Carly Page
@carlypage.bsky.social
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Great story from colleague @carlypage.bsky.social Defra is department which made vets buy old laptops on eBay because it was the only way to access the system which recorded bovine TB
UK agri dept spent hundreds of millions upgrading to Windows 10 – just in time for end of support
UK agri dept spent hundreds of millions upgrading to Windows 10 – just in time for end of support
After a £312M upgrade to the retiring OS, Defra still has 24,000 devices to replace
The UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has spent £312 million (c $407 million) modernizing its IT estate, including replacing tens of thousands of Windows 7 laptops with Windows 10 – which officially reached end of support last month.…
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November 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Great story from colleague @carlypage.bsky.social Defra is department which made vets buy old laptops on eBay because it was the only way to access the system which recorded bovine TB
Cops have seized the latest incarnation of Breach Forums, which had become the public-facing leak shop for Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters' latest extortion campaign.
The group claims the takedown has "no impact" on its planned leak of ~1 billion Salesforce records www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/c...
The group claims the takedown has "no impact" on its planned leak of ~1 billion Salesforce records www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/c...
Cops seize Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters' BreachForums domain
: US and French fuzz pull the plug on Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters' latest leak shop targeting Salesforce
www.theregister.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Cops have seized the latest incarnation of Breach Forums, which had become the public-facing leak shop for Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters' latest extortion campaign.
The group claims the takedown has "no impact" on its planned leak of ~1 billion Salesforce records www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/c...
The group claims the takedown has "no impact" on its planned leak of ~1 billion Salesforce records www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/c...
From PAYE to P45: HMRC staff fired for prying into taxpayer data www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/h...
HMRC staff fired for prying into taxpayer data
: Agency swears breaches are rare, just not rare enough to stop 186 being binned for sticky fingers
www.theregister.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
From PAYE to P45: HMRC staff fired for prying into taxpayer data www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/h...
Alexa hits snooze on basic functions as alarms and timers KO'd in UK outage www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/a...
Alarms and timers KO’d in UK outage
: Brits wake to a beeping nightmare as Amazon’s AI assistant forgets how to set – or stop – alarms
www.theregister.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Alexa hits snooze on basic functions as alarms and timers KO'd in UK outage www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/a...
Law and water: Russia blamed for US court system break-in and Norwegian dam drama www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/l...
Russia blamed for US court hack and Norwegian dam drama
: Moscow-linked miscreants accused of swiping sealed US court files and fiddling with a Norwegian dam’s floodgates
www.theregister.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Law and water: Russia blamed for US court system break-in and Norwegian dam drama www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/l...
re-sharing as i'm on The Reg cyber desk a bunch over the next few weeks - send me your tips!
news! i'm going to be doing some shifts on the cybersecurity desk at The Register. if you've got any tips/scoops/spicy stories, send them my way - Signal & email in bio. ty!
August 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
re-sharing as i'm on The Reg cyber desk a bunch over the next few weeks - send me your tips!
can't believe The Reg are already letting me get away with headlines like this www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/e...
Dior tells customers their data was swiped in cyber snafu
Updated: French fashion house dishes out notices after hackers raided a client database – ShinyHunters suspected
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July 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
can't believe The Reg are already letting me get away with headlines like this www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/e...
news! i'm going to be doing some shifts on the cybersecurity desk at The Register. if you've got any tips/scoops/spicy stories, send them my way - Signal & email in bio. ty!
July 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
news! i'm going to be doing some shifts on the cybersecurity desk at The Register. if you've got any tips/scoops/spicy stories, send them my way - Signal & email in bio. ty!
yeah having a really productive day thanks
June 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
yeah having a really productive day thanks
hello! 👋
after being made redundant from TechCrunch, I took some much-needed time to hang out with my daughter, touch grass, and briefly forget how to write.
good news: I think I’ve remembered, so do get in touch if you're looking for a tech journalist/writer/editor/mix of the above
after being made redundant from TechCrunch, I took some much-needed time to hang out with my daughter, touch grass, and briefly forget how to write.
good news: I think I’ve remembered, so do get in touch if you're looking for a tech journalist/writer/editor/mix of the above
June 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
hello! 👋
after being made redundant from TechCrunch, I took some much-needed time to hang out with my daughter, touch grass, and briefly forget how to write.
good news: I think I’ve remembered, so do get in touch if you're looking for a tech journalist/writer/editor/mix of the above
after being made redundant from TechCrunch, I took some much-needed time to hang out with my daughter, touch grass, and briefly forget how to write.
good news: I think I’ve remembered, so do get in touch if you're looking for a tech journalist/writer/editor/mix of the above
some ✨personal news✨
i've been redundant and it's my last week at TechCrunch.
i’m going to be returning to the world of freelance, so if you need an experienced tech journalist / copywriter / editor / or a mix of the above, please get in touch carlypagewrites@gmail.com
i've been redundant and it's my last week at TechCrunch.
i’m going to be returning to the world of freelance, so if you need an experienced tech journalist / copywriter / editor / or a mix of the above, please get in touch carlypagewrites@gmail.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
some ✨personal news✨
i've been redundant and it's my last week at TechCrunch.
i’m going to be returning to the world of freelance, so if you need an experienced tech journalist / copywriter / editor / or a mix of the above, please get in touch carlypagewrites@gmail.com
i've been redundant and it's my last week at TechCrunch.
i’m going to be returning to the world of freelance, so if you need an experienced tech journalist / copywriter / editor / or a mix of the above, please get in touch carlypagewrites@gmail.com
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In a statement, Apple told me that it took action against fewer than 250 iCloud users that were affected by the breach at SpyX. Apple said when data breaches at other companies pose a risk to its customers, its security teams investigate & take action.
More: techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/d...
More: techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/d...
Exclusive: Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users
Another consumer-grade spyware operation was hacked in June 2024, which exposed thousands of Apple Account credentials.
techcrunch.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
In a statement, Apple told me that it took action against fewer than 250 iCloud users that were affected by the breach at SpyX. Apple said when data breaches at other companies pose a risk to its customers, its security teams investigate & take action.
More: techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/d...
More: techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/d...
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NEW: North Korea is reportedly launching a new cybersecurity research unit called Research Center 227, which will be housed within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), and will focus on AI-based hacking and stealing digital assets.
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North Korea launches new unit with a focus on AI hacking, per report | TechCrunch
North Korea is reportedly launching a new cybersecurity unit called Research Center 227 within its intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).
techcrunch.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
NEW: North Korea is reportedly launching a new cybersecurity research unit called Research Center 227, which will be housed within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), and will focus on AI-based hacking and stealing digital assets.
techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/n...
techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/n...
Hackers are ramping up attempts to exploit a trio of year-old ServiceNow vulnerabilities to break into unpatched company instances techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/h...
Hackers are ramping up attacks using year-old ServiceNow security bugs to target unpatched systems | TechCrunch
Threat intelligence startup GreyNoise says it has observed a ‘notable resurgence’ in attack activity
techcrunch.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hackers are ramping up attempts to exploit a trio of year-old ServiceNow vulnerabilities to break into unpatched company instances techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/h...
The Pennsylvania State Education Association says hackers stole the sensitive personal and financial information of more than half a million of its members.
PSEA said it “took steps” to ensure the stolen data was deleted, suggesting it paid a ransom demand techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/u...
PSEA said it “took steps” to ensure the stolen data was deleted, suggesting it paid a ransom demand techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/u...
US teachers' union says hackers stole sensitive personal data on over 500,000 members | TechCrunch
PSEA says it "took steps to ensure" its stolen data was deleted, suggesting a ransom demand was paid
techcrunch.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Pennsylvania State Education Association says hackers stole the sensitive personal and financial information of more than half a million of its members.
PSEA said it “took steps” to ensure the stolen data was deleted, suggesting it paid a ransom demand techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/u...
PSEA said it “took steps” to ensure the stolen data was deleted, suggesting it paid a ransom demand techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/u...
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NEW, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: Citizen Lab have named several countries, including Canada, as potential customers of Paragon's Graphite spyware, weeks after WhatsApp notified 90 users — including a journalist and human rights defenders — that their devices were targeted by the Israeli-made spyware.
Researchers name several countries as potential Paragon spyware customers | TechCrunch
The Citizen Lab said it believes several governments may be customers of spyware maker Paragon Solutions.
techcrunch.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
NEW, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: Citizen Lab have named several countries, including Canada, as potential customers of Paragon's Graphite spyware, weeks after WhatsApp notified 90 users — including a journalist and human rights defenders — that their devices were targeted by the Israeli-made spyware.
CISA is scrambling to contact more than 130 former employees after a federal court ruled that the Trump administration must reinstate workers it “unlawfully” fired techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/c...
CISA scrambles to contact fired employees after court rules layoffs 'unlawful' | TechCrunch
Federal court rules U.S. cybersecurity agency must re-hire over 100 former employees
techcrunch.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
CISA is scrambling to contact more than 130 former employees after a federal court ruled that the Trump administration must reinstate workers it “unlawfully” fired techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/c...
Security researchers say hackers linked to the notorious LockBit gang are exploiting a pair of Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware on company networks techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/h...
Hackers are exploiting Fortinet firewall bugs to plant ransomware | TechCrunch
Security researchers say that a threat actor it calls Mora_001 has ‘close ties’ to the Russia-linked hacking group
techcrunch.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Security researchers say hackers linked to the notorious LockBit gang are exploiting a pair of Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware on company networks techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/h...
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New, by me: Marko Elez, the DOGE staffer who resigned after his racist posts resurfaced (and was rehired soon after), violated Treasury rules when he sent an unencrypted email containing personally identifiable information to two Trump administration officials.
techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/d...
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DOGE staffer violated Treasury rules by emailing unencrypted personal data | TechCrunch
Marko Elez emailed a spreadsheet containing personal information to two Trump administration officials.
techcrunch.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New, by me: Marko Elez, the DOGE staffer who resigned after his racist posts resurfaced (and was rehired soon after), violated Treasury rules when he sent an unencrypted email containing personally identifiable information to two Trump administration officials.
techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/d...
techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/d...
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NEW: @journalistjagmeet.com confirmed that Indian police have arrested co-founder of the Russian crypto exchange Garantex Aleksej Besciokov.
Police said arrest was under extradition law, suggesting it was on behalf of U.S. authorities who indicted Besciokov with money laundering crimes.
Police said arrest was under extradition law, suggesting it was on behalf of U.S. authorities who indicted Besciokov with money laundering crimes.
Garantex administrator arrested in India under extradition law | TechCrunch
Garantex co-founder Aleksej Besciokov was arrested in India's Kerala on Tuesday under the country's extradition law.
techcrunch.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEW: @journalistjagmeet.com confirmed that Indian police have arrested co-founder of the Russian crypto exchange Garantex Aleksej Besciokov.
Police said arrest was under extradition law, suggesting it was on behalf of U.S. authorities who indicted Besciokov with money laundering crimes.
Police said arrest was under extradition law, suggesting it was on behalf of U.S. authorities who indicted Besciokov with money laundering crimes.
NEW by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: North Korean-linked hackers uploaded Android spyware to Google Play. The spyware, which collects an “extensive amount” of sensitive data, was downloaded more than 10 times before Google removed it, according to Lookout techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/n...
North Korean government hackers snuck spyware on Android app store | TechCrunch
Cybersecurity firm Lookout found several samples of a North Korean spyware it calls KoSpy.
techcrunch.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
NEW by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: North Korean-linked hackers uploaded Android spyware to Google Play. The spyware, which collects an “extensive amount” of sensitive data, was downloaded more than 10 times before Google removed it, according to Lookout techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/n...
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the new yorker has proudly updated its style guidelines to get rid of anachronisms like "web site," "in box," and "the Internet." techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/t...
The New Yorker has finally embraced modernity | TechCrunch
When the first email was sent in 1971, Richard Nixon was president. The video game "Pong" was still in development. The Pittsburgh Pirates were a good
techcrunch.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
the new yorker has proudly updated its style guidelines to get rid of anachronisms like "web site," "in box," and "the Internet." techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/t...
Elon Musk’s DOGE has fired more than a hundred employees working for the CISA, including “red team” employees, two people affected by the layoffs confirmed to TechCrunch
One of the affected employees said they are now looking for “DOGE-resistant gigs” techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/d...
One of the affected employees said they are now looking for “DOGE-resistant gigs” techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/d...
DOGE axes CISA ‘red team’ amid ongoing federal cuts | TechCrunch
Affected staff say more than 100 employees working to protect U.S. government networks were ‘axed’ with no prior warning
techcrunch.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Elon Musk’s DOGE has fired more than a hundred employees working for the CISA, including “red team” employees, two people affected by the layoffs confirmed to TechCrunch
One of the affected employees said they are now looking for “DOGE-resistant gigs” techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/d...
One of the affected employees said they are now looking for “DOGE-resistant gigs” techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/d...
A hacker compromised PowerSchool months before its massive data breach in December.
The hacker used the same compromised credentials used in the December breach to access PowerSchool’s network in August, according to CrowdStrike techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/h...
The hacker used the same compromised credentials used in the December breach to access PowerSchool’s network in August, according to CrowdStrike techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/h...
Hacker accessed PowerSchool’s network months before massive December breach | TechCrunch
CrowdStrike says a hacker had access to PowerSchool's internal system as far back as August.
techcrunch.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A hacker compromised PowerSchool months before its massive data breach in December.
The hacker used the same compromised credentials used in the December breach to access PowerSchool’s network in August, according to CrowdStrike techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/h...
The hacker used the same compromised credentials used in the December breach to access PowerSchool’s network in August, according to CrowdStrike techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/h...