The alliance managing the passwordless login standard is working on a way to securely move passkeys between password managers offered by 1Password, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Okta, etc. The draft specifications for secure credential exchange are now in community review.
Hopefully this will get sorted soon as passkeys inch closer to going mainstream. The last thing users want is to have their passwords locked to a tech ecosystem.
The hackers worked their way into the networks of AT&T, Verizon, Lumen Technologies, and others, according to anonymous sources cited by The Wall Street Journal:
For months or longer, the hackers might have held access to network infrastructure used to cooperate with lawful U.S. requests for communications data, according to people familiar with the matter ... The attackers also had access to other tranches of more generic internet traffic, they said.
The US DHS recently said thwarting Chinese hackers was a top security priority.
An X post spotted by The Brick Fan flagged to the company yesterday that its online shop was displaying a “LEGO Coin” cryptocurrency banner.
Naturally, there is no such thing; Lego tells Engadget that the situation was quickly resolved and no user data was compromised.
Crypto businesses keep accidentally hiring IT workers from North Korea. This is a problem because it is, first of all, against US law but second, “CoinDesk encountered multiple examples of companies hiring DPRK IT workers and subsequently getting hacked.”
