Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

As explained by the Bank of England [1] “£10 of a UK digital currency would always be worth the same as a £10 note”. They exists in either Token Based (object of value) or Account based (value stored at the Central Bank) form and are of two types, wholesale CBDCs and retail CBDCs.

Financial Services 71

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 26, 2024

Authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States this week levied financial sanctions against a Russian man accused of stealing data on nearly 10 million customers of the Australian health insurance giant Medibank. “REvil was among the most notorious cybercrime gangs in the world until July 2021 when they disappeared.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Big Yellow and Avira weren’t the only established brands cashing in on crypto hype as a way to appeal to a broader audience: The venerable electronics retailer RadioShack wasted no time in announcing plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. The data is published after Medibank reportedly declines to pay a US$10 million ransom demand.

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Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 236

John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

AI is driven by data, and as a society we’re not particularly good at structuring, governing, or sharing data. Advertising will no longer be a sideshow to its sexier device business; it will be a $10-15 billion juggernaut with 50-90-percent profit margins.

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