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First LockBit, now BreachForums: Are cops winning the war or just a few battles?

TLDR: Peace in our time is really really hard Interview  On Wednesday the FBI and international cops celebrated yet another cybercrime takedown – of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums – just a week after doxing and imposing sanctions on the LockBit ransomware crew's kingpin, and two months after compromising the gang's website.…

Fri May 17, 2024 14:46
AWS to pump billions into sovereign cloud for Germany

It'll own the datacenters, but keep data and employees local AWS is to invest €7.8 billion in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud in Germany and make the first AWS Region in the State of Brandenburg available to all customers by the end of 2025.…

Fri May 17, 2024 13:35
Toshiba to shed 4,000 jobs as part of revitalization plan

Over-50s to get early retirement offer Toshiba says it will cut up to 4,000 jobs within Japan, a number that accounts for six percent of the company's national workforce, by offering early retirement packages.…

Fri May 17, 2024 12:37
Lords of May-hem: Seven signs it is Oracle's year end

How to handle sales pressure and licensing 'negotiations' to make sure it plays to your advantage Feature  You might be able to tell what time of year it is by the blossom on the trees or bluebells in the woods. But for Oracle customers stuck in an office somewhere, there is another way of knowing that it's May without consulting a calendar.…

Fri May 17, 2024 11:36
Computer sprinkled with exotic chemicals produced super-problems, not super-powers

The machine was so dead, hospital staff treated it like a corpse On Call  The Register knows that tech support people are heroes. That's why each Friday we offer a new installment of On Call, our weekly reader-contributed column featuring your stories of dutifully and selflessly taking on the endless and thankless challenge that is tech support.…

Fri May 17, 2024 10:31
Microsoft offers China-based engineers an option to relocate

Office could be decimated with around 800 offers reportedly made Microsoft is said to have offered up to 800 China-based employees the chance to relocate to the US, Australia, New Zealand, or Ireland.…

Fri May 17, 2024 06:08

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