Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Dropbox hack, far bigger than thought, may be a cloud security wakeup call

By Duncan Riley Aug 31, 2016

A hack of online storage provider Dropbox Inc. in 2012 has been revealed to be much larger that previously disclosed, with the details of some 68 million account holders finding their way online. Motherboard…

Political site Infowars hacked, account details offered for sale on the dark web

By Duncan Riley Aug 31, 2016

The website of political news outlet Infowars has been hacked, with details of account holders being offered for sale on the dark web. The hacked data being offered up is said to have come…

Report: Google to expand its Waze Rider carpooling service to Bay area in Fall

By Duncan Riley Aug 31, 2016

Google is set to compete with Uber Technologies, Inc. in the carpooling space, with the company said to expand its carpooling service to people in the San Francisco Bay area. According to The Wall…

EU slogs Apple with $14.5b in taxes, pushes case for #Irexit

By Duncan Riley Aug 31, 2016

In a severe blow to the sovereignty of the Republic of Ireland, the European Union (EU) has ordered that Apple pay €13 billion ($14.5 billion) in allegedly “unpaid” taxes after it ruled that Ireland’s…

Op-ed: Internet erupts in faux outrage after conservative site appears in Facebook Trending list

By Duncan Riley Aug 30, 2016

Trending Adjective “widely mentioned or discussed on the Internet, especially on social media websites.”(Dictionary.com) Facebook’s decision to fire its biased Trending news team and replace it with algorithms has caused a backlash online, after a…

Apple sued in class action lawsuit over iPhone 6 touch disease

By Duncan Riley Aug 30, 2016

A class action lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court for Northern California is accusing Apple of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of implied warranty, unjust enrichment, and breaking the Magnuson-Moss and Song-Beverly Warranty Acts…

Oopsy: FBI alert reveals election systems in two states have been hacked

By Duncan Riley Aug 29, 2016

Could the forthcoming Presidential election on November 8 be hacked? While the answer to that question remains, news has emerged that voting systems in two states have actually been hacked, including one instance of…

GoDaddy account holders targeted by two new phishing scams

By Duncan Riley Aug 29, 2016

Users of domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy, Inc. are being targeted by two new phishing scams that are attempting to gain access to their accounts. The main phishing scam is one where…

Son of Russian lawmaker convicted on 38 counts related to credit card hacking

By Duncan Riley Aug 29, 2016

The son of a Russian lawmaker was convicted Thursday on 38 counts related to his hacking of point-of-sale computers to steal and sell credit card numbers on the dark net. Thirty two-year-old Roman Valerevich…

Good: Facebook fires biased Trending news team, replaces them with algorithms

By Duncan Riley Aug 29, 2016

Facebook has fired all members of its Trending news team and has replaced moderation with an algorithm following allegations of systematic political bias first raised in May. According to Quartz, 15-18 workers were shown…

Duncan Riley

Dropbox hack, far bigger than thought, may be a cloud security wakeup call

Political site Infowars hacked, account details offered for sale on the dark web

Report: Google to expand its Waze Rider carpooling service to Bay area in Fall

EU slogs Apple with $14.5b in taxes, pushes case for #Irexit

Apple sued in class action lawsuit over iPhone 6 touch disease

Oopsy: FBI alert reveals election systems in two states have been hacked

GoDaddy account holders targeted by two new phishing scams

Son of Russian lawmaker convicted on 38 counts related to credit card hacking

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