Friday, January 4, 2019

German politicians targeted in 'mass hack attack'

BBC News - Technology
German politicians targeted in 'mass hack attack'
German politicians targeted in 'mass hack attack'
Chancellor Angela Merkel is among hundreds of MPs and others reportedly hit by a "serious attack".
Huawei staff punished after official tweet posted 'via iPhone'
Huawei staff punished after official tweet posted 'via iPhone'
Two employees are reportedly demoted over a social media post displaying "via Twitter for iPhone".
TechNewsWorld
Voice-Controlled Online Entertainment Is Gaining Traction
Smart speakers are becoming a more common platform for controlling connected entertainment due to a rapid increase in popularity and ease of use. Household penetration of smart speakers is expected to reach 47 percent among U.S. broadband households by 2022, based on Parks Associates estimates. New entrants in the connected consumer electronics market, including Samsung, Roku and Facebook, are likely to make announcements about new voice-controlled speakers at CES 2019 in order to claim a share of this new voice-first CE market.
Supermicro: Our Motherboards Are Clean
Supermicro CEO Charles Liang has informed the company's customers that a leading third-party investigations company found "absolutely no evidence of malicious hardware" on its motherboards. The investigation was undertaken in response to a recent claim that bad actors had inserted spy chips in the firm's motherboards on behalf of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, China's armed forces. The findings "were no surprise to us," Liang noted, because "our process is designed to protect the integrity and reliability of our products."
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