Page 25 - Computer Code News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Taking out facebook, whatsappin. so you have facebook trying to fix this issue. the timing here less than a day after a whistleblower allegation from former employee florence hogan. some of the things she talked about on "60 minutes," how the facebook algorithm, the computer code that tells you what specific content pops up on your feed of all that's out there, she says that incentivizes hateful and divisive content. she says the company knows that instagram makes eating disorders in teenage girls worse, then flip the switch back on many of those changes after. watch. >> and as soon as the ele...

People understand that we're quietly going to war almost every day, almost every holiday weekend, which is when the attacks come. they believe we're on vacation, the i.t. specialists will take time to notice it. we've had it on christmas, memorial day, and july 4th. and we're almost unable to see the difference between a nation-state actor, for example with the rnc contracting hack, that looks like russian intelligence service. but then we see this other attack on a software management firm for businesses, shut down 800 supermarkets in sweden, countless other clients, that looks more like a ru...

There's new reporting out that the computer code behind this massive ransomware attack that we just saw was designed to bypass computers that principally use the russian language or the language of countries that are friendly with the kremlin. now, i don't know what we're supposed to make of that but the reporting suggests that these people are sort of getting away with this with the sanction of their governments and if they know, they don't target people in russia or friendly countries, they're more likely to be left alone for a while. what does that mean? are those people encouraged by the r...

Last month. president biden was asked about the hack last weekend in michigan. >> i directed the full resources of the government to assist in the response. what else do you need? >> nothing, you're all set. >> with the knowledge and/or consequence of russia, we will respond. >> discussing recent cyberattacks, attacks like this have been increasing since late 2019. the russian hackers demanding $70 million to be paid and the demand is posted on the dark website. when they receive it, they will post a decipher key or computer code to unlock the files. it shut down hundreds of grocery stores in ...

Bitcoin has its own code. it's all these different computers around the world running the same code. if enough of them say the transaction is real, it's deemed as being real. jesse: i think i got it. but the computer code has become a currency that people trade and can invest. we had one of our producers explain what bitcoin was. he pulled up his account and he invest in 2017. he's my producer and the guy is cleaning up. i went to the bathroom and when i came back he already made 5gs. am i late to the bit cane game?