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Plex is killing off its Cloud streaming service this November

Sep12
by on September 12, 2018 at 6:17 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Plex is shuttering its Cloud offering – which lets you stream content stored in your Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive storage straight to your connected devices – at the end of November. The decision follows multiple technical issues with the service since it launched in 2016, which prompted the company to stop creating new cloud servers in February. That’s a bummer for folks who relied on Plex Cloud to watch videos and listen to music from anywhere. You’ll now have to rely on your own hardware to store content locally and stream it to your device via Plex’ service. Plex…

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It took hackers just 22 lines of code to steal British Airways’ customer data

Sep12
by on September 12, 2018 at 5:31 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Last week, British Airways acknowledged that its website had been hacked – leading to 380,000 customers‘ data being compromised. It seems like it wasn’t too difficult either: Cybersecurity firm RiskIQ has found out that it took hackers just 22 lines of code to get a hold of the data. RiskIQ speculated that a group called Magecart is behind this attack; it was responsible for the TicketMaster UK hack earlier this year, which affected the data of 400,000 customers. Magecart has traditionally stolen data by injecting a malicious script into payment forms. “The Magecart actors have been active since 2015 and have never retreated from their…

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It took hackers just 22 lines of code to steal British Airways’ customer data

Sep12
by on September 12, 2018 at 5:31 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Last week, British Airways acknowledged that its website had been hacked – leading to 380,000 customers‘ data being compromised. It seems like it wasn’t too difficult either: Cybersecurity firm RiskIQ has found out that it took hackers just 22 lines of code to get a hold of the data. RiskIQ speculated that a group called Magecart is behind this attack; it was responsible for the TicketMaster UK hack earlier this year, which affected the data of 400,000 customers. Magecart has traditionally stolen data by injecting a malicious script into payment forms. “The Magecart actors have been active since 2015 and have never retreated from their…

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