The Twitter account of CEO Jack Dorsey was hacked on Friday by a group called either the Chuckle Squad or the Chuckling Squad, an embarrassing security breach at a time when online privacy and data security at digital companies are under intense scrutiny from the public and the government. According to reports, including this article by The Verge, the hackers posted racial slurs and bomb threats...
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We’re in the middle of Chinese New Year celebrations at the start of the Year of the Rabbit. At Meta Platforms, though, it’s the “year of efficiency,” as CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared Wednesday on announcing fourth-quarter results. Investors such as Altimeter Capital, which last fall called on Meta to streamline, will be happy. It’s just a pity that Meta, like much of big tech, appears to have...
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