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Parler registered about 7,029 new users per minute during the November election, according to Stanford researchers.
The researchers on Thursday published their findings about Parler s first 13 million users.
Parler had about 802 moderators, according to the report.
Growth on Parler, an alternative social networking app, spiked during November s US presidential election, with the site adding about 7,029 new users per minute, according to a study from Stanford University.
Using an Old Model for New Questions on Influence Operations
Alicia Wanless, Kristen DeCaires Gall, and Jacob N. Shapiro
Freedom to Tinker: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/
Expanding the knowledge base around influence operations has proven challenging, despite known threats to elections,COVID-related misinformation circulating worldwide, and recent tragic events at the U.S. Capitol fueled in part by political misinformation and conspiracy theories. Credible, replicable evidence from highly sensitive data can be difficult to obtain. The bridge between industry and academia remains riddled with red tape. Intentional and systemic obstructions continue to hinder research on a range of important questions about how influence operations spread, their effects, and the efficacy of countermeasures.
Biden Prodded to Take Muscular Approach to Cybersecurity CYBERSECURITY
1/22/2021
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Officials and analysts are urging the Biden administration to be more aggressive than its predecessors in dealing with cyber threats from adversaries such as Russia and China as well as non-state actors.
A December report by the Aspen Institute, “A National Cybersecurity Agenda for Resilient Digital Infrastructure,” offered a scathing critique of the U.S. posture.
“The increasing costs of malicious cyber activities demonstrates that current processes and structure are insufficient to safeguard national security, economic prosperity, and public health and safety,” said the study. “Numerous adversaries, whether nation-states or cybercriminals, can attack consumers, businesses and government agencies with relative impunity.”
His plight has drawn the attention of hard drive and password crackers, offering their services for a slice of the quarter-billion-dollar pie.
Alex Stamos, an internet security expert at Stanford Internet Observatory, claimed he can crack the password within six months.
His price? Mr Stamos wants a 10 per cent cut (roughly $30 million) of the fortune. Um, for $220m in locked-up bitcoin, you don t make 10 password guesses but take it to professionals to buy 20 IronKeys and spend six months finding a side-channel or uncapping, Mr Stomas said on Twitter. I ll make it happen for 10%. Call me.
Mr Thomas was paid the Bitcoin for making a video about how the cryptocurrency worked, back when it was worth around $5 a coin.