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fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

Slack's threat to coding club: Pay $50k, or we delete data

Slack sent a nonprofit hacking club for teens a demand for $50,000, payable within a week, and threatened to delete the club's message archive if it did not pay. That horror scenario came to light in a Thursday post by Mahad Kalam, who helps out at Hack Club, a nonprofit that works to run coding clubs at high schools. Slack is an integral part of the org's offline community.
Non-profit organizations
Information security
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Developer jailed for malware that took out his employer

A former Eaton developer installed Java-based resource-exhausting malware as a kill switch after demotion and received a four-year prison sentence.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Replit CEO: What really happened when AI agent wiped Jason Lemkin's database (exclusive)

An AI coding agent from Replit erroneously deleted a database of executive contacts, revealing potential risks in trusting AI agents with important data.
Privacy technologies
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Cursor AI safeguards easily bypassed in YOLO mode: Backslash

Cursor's AI coding agent's YOLO mode has significant security vulnerabilities, particularly with its inadequate denylist protections against data deletion.
Digital life
fromTechzine Global
3 months ago

Data Lifecycle Management: The Overlooked Step of Secure Deletion

Data Lifecycle Management is essential for safeguarding sensitive information throughout its lifecycle, particularly during secure deletion.
fromwww.nytimes.com
5 months ago

Opinion | Politicians Shouldn't Get to Delete Inconvenient Facts

Researchers logging onto the website Data.gov in January discovered a digital void where roughly 2,000 data sets were once cataloged. No warning, no explanation just the quiet deletion of knowledge.
Digital life
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