Before you head out for the weekend, check out today's Metacurity for the top infosec developments you should know, including
--Judge Orders NSO Group to give WhatsApp its spyware code
--Privacy experts wary of FBI's access to push alerts,
--UnitedHealth confirms hack by ALPHV,
--Jack Teixeira to plead guilty,
--Widely-sold video doorbells rife with security flaws,
--Hackers stole sensitive military data from Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom,
--NTT CEO resigns following customer data theft report,
--Fulton Co. called LockBit's bluff,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/judge-orders-nso-group-give-whatsapp-spyware-code
Filing: The US DOE settles with bitcoin miner Riot Platforms and an industry group, and agrees to cancel its mandatory survey of energy use by crypto miners (Sarah Wynn/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/280257/emerge
Filing: Donald Trump's Truth Social lost $58M on $4.1M in revenue during 2023; Trump Media & Technology Group is valued at $7B after going public on March 26 (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-truth-social-revenue-2023<…
🔥Shares in Trump Media Technology Group fell sharply after the company reported a net loss of $58 million in 2023.
💥“TMTG expects to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future,” says the filing by the company, which has a market valuation of more than $6.5 billion.
Trump Media, which trades under the ticker #DJT on the Nasdaq, owns the Truth Social app.
I have decided, as a #selfhost with just two other people on my instance, that I'm going to limit threads.net following the example of @… quoted below. I didn't know that you can “unlimit” specific accounts! This is an interesting option.
For other a…
"In a regulatory filing on Monday, Trump Media said it lost $58.2 million in 2023, compared with a profit of $50.5 million in 2022.
The Truth Social owner generated just $4.1 million in revenue, although that was up from $1.5 million in 2022.”
Honest question: how do you have $50M profit on $1.5M revenue? I seem to misunderstand the terms.
Went to Kenmore Camera this morning to handle some of the compact APS-C cameras.
I handled a used Fuji X-E2 which is similar in size to the x100VI and enjoyed the feeling. I may need the thumb grip accessory.
The Nikon Z30 with the pancake zoom was tempting, but the AF system would take some getting used to.
The Sony a6700 just didn’t spark joy. It seemed very capable, like a technical tool.
I think I’m set on the X100VI.
I just fell for a very scary #aprilfools in a Facebook group for Icelandic Geology, which is usually a place for serious discussion - hell, they remove pictures that were obviously done by entering restricted areas or ask about how to circumvent police barricades.
But today, they accepted a post "Katla started to erupt today 🌋 Confirmed 👆"
Some things you just don't joke…
Filing: Donald Trump's Truth Social lost $58M on $4.1M in revenue during 2023; Trump Media & Technology Group is valued at $7B after going public on March 26 (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-truth-social-revenue-2023<…
I just fell for a very scary #aprilfools in a Facebook group for Icelandic Geology, which is usually a place for serious discussion - hell, they remove pictures that were obviously done by entering restricted areas or ask about how to circumvent police barricades.
But today, they accepted a post "Katla started to erupt today 🌋 Confirmed 👆"
Some things you just don't joke…