The attackers hit one American bank after the next. As in so many previous attacks, dozens of online banking sites slowed, hiccupped or ground to a halt before recovering several minutes later.
But there was something disturbingly different about the wave of online attacks on American banks in recent weeks. Security researchers say that instead of exploiting individual computers, the attackers engineered networks of computers in data centers, transforming the online equivalent of a few yapping Chihuahuas into a pack of fire-breathing Godzillas.
The skill required to carry out attacks on this scale has convinced United States government officials and security researchers that they are the work of Iran, most likely in retaliation for economic sanctions and online attacks by the United States.
» via The New York Times (Subscription may be required for some content)
Russian-backed proposals calling for 193 countries to be given “equal rights to manage the internet” have been pulled at a UN conference in Dubai.
The US had threatened to block the suggested additions to an international communications treaty.
It wants the treaty to make minimal reference to the internet, warning to do otherwise risks state interference.
» via BBC
Live in the future, then build what’s missing.
A group that calls itself the ZCompanyHackingCrew (ZHC) has successfully managed to hack multiple accounts belonging to Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom. Not only have they defaced his Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, as well as his blog on Blogger, but they also claim to have access to his Gmail account and are threatening to leak his emails tomorrow. (via Hackers deface Israeli Vice PM’s Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blog, and claim to have Gmail access - The Next Web)
// How the ITU wants to regulate the Internet//
If we’re not careful as a society, we may end up with a closed Internet, regulated by big corporations with only their deep pockets in mind. It was a close call with SOPA, which as a unified front we were able to stop. The wheels never stopped turning after SOPA, as we have encountered ACTA and CISPA. Now it seems the ITU is trying to get in on the Internet, and bring regulations that will harm the openness of the world wide web.
(Source: bitshare)
// Keeping your clouds healthy//
Cloud technology has allowed many businesses to expand and work more efficiently and effectively. The power of The Cloud allows businesses to access data from any location, at any time.
(Source: bitshare)
The UK needs to increase by as much as 50% the number of science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) graduates it is creating, a report says.
The study, by the Royal Academy of Engineering, says 100,000 Stem graduates are needed a year just to maintain the status quo.
It argues the UK is already slipping down the international innovation league tables.
The UK has dropped to eighth globally in the number of US patents registered.
» via BBC
Six major American banks were hit in a wave of computer attacks last week, by a group claiming Middle Eastern ties, that caused Internet blackouts and delays in online banking.
Frustrated customers of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and PNC, who could not get access to their accounts or pay bills online, were upset because the banks had not explained clearly what was going on.
“It was probably the least impressive corporate presentation of bad news I’ve ever seen,” said Paul Downs, a small-business owner in Bridgeport, Pa., and a contributor to The Times’s small-business blog, You’re the Boss. “This is extremely disconcerting.”
» via The New York Times (Subscription may be required for some content)
It seems that the Iranian government is working to take even tighter control of the country’s already heavily-censored version of the Internet.
The government said that it’s going to launch its own domestic Internet, and that the system will be fully operational by March 2013, according to Reuters and others (who, in turn, seem to be basing their reports on the Iranian media). It’s not clear whether all access to sites outside of Iran will be blocked once the domestic system is live.
» via TechCrunch
Considering the fast evolution of NoSQL databases, the topic is now very old (from 2010). But read the comments on the original post, Hacker News, and Reddit to see what people think today about extreme denormalization, schemas, relational and NoSQL databases.
Original title and link: Reddit’s Database Has Two Tables (NoSQL database©myNoSQL)
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