Daily Tech News 2 May 2024

• The CEO of United Healthcare said maybe a third of US citizens were affected by a recent security breach. (Tech Crunch)
  
  That... Is rather a lot.

• Dropbox says hackers breached its secure digital signature product, Dropbox Sign. (Yahoo Finance)
  
  All users of Dropbox Sign should consider themselves, I think the technical term is "fucked".
  
  
  
• Meanwhile more than a million New South Wales club-goers have had their information leaked via a dubious double-outsourcing arrangement by a provider of club management software. (MSN)
  
  Including one club that I have actually been to.
  
  The Register has a paragraph explaining why these clubs have your data in the first place.

  Clubs enjoy tax exemptions for some food and drink sales to members, as many were founded as community hubs for military veterans. Members therefore sign in to clubs when they visit to prove they are eligible for the discounts on offer. Clubs capture those sign-ins, plus info on visitors, and data required under laws that regulate gambling and aim to make life hard for money-launderers.

  
  
  
• Maybe you should use a VPN. Or not. Microsoft has confired that the latest Windows security update breaks VPNs. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  There will be a fix. At some point. Probably.
  
  If you're using a Mac you already went through this last September.
  
  
  
• Want your own supercomputer with 8000 CPUs and 300TB of RAM? Act now! Bidding ends tomorrow! (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The GSA's Cheyenne SGI supercomputer from 2016 is up for auction. It's probably not worth anything, because 8 human years is 500 supercomputer years. It's like buying a 16th century house. Looks pretty, but you can expect a few issues, like it collapsing on your head.
  
  
  
• Republicans have pounced on tech executives' internal conversations. (The Verge)
  
  Conversations with federal government officials trying to coerce them into censoring protected speech.
  
  
  

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