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Filipino workers in Taiwan's chip industry report struggling with overwork and discrimination, citing overnight shifts of up to 16 hours and abusive treatment (Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/filipino-workers-taiwan-chip-industry/

Workers describe abusive treatment in Taiwan’s semiconductor factories
A record number of people are leaving the Philippines to work in Taiwanese factories, where they face long shifts, low pay, and unequal treatment.

Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections (Chris Cameron/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-unions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE8.olJ8.FEUc6VfvWHxa
http://www.memeorandum.com/250806/p136#a250806p136

Jonathan Taylor is the workhorse RB Fantasy Football managers are overlooking heading into 2025 drafts

https://www.cbssports.com/fanta…

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Trump maakt zichzelf voorzitter van werkgroep Olympische Spelen in Los Angeles | Het Parool
https://www.parool.nl/wereld/trump-maakt-zichzelf-voorzitter-van-werkgroep-olympische-spelen-in-los-angeles~bb22be08/…

The US holiday is a memory now, so time to check out today's Metacurity to get briefed on the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Italian cops arrest FBI-wanted Chinese hacker who tried to steal COVID-19 vaccine
--Brazilian cops bust IT worker connected to $100m banking systems hack,
--Call of Duty: WWII yanked offline after RCE rumors,
--OpenAI beefs up corporate spying protections,
--DragonForce battles RansomHub,
--Cambod…

Italian cops arrest FBI-wanted Chinese hacker who tried to steal the COVID-19 vaccine
Brazilian cops bust IT worker connected to $100m banking systems hack, Call of Duty: WWII yanked offline after RCE rumors, OpenAI beefs up corporate spying protections, DragonForce battles RansomHub, Cambodia accuses Thai hackers of attacks, Trump's tax bill contains cyber money, much more

Brazilian police arrest IT worker over $100 million cyber theft https://therecord.media/brazil-police-arrest-worker-theft

«What would have happened if companies like Microsoft and Meta instead spent the money on things that actually drove productivity, or created a valuable competitive business that drove economic activity? Hell, even if they just gave everyone a 10% raise, it would have likely been better for the economy than this, if we’re factoring in things like consumer spending. It’s just waste. Profligate, pointless waste.»
https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-a-money-trap/

Veterans are rallying against Trump over VA cuts
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-veterans-june-6-rally-va-worker-doge-cuts-rcna211416

Pro-Trump group wages campaign to purge "subversive" federal workers (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/pro-trump-group-wages-campaign-purge-subversive-federal-workers-2025-08-07/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250807/p49#a250807p49

Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
This week's selection covers
--Bashar al-Assad was toppled by spyware,
--Facial recognition threatens us all with deportation,
--VC money fuels worker surveillance,
--Will Trump launch offensive cyber ops on US networks?,
--The Pall Mall Process and commercial c…

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 5/31/25
Bashar al-Assad was toppled by spyware, Facial recognition threatens us all with deportation, VC money fuels worker surveillance, Will Trump launch offensive cyber ops on US networks?, The Pall Mall Process and commercial cyber intrusions, Self-confidence leads to GenAI skepticism, more