RealGene ☣️

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I'm a Code Janitor.

Former Embedded Systems Drone from Sector 7G.

FOCAL ➡️ FORTH ➡️ C ➡️ C++

Too old to learn that snakey stuff.

256 op codes should be enough for anyone.

#nobridge

Profile PicA woman with Rita Hayworth hair holding a telephone receiver to her ear, which is making the sound "BUZZ... BUZZ" from a New England Telephone pamphlet titled "It's easy to dial" which can be viewed in its' entirety at: https://i.imgur.com/XDJlLxf.jpg

TechCrunch has really good coverage: https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/uhg-change-healthcare-ransomware-compromised-credentials-mfa/

Change Healthcare didn’t use MFA on Citrix Netscaler. It was a bog standard ransomware incident.

One learning for the industry btw - I saw loads of threat intel channels circulating incorrect info about the incident. That’s fine, but some (eg the health info sharing authorities) reshared this wrong info.

#threatintel #ransomware

Change Healthcare hackers broke in using stolen credentials — and no MFA, says UHG CEO | TechCrunch

UnitedHealth's CEO said in congressional testimony that the portal used by the hackers to break into Change Healthcare was not protected with a basic security feature.

TechCrunch

Wowwww "The extent of the dysfunction at The Intercept is not publicly known in part because, for all management’s problems, they are very good at one thing: structuring hush money payments."

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-im-resigning-from-the-intercept h/t @AnarchoNinaWrites

Why I'm Resigning From The Intercept

...and starting something new

Ken Klippenstein

Scientists have been absolutely clear that we MUST make immediate and drastic changes if we are to avoid catastrophic eco-system collapse. But, as Greta Thunberg has said, all we ever get from politicians and industry leaders is more useless blah blah blah…

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #BusinessAsUsual

After I lost my Mum I struggled emotionally for a long time. My manager at work noticed, and told me that I needed to do something to 'get over it'. I was outraged, so I lied and told her I was going to counselling and took every other Tuesday afternoon off for 8 months.

Went down the retrocomputing rabbit hole, found this

https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-woman-that-tech-history-forgot

She Built a Microcomputer Empire From Her Suburban Home

The untold story of Lore Harp McGovern

@natureworks Absolutely. I don't recall which protest this was a few years ago, but this is dead-on.

Wordle 1,046 4/6

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It's Slinky!
#Wordle

“The cats were found dead with no apparent signs of injury and were from a resident population of ≈24 domestic cats that had been fed [unpasteurised] milk from sick cows. Clinical disease in cows on that farm was first noted on March 16; the cats became sick on March 17, and several cats died in a cluster during March 19–20. In total, >50% of the cats at that dairy became ill and died.”

#h5n1 #influenza #infectiousdisease

Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Jul https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/7/24-0508_article?ACSTrackingID=USCDC_333-DM127233&ACSTrackingLabel=Latest%20Expedited%20Articles%20-%20Emerging%20Infectious%20Diseases%20Journal%20-%20April%2029%2C%202024&deliveryName=USCDC_333-DM127233

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Virus Infection in Domestic Dairy Cattle and Cats, United States, 2024

Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Dairy Cattle and Cats

Emerging Infectious Diseases journal
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