Microsoft Layoffs and Security Breaches
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Microsoft layoffs impact A/NZ
Microsoft appears to be making significant layoffs across Australia and New Zealand as the global economy heads south.
A post this morning by Daniel Larsen, principal customer experience engineer at Microsoft's local FastTrack for Azure team based in New Zealand, said that entire team had been laid off.
"After seven wonderful years at Microsoft I, along with the rest of the FastTrack for Azure NZ team, have been laid off as Microsoft cuts costs globally," Larsen wrote.
"While this is disappointing, it’s also an opportunity to reset and try something new."
Larsen described five other affected employees as "world class engineers experienced in deploying large and complex Azure workloads".
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Financial Times Claims CMA Will Approve Microsoft-Activision Deal [Ed: Way to change the subject and distract from Microsoft layoffs ahead of "results". They also quote a paid Microsoft lobbyist, Florian Mueller, who has a two-way conflict of interest (past employer).]
This comes from an article called “Back To Life”, and it’s about the state of the world, and where the global economy sits as a result. In that regard, it also cites other expected and upcoming events. For example, it also claims that POTUS Biden will announce a second presidential run.
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Now, as Florian Mueller notes in response to this quote, they are not claiming they have insider or advance knowledge of CMA’s decision.
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Cyberattacks against Estonia's vital service providers are rising [iophk: Windows TCO]
Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, cybercriminals have turned their eyes towards Estonia, Friday's "Aktuaalne kaamera" reported.
Hospitals, ministries, and the police have all been targeted.
Einar Laagriküll, deputy director general of the Ministry of Interior's Information Technology and Development Center (SMIT), described this year as "intense".
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Federal office probes Guam Memorial Hospital network breach [iophk: Window TCO]
The whistleblower complaint, as described in the news report, raises a number of issues and questions. If entities take networks offline proactively at signs of what might be a cyberattack, isn’t that generally considered a smart move? There have been many entities that have taken their networks offline in response to what might be a cyberattack. Is there anything unique about the GMH situation that merits a whistleblower complaint? If so, it’s not obvious yet.