Politics

Chinese hackers attack U.S. defense group networks, says company

Digital security consultancy Mandiant identified at least two groups of attackers who exploited a breach in a virtual private network (VPN). Chinese hackers attacked VPNs (virtual private networks) created by an American company and tried to break into networks of…

A column in the New York Times was sold for more than 470,000 euros

The article itself was dedicated to the initiative of the columnist who wanted to test the market and expand the scope of digital works sold under the NFT label (non-fungible ‘tokens’). The New York Times columnist Kevin Roose sold one…

Russia to block Twitter in a month unless it removes banned content

Russia will block Twitter in a month unless the social media giant complies with a demand to remove banned content, Russian news agencies said on Tuesday, citing a senior regulatory official. Moscow slowed Twitter down inside Russia last week in…

Semiconductor shortage hits General Motors

Semiconductors are in short supply due to the pandemic, amid the increase in purchases of computers for teleworking that it has generated. Now General Motors can’t get enough for the fuel management system of its light trucks. US automaker General…