-hacking scandal. But he added, “It would be nice if we, you know, did it as a family.”Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, did not explain exactly how his legal battle had further ruptured relations with his father or brother, Prince William. In his memoir, “Spare,” he attributed the rift to multiple causes, including his family’s treatment of his wife, Meghan Markle, a biracial American former actress.

Persons: Prince, Harry, “ I’ve, ” Harry, King Charles III, Prince William, “, Meghan Markle Organizations: Mirror Group Newspapers, ITV News Locations: American

☆ What Rupert Murdoch Owns, and How He Built His Media Empire
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( J. Edward Moreno | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rupert Murdoch, the 93-year-old media tycoon, spent the past 70 years building a global media empire that gave him influence in journalism, politics and pop culture. He’s now locked in a court battle with three of his children over the future of the business, which own Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post and major newspapers and television outlets in Australia and Britain. With dozens of acquisitions, Mr. Murdoch created the media conglomerate known for the rise of the modern tabloid and conservative commentary. Here’s how Mr. Murdoch built his empire:1950sThe Australian-born mogul ventured into media in 1952 when he inherited his family’s business after the death of his father, Keith Murdoch. A 21-year-old Oxford student, he inherited The News of Adelaide, a newspaper in southern Australia with a circulation of 75,000.

Persons: Rupert Murdoch, Murdoch, Keith Murdoch Organizations: Fox News, Street, The New York Post, Britain, Fox, Oxford Locations: Australia, Britain, Australian, Adelaide

☆ British tabloid battle was ‘central piece’ in rift within royal family — Prince Harry
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Maija Ehlinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Prince Harry said in an interview on ITV that despite feeling “vindicated” after a “monumental victory” last year against a major British tabloid, he believes his battle against the press was a “central piece” of the rift that formed between him and members of the royal family. In December last year, Prince Harry was awarded £140,600 after the UK High Court ruled he was the subject of “extensive” phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) from 2006 to 2011. Justice Fancourt ruled that 15 stories published about Prince Harry by MGN used unlawful information gathering methods such as hacking of voicemail messages and the use of private investigators. Prince Harry described it as a “David vs Goliath situation,” in the ITV documentary. While Prince Harry said he feels vindicated by the Mirror phone hacking decision, he added that he wished his family would have joined him in pursuing the court case.

Persons: Prince Harry, “, ”, Justice Fancourt, MGN, David, “ The Davids, Rebecca Barry, Hugh Grant Organizations: CNN, ITV, Group, Court, Mirror Group, PA Media Locations: British

☆ US indicts North Korean hacker accused of helping extort US hospitals
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The US Justice Department on Thursday announced the indictment of an alleged North Korean government-backed hacker for allegedly participating in a scheme to break into US hospital computer systems and extort them for ransom. The hacks of health care providers locked up medical records and disrupted health care services in the US, US officials said. Thwarting North Korean hacking and money laundering has become a national security priority for the Biden administration. CNN previously reported on how South Korean spies and American companies try to intercept cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean hackers. Another CNN investigation identified one cryptocurrency entrepreneur who said his firm had unwittingly sent a North Korean IT worker tens of thousands of dollars.

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☆ CrowdStrike outage: We finally know what caused it - and how much it cost
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Insurers have begun calculating the financial damage caused by last week’s devastating CrowdStrike software glitch that crashed computers, canceled flights and disrupted hospitals all around the globe — and the picture isn’t pretty. The estimates come the same day that CrowdStrike issued a preliminary report on how it inadvertently caused the widespread IT meltdown. Numerous Fortune 500 companies use CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity software to detect and block hacking threats. Only a small portion, around 10% to 20%, may be covered by cybersecurity insurance policies, Parametrix added. The company routinely tests its software updates before pushing them out to customers, CrowdStrike said in the report.

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☆ A New Hampshire couple who wants to retire by age 35 shares the 'house-hacking' strategy that's grown their net worth to over $800,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewIn 2019, at the age of 23, Lauren Simpson and her husband Ian decided to pursue an ambitious goal: retire by age 35. The rest is from the equity they've built in four properties they've purchased over the last three years: one primary residence and three rental properties. These properties also provide the couple with rental income that they put toward their savings. When someone buys a second home or investment property, mortgage lenders often require a downpayment of at least 10%. In addition to buying investment properties, Simpson said she and Ian have done whatever they can to grow their savings.

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☆ CrowdStrike outage: What we know 4 days after a software update brought down computer systems around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Four days after a faulty software update from a cybersecurity company unexpectedly brought down computers and technical systems across the world, airlines and some other companies are still experiencing delays and other technical problems. The outage was related to a software update rolled out by CrowdStrike, a major US cybersecurity firm. The issue is specific to Falcon, one of CrowdStrike’s main software products, and is not impacting Mac or Linux operating systems, according to the advisory. US-based carriers American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Allegiant Airlines, SunCountry and Frontier Airlines all reported issues on Friday. More than 1,200 Delta flights were canceled on Sunday, after the carrier canceled 1,208 flights on Saturday, according to FlightAware.

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☆ With Surprise Reversal, Biden Rewrites His Legacy and Makes a Play for History
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In his first memoir, President Biden reflected on what at the time was the most searing moment of his political career. He had withdrawn from his first presidential campaign in disgrace, driven out by charges of plagiarism. But he resolved not to let it be the end of his story. As he sat in isolation with Covid at his Delaware beach house these past few days, hacking and hacked off, Mr. Biden certainly did not want to go out without a fight. His Irish was up, as he would put it, about all those allies pressuring him to step down out of concern that he was too old to win the race.

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☆ Timeline: How the CrowdStrike outage unfolded
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Washington, DC, public transportation services — including trains and buses — begin experiencing delays, according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. At 5:30 a.m., US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike tells customers that it was “aware of reports of crashes” of its software on Microsoft Windows operating systems, according to a company advisory viewed by CNN. Australian lenders ANZ and Westpac were also impacted, according to Downdetector, a website that tracks cyber outages. Other states also report impacts to their driving services, including Georgia, North Carolina, Texas and Tennessee. CrowdStrike would take steps “to prevent anything like this from happening again,” according to a statement on the company’s website.

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☆ CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Security experts said CrowdStrike's routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients' computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed. The latest version of its Falcon Sensor software was meant make CrowdStrike clients' systems more secure against hacking by updating the threats it defends against. Patrick Wardle, a security researcher who specializes in studying threats against operating systems, said his analysis identified the code responsible for the outage. It's unclear how that faulty code got into the update and why it wasn't detected before being released to customers. Other security companies have had similar episodes in the past.

Persons: Steve Cobb, Patrick Wardle, John Hammond Organizations: Dusseldorf Airport, Microsoft, Huntress Labs, Fortune, Infrastructure Security Agency Locations: Dusseldorf, Germany, U.S

Sick with Covid and abandoned by allies, President Biden has been fuming at his Delaware beach house, increasingly resentful about what he sees as an orchestrated campaign to drive him out of the race and bitter toward some of those he once considered close, including his onetime running mate Barack Obama. Mr. Biden has been around politics long enough to assume that the leaks appearing in the media in recent days are being coordinated to raise the pressure on him to step aside, according to people close to him. He considers Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, the main instigator, but is irritated at Mr. Obama as well, seeing him as a puppet master behind the scenes. It was Mr. Obama who elevated Mr. Biden from a presidential also-ran to the vice presidency, setting him up to win the White House in 2020, and it was Ms. Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, who pushed through his landmark legislative achievements. But several people close to Mr. Biden, who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal matters, described an under-the-weather president coughing and hacking hundreds of miles from the corridors of power as his presidency meets its most perilous moment.

Persons: Biden, Barack Obama, Mr, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Pelosi, Chuck Schumer Organizations: White House, Democratic Locations: Delaware, Washington

☆ What is Crowdstrike and how is it linked to the global outage?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The global computer outage affecting airports, banks and other businesses on Friday appears to stem at least partly from a software update issued by major US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, experts told CNN. The issue is specific to Falcon, one of CrowdStrike’s main software products, and is not impacting Mac or Linux operating systems, according to the advisory. CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity software — used by numerous Fortune 500 companies — detects and blocks hacking threats. Like other cybersecurity products, the software requires deep-level access to a computer’s operating system to scan for those threats. CrowdStrike is perhaps best known for investigating the Russian hack of Democratic National Committee computers during the 2016 US election.

Persons: CrowdStrike, “, George Kurtz, Kurtz Organizations: CNN, Microsoft, Fortune, CrowdStrike, Democratic National Committee

☆ How the world’s tech crashed all at once
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —When computers and tech systems around the world went down Friday, snarling airports, closing Social Security offices and limiting jail operations, many people had one question: How on Earth could this happen in 2024? CrowdStrike is everywhereNumerous Fortune 500 companies use CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity software to detect and block hacking threats. Computers running Microsoft Windows — one of the most popular software programs in the world — crashed because of the faulty way a code update issued by CrowdStrike is interacting with Windows. Anne Neuberger, a senior White House tech and cybersecurity official, spoke of the “risks of consolidation” in the tech supply chain when asked about the IT outage on Friday. The infamous hack of the US government using SolarWinds software in 2020, which US officials blamed on Russia, came through a tampered software update.

Persons: Costin, CrowdStrike, Munish Walther, Puri, “, ” Walther, Anne Neuberger, ” Neuberger, ” Tobias Feakin Organizations: CNN, CrowdStrike, Windows, White House, Aspen Security Locations: New York, Russia, Russian

☆ CrowdStrike's terms and conditions say most customers would just get a refund due to the massive outage, cybersecurity lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But, according to the cybersecurity company's terms and conditions, CrowdStrike doesn't have to shell out anything more than a simple refund. The terms for CrowdStrike's Falcon security software — which is used by companies and government agencies around the world — limit liability to "fees paid." AdvertisementThat means CrowdStrike users who signed the standard terms and conditions can't expect to get more than a refund from the company, Waller said. Related storiesBigger companies using CrowdStrike's software — like some of the airlines or hospital chains affected — may have negotiated different terms and conditions contracts with the cybersecurity company. According to Waller, most cyber insurance companies have policies that cover "contingent business interruption" or "dependent business interruption."

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☆ A 36-year-old who built a seven-figure net worth shares how she invested her money and her current portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Courtesy of Tess WaresmithHer current portfolio: real estate, index funds, individual stocks, crypto, and cashWaresmith has continued to diversify her portfolio over the years. "But then there are other ways to diversify within the stock market and also outside the stock market. "I think there's a misconception around real estate investing that you have to have 300 units to be successful," she said. In her case, the first deal she did was "a total game changer and allowed me to invest more in the stock market. The stock market: index funds and individual stocksWaresmith prefers index funds because "it's such an easy way to get exposure to the whole stock market," but a small portion of her portfolio, less than 5%, is in individual stocks.

Persons: —, Tess Waresmith, Waresmith, Tess, Waresmith's, I've, she's, I'm, It's Organizations: Service, Boston University, Fortune, Business, BU, America Locations: New England, America, Tampa , Florida, Salem , Massachusetts, Tampa, Massachusetts

☆ Russian cyber firm Kaspersky Lab to shut down US operations after Commerce ban
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab will “gradually wind down” its US operations and lay off its US-based employees after the Department of Commerce announced a ban on the firm selling its products in the United States, Kaspersky said Monday. The Commerce Department last month announced the ban of the sale and provision of Kaspersky software in the United States, citing national security concerns. More than 400 million people and 240,000 companies worldwide use Kaspersky Lab’s software products, according to the company. CNN reported in April that the Commerce Department was taking action against Kaspersky Lab. Kaspersky Lab said in its statement Monday that it would “continue investing in strategic markets and remain committed to serving its customers and partners and ensuring their protection.”

Persons: Kaspersky, Kim Zetter, Joe Biden, ”, Donald Trump Organizations: CNN, Kaspersky, Department of Commerce, Department, Commerce, Commerce Department, Kaspersky Lab, McAfee, Symantec Locations: Russian, United States, Moscow, Russia, Israel

☆ Hacker group claims it leaked internal Disney Slack messages
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —An activist hacking group claimed it leaked thousands of Disney’s internal messaging channels, which included information about unreleased projects, raw images computer codes and some logins. Nullbulge, the “hacktivist group,” claimed responsibility for the breach and said they leaked a gigantic, roughly 1.2 terabytes of information from Disney’s Slack, a communications software. In an email on Monday to CNN, the group claimed it gained access through “a man with Slack access who had cookies.” The email also claimed the group was based out of Russia. The hackers said they leaked the data because making demands of Disney would be futile. “If we said ‘Hello Disney, we have all your slack data’ they would instantly lock down and try to take us out.

Persons: ”, Disney’s Slack, Slack, Disney, “, Nullbulge, CNN’s Erika Tulfo, Jon Passantino Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, ESPN, Hulu, Disney, ABC News, Disneyland, Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild of America, Sony Pictures Locations: New York, Russia, Disneyland Paris, North Korea

☆ Disney's internal Slack message data leaked in latest hack targeting a major company
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Hacking group Nullbulge said it published internal Slack information from "almost 10,000 channels." AdvertisementAn apparent leak has made messages, files, code, and other data from Disney's internal Slack public. In it, it said people could gain details on Disney's planned projects, some log-in information, and more, all taken from the company Slack messaging system. Business Insider couldn't verify Nullbulge's claims regarding the size of the hack. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: —, Nullbulge, Slack Organizations: Disney, Service, Street Journal, Business

Financial planners said real estate is a top source of passive income for their clients. Making passive income isn't always as easy as it sounds — it takes time and money up front, and the benefits don't come overnight. To find out how people are earning passive income, Business Insider asked several financial advisors to share their clients' top passive-income sources. "Passive income sources like podcasts, websites, apps, YouTube channels generating income off of ads — those are really common sources of passive income that I've seen," he told Business Insider. Creating digital products for sale onlineEllis said that digital products are a common way she's seen clients earn passive income recently.

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☆ How AT&T customers can protect themselves in the latest data breach
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —If you were an AT&T cellphone customer in 2022, your call data was possibly breached to bad actors. AT&T said Friday that data was breached from “nearly all” of its cellular customers and the customers of wireless providers that used its network between May 1, 2022, and October 31, 2022. The records of a “very small number” of customers from January 2, 2023, were also breached, AT&T said. What they did get is metadata — call logs that contain a record of every number AT&T customers called or texted (including customers of other wireless networks), the number of times they interacted and the call duration. The age of artificial intelligence makes this even more pressing, according to Collin Walke, cybersecurity and data privacy partner at Hall Estill.

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☆ I quit my day job at 29 by investing in real estate. I'm now a stay-at-home dad building generational wealth for my kids.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Matt Krueger, 30, about building income from rental properties in Des Moines, Iowa. Related storiesBetween 2017 and 2021, our rental income averaged $1,200 to $1,500 monthly, taking into account money set aside for mortgage payments. I was inspired to try short-term rentals and quit my day job in 2022One day, I listened to a podcast about short-term rentals and Airbnb. AdvertisementOne downside of short-term rentals is the increased adminIn 2023, we made around $97,000 in revenue from long-term rentals and around $143,000 from two short-term rentals. In May this year, we opened our third short-term rental, hoping to increase our revenue even further.

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The NATO official said they had observed “an unprecedented escalation and spread of Russia’s hybrid warfare” over the past six months, which included “physical sabotage” on the supply line of NATO weapons intended for Ukraine. “It is everything from point of production and origin, to storage, to those who are making decisions, to the actual delivery,” the senior NATO official said. Recent high-profile arrests have revealed the ad-hoc, clumsy nature of how the Kremlin’s intelligence operations have evolved since the start of the war in Ukraine. Russia is big enough to have resources to fight a war against Ukraine and also maintain its security operations against European countries… against us. There are people who take part in the war against Ukraine, and then they are rotated to some other region or area.

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☆ PIPs have rankled the Wall Street Journal newsroom and are at the center of a new lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewAn uptick in disciplinary actions during Emma Tucker's reign at The Wall Street Journal has unnerved the newsroom, and now a former Journal reporter has filed a lawsuit challenging them. The lawsuit, filed by Stephanie Armour, alleges that she was fraudulently targeted for dismissal starting in April 2024 despite excelling in her job. Some said they saw the moves as a way to get rid of high-earning employees who are protected from being fired without cause by Journal publisher Dow Jones' union, IAPE. It was formed after Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of Dow Jones in 2007 to allay concerns of Dow Jones' longtime former owners, the Bancroft family. Dow Jones and editorial leadership haven't immediately responded to requests for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ AI-powered vending machines that sell bullets could be hacked, says a cybersecurity expert
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Vending machines that dispense bullets have been rolled out in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas. The machines use facial recognition for age and ID verification. AdvertisementThe US has rolled out AI-powered vending machines that dispense bullets to customers aged over 21 who have valid IDs. Various stores in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas have installed ammo-vending machines that use 360-degree facial recognition to check a person's age and ID. The vending machines, made by ammunition distribution company American Rounds, are designed to make ammo available 24/7.

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☆ OpenAI's latest reputation problem: hackers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Related storiesOpenAI told Business Insider that the company had "identified and fixed" the "underlying security issue" that led to the breach. AdvertisementStill, the hacking prompted concern inside and outside the company that OpenAI's security is too weak, leaving it open to foreign adversaries like China. He described the company's security as "egregiously insufficient" to protect against theft by foreign actors. A month after OpenAI fired Aschenbrenner, two more of the team's top members quit, and the team effectively dissolved.

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