Why doesn’t he do something worthwhile, like port Doom to it?
The madness continues.
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China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has expelled a communist party member for allowing cryptocurrency mining to happen, corruption, and other infractions.
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(Because two-posts-in-a-row restriction.)
India’s prime minister has called for international co-operation to regulate cryptocurrency.
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“ The joint investigation revealed that some of the stolen cryptocurrency was used to purchase an online username that was considered to be rare in the gaming community,” police said in a statement. “This transaction led investigators to uncover the account holder of the rare username.”
And he would have got away with it; if he wasn’t a meddling kid.
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According to police, the victim had been targeted by a SIM swap attack, a method of manipulating cellular network carriers so scammers can intercept two-factor authentication requests.
Kirkpatrick went on to say that multi-factor authentication is key to protecting your personal information and money.
In this case, the phone was the weakest link. Using the same password everywhere was just a bonus.
Multi-factor authentication is worth shit if breaking any one link gives you the whole thing. It’s today’s equivalent of asking mother’s maiden name.
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I think we’re already doing far too much to incrypt them.
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Oh, that’s precious.
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For gaming bros…but also, you know, normal people who enjoy games. I have also talked to some people who do digital art who have been having a tough time because all the card prices have been driven by crypto mining. It’s a first world problem, but I do think it’s still fair to consider it a problem.
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Okay… I’ll delete.
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It’s all grifting and bullshit, all the way down.
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