@fanf@mendeddrum.org2025-09-23 14:42:03
from my link log —
The elephant in the biz: outsourcing of critical IT and cybersecurity functions risks UK economic security.
https://doublepulsar.com/the-elephant-in-the-biz-outsourcing-of-critical…
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2025-09-23 14:42:03
@johnleonard@mastodon.social2025-09-25 14:18:16
TCS - the weak link?
The cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is showing us in real time how individual decisions from private enterprise to outsource tech functions like cybersecurity can end up having a much bigger impact, and a cost to taxpayers.
https://www.computing.co.…
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2025-09-20 13:52:44
Each week Metacurity offers our free and paid subscribers a run-down of the best infosec-related long reads.
This week's selection covers
--Scattered Spider's Urban speaks,
--EU nations subsidize spyware makers,
--AI chatbots fool senior citizens with phishing,
--Scam compounds endanger job seekers and tourists,
--Meat and dairy companies spy on activists,
--Texas wants in on Chihuahua's massive surveillance,
--Cyber outsourcing thr…
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.social2025-09-20 22:36:35
An H1-B visa lasts 6 years. That means employers costs just increased by $17,000 a year per employee to hire non-U.S. persons.
I'm curious if this administration will go after outsourcing as well and try to tariff labor.
And if you say, "that's dumb", well yes this whole U.S. administration is dumb and hasn't stopped them from trying dumb things.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-11-19 23:30:53
Hearst plans to lay off 26 people at The Dallas Morning News, outsourcing print page production; the Dallas News Guild says the action violates its contract (Rachel Behrndt/WFAA-TV)
https://www.wfaa.com/article/money/hearst-
@jtk@infosec.exchange2025-09-10 19:18:10
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2025-09-17 17:01:11
Shoddy excuse 1: “Maybe it was technically a work device, provided by and owned by the employer, and she shouldn’t have used it for personal things”
Then both the employer and the tech vendors involved should have made it not only possible but easy by default for her to quarantine her personal use.
The onus for that kind of opsec should not fall to individuals. That’s just ducking accountability, the kind of cognitive outsourcing large players use to dodge the costs of running their own org.
This is basically “we don’t need to install railings on our corporate balconies; employees just need to never fall off.”
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@metacurity@infosec.exchange2025-11-24 09:55:38
Cyber troubles never end for KT in Korea.
An internet installation technician working as a subcontractor for KT has been accused of leaking customer personal information to another mobile phone retailer.
https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2025/1…
@servelan@newsie.social2025-10-08 20:03:44
Trump loyalist who charged Comey outsourcing help as she 'struggles to find staff': report - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/lindsey-halligan-james-comey/
@gwire@mastodon.social2025-09-16 08:23:53
Oh Jaguar Land Rover is *another* UK company that outsourced their computer security to Tata Consultancy Services. (Like Marks and Spencer - but in the case of JLR they're also owned by Tata.)
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115212986094072683
@vrandecic@mas.to2025-10-05 10:22:03
"Value each part of a corporate ecosystem, from the factory worker to the competitor next door. Be altruistic and self-interested at the same time: if you have success, invest your proceeds in nascent and innovative companies.
And don’t try to save pennies in manufacturing or other built-up know-how by outsourcing, if it could lose you pounds (or billions of Swiss Francs) down the line."
@drbruced@aus.social2025-11-06 20:56:36
Well, today marks a new low in my professional experience with AI. For the first time in my life, AFAIK, I’ve been quoted in a technical article using a quote that was hallucinated by ChatGPT. Author has been contacted, fix has been made, and stern advice given. It’s truly depressing that people who are perfectly capable of writing their own work are outsourcing to tools that are known to make 💩 up. #AIslop
@newsie@darktundra.xyz2025-10-15 12:23:37
Capita given record £14 million fine over ransomware attack security failings https://therecord.media/capita-record-fine-uk-ico-ransomware-attack
@arXiv_csHC_bot@mastoxiv.page2025-09-04 08:32:51
The Basic B*** Effect: The Use of LLM-based Agents Reduces the Distinctiveness and Diversity of People's Choices
Sandra C. Matz, C. Blaine Horton, Sofie Goethals
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02910
