TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

Zuckerberg’s social media accounts targeted by hackers

By TechTaffy Desk

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest accounts were apparently hacked on Sunday, by a hacker group from Saudi Arabia called OurMine.

OurMine tweeted they got hold of Mr. Zuckerberg’s credentials through a recent security breach at LinkedIn, claiming they took his hashed password string from the professional networking site, and applied it on other social media accounts. The group’s Twitter account was suspended since then, but it is now back on Twitter with a new account. OurMine tweeted on Monday that it was “just trying to secure Mark Zuckerberg accounts.”

Apparently Mr. Zuckerberg’s LinkedIn password was ‘dadada’ – which he also used for other online accounts.

Just in

Around the web

U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs — NPR

The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own, writes Andrea Hsu. 
AI

The Coca-Cola Company commits $1.1B to Microsoft Cloud and AI partnership

The Coca-Cola Company and Microsoft announced a five-year partnership on Tuesday. As part of the collaboration, Coca-Cola has committed $1.1 billion to Microsoft Cloud and generative AI capabilities. 
Industry

Silicon Labs appoints Radhika Chennakeshavula as CIO

Silicon Labs has appointed Radhika Chennakeshavula as chief information officer.
Around the web

Apple deletes WhatsApp, Threads from China app store on orders from Beijing — CNN

Apple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China, following an order from the country’s internet watchdog, writes Juliana Liu.
Industry

Singtel, Vonage partner to integrate Paragon platform

Singtel has announced a partnership with Vonage, a cloud communications company and subsidiary of Ericsson, to help enterprises and telcos innovate and scale their services through Singtel's orchestration platform, Paragon.