Us Sanctions Alleged North Korean It Sweatshop Leader
The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 38-year-old Song Kum Hyok, a North Korean accused of attempting to hack the...
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Yes, I Wrote A Very Expensive Bug. In My Defense I Was Only Seven Years Old Atthe Time
Who, Me? Monday morning brings many readers a return to the world of adults, which The Register marks by bringing...
Uk Online Safety Act ‘not Up To Scratch’ On Misinformation, Warn Mps
The Online Safety Act fails to tackle online misinformation, leaving the UK in need of further regulation to curb the...
You Have A Fake North Korean It Worker Problem Here’s How To Stop It
By now, the North Korean fake IT worker problem is so ubiquitous that if you think you don't have any...
Ex Asml Engineer Who Stole Chip Tech For Russia Gets Three Years In Dutch Prison
A former ASML and NXP semiconductor engineer will spend three years in a Dutch prison after stealing secret chip technology...
Nca Arrests Four In Connection With Uk Retail Ransomware Attacks
The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested four individuals suspected of being involved in the big three cyberattacks on UK...
French Cops Cuff Russian Pro Basketball Player On Ransomware Charges
A Russian professional basketball player is cooling his heels in a French detention center after being arrested and accused of...
Telefónica Germany Offloads Vmware Support To Spinnaker Due To High Renewalcosts
The German arm of telecoms biz Telefónica has shifted support for its VMware installed base to Spinnaker after Broadcom quoted...
Trump Tariffs Turn Techies Topsy Turvy As Us Braces For Pc Tax
Tariff uncertainty caused by US President Donald Trump still hangs over the PC industry despite manufacturers navigating a "complex regulatory...
At Last, A Use Case For Ai Agents With Sky High Roi: Stealing Crypto
Using AI models to generate exploits for cryptocurrency contract flaws appears to be a promising business model, though not necessarily...
Outlook Takes Another Sick Day
updated Microsoft Outlook was down for the count in a major outage affecting millions of users worldwide for the more...
Suse Launching Region Locked Support For The Sovereignty Conscious
Linux veteran SUSE has unveiled a new support package aimed at customers concerned about data sovereignty.Called "SUSE Sovereign Premium Support,"...
Firefox Is Fine. The People Running It Are Not
Opinion Dominance does not equal importance, nor is dominance the same as relevance. The snag at Mozilla is a management...
Atlassian Migrated 4 Million Postgres Databases To Shrink Aws Bill
Asia In Brief Australian collaborationware company Atlassian has migrated the four million Postgres databases that back its customers’ Jira implementations...
Ai Scores A Huge Own Goal If You Play Up And Play The Game
Opinion In human imagination, AIs have been good for two things: trying to take over, and loving a good game....
Junior Sysadmin’s First Lines Of Code Set Off Alarms. His Next Lot Crashed Thecompany
Who, Me? Welcome again to Who, Me? It's the Monday morning column in which readers of The Register admit to...
Deutsche Bahn Train Hits 405 Km/h Without Falling To Bits
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Siemens Mobility have managed to get an ICE test train to 405 km/h (251 mph) on...
Microsoft Admits To Intune Forgetfulness
Microsoft Intune administrators may face a few days of stress after Redmond acknowledged a problem with security baseline customizations.The problem?...
Folks Aren’t Buying The Pcs That Us Vendors Stockpiled To Dodge Tariffs
World War Fee Total PC shipments in the US will increase by just 2 percent this year, thanks to Trump's...
Your Browser Has Ad Tech’s Fingerprints All Over It, But There’s A Clean Upsquad In Town
Opinion There are few tech deceptions more successful than Chrome's Incognito Mode.Alongside its fellow travellers in other browsers offering Private...
Ingram Micro Confirms Ransomware Behind Multi Day Outage
Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest distributors, has confirmed it is trying to restore systems following a ransomware attack.As...
Musk’s Antics And Distractions Are Backfiring As Tesla’s Car Business Stalls
Comment Tesla reported its vehicle delivery and production numbers for Q2 2025 this week, and while the figures weren't quite...
Microsoft Windows Firewall Complains About Microsoft Code
A mysterious piece of "under development" code is playing havoc with the Windows Firewall after the latest preview update for...
14 Hour+ Global Blackout At Ingram Micro Halts Customer Orders
Exclusive Widespread outages across Ingram Micro's websites and client service portals are being attributed to "technical difficulties." The outages at Ingram...
