I have received a lot and my favourite ones are the ones that start with "Hi Joe, you may have seen the news that TfL" etc etc
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I have received a lot and my favourite ones are the ones that start with "Hi Joe, you may have seen the news that TfL" etc etc
"At the time the company only disclosed that "some" customers had been affected, but has now confirmed that millions of people had their personal data taken."
Well, TEN MILLION is "some" I suppose... yikes, TFL.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... via @joetidy.bsky.social
TfL hack in 2024 affected around 10m people, BBC can reveal. I was contacted by someone who shared the hacked database and was stunned by this. TfL only ever said that 'some' people were affected which of course affects the media/public response and attention that we give to a hack lnkd.in/e3q27fXh
Did you read the whole article?
.... we haven't changed the article though Mark. We added some lines from TikTok but nothing more.
I’m not here to have opinions - just hear to report the news. Thanks for your feedback
TikTok is only ‘owned by MAGA’ in the U.S. For the rest of the world it’s owned by ByteDance in China. And I’m afraid that E2EE is, by definition, a controversial technology. I have no opinion on it good or bad
Its all good! E2EE always sparks impassioned views. I just don't have any either way!
In the article:
Yes, but. If police forces want to intercept those letters - they can. Not saying this is right or wrong.
It is by definition a very controversial tech. Look at all the hoo-hah about it as it has rolled out widely. It is indeed industry standard (as we make clear in the story) but that has not stopped governments, police forces and child protection groups from criticising it.
New from me: TikTok won't protect DMs with controversial privacy tech, saying it would put users at risk. This came about from a safety briefing at TikTok where execs say a deliberate decision was taken to protect users, especially young ones from grooming & other harm www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great transparency here. Told the customers how many are impacted, give good advice about what to do and publicly refused to pay hackers. www.theregister.com/2026/02/27/o...
Funniest book signing request yet:
Reader: "can you do a special message to my boss Richard please?"
Me: "sure, whatever you like"......
ANOTHER twist in the story of the Vastaamo hack (the focus of my book Ctrl+Alt+Chaos) - the Finnish Court of Appeal has rejected Kivimaki's appeal to be aquited of the hack and INCREASED his sentence. He might now have to go back to prison. But no one knows where is is. Again... yle.fi/a/74-20211792
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AI coding platform's flaws allow BBC reporter (me) to be hacked. The BBC has been shown a significant - and unfixed - cyber-security risk in popular AI coding platform Orchids. The case highlights the potential risks of the ongoing vibe-coding gold rush. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oh brilliant! Thanks Brian
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All the commentary about the Melania doc being produced by herself is good and transparent but we didn't hear this with other Netflixy ones lately. Both the Beckham's docs were produced by them, for example. We need to make sure viewers know the difference between a documentary and a PROPumentary.
My long read today has struck a nerve - 1000 comments!
Read/ listen to me read it here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Glad you're enjoying it Dean! Thanks for reading!
🏆 just squeezed in!
Yeah I think the story is pretty set now in terms of the printys out there. You have to stop somewhere!
🏆. Yes! It's mostly the same with a few addional bits and an epilogue about Vastaamo
Unboxing the US edition of my book Ctrl+Alt+Chaos! The story of the Vastaamo hack and what it tells us about teenagers and cybercrime. I have 20 signed copies to give away! Happy to post anywhere in the world. Just say #CtrlAltChaos in the comments and I will get in touch. Thx @htpbooks.bsky.social
Graham Cluley and Joe Tidy on the Smashing Security podcast
The BBC's Joe Tidy joins me on the latest "Smashing Security" podcast where we discuss why a UK-based YouTuber had his smartphone infected with the Pegasus spyware, and just how hard it is to find a reliable assassin on the dark web.
open.spotify.com/episode/7fOZ...
Exclusive broadcast interview with Ghanem al-Masarir today. The Saudi human rights activist accused Saudi Arabia of targeting him with spyware and has now been awarded £3m in damages by a UK court which concluded the Saudi Royal family ordered the hack and an assault.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrgJ...
Thank you for listening to it!
