Purism project introduced their own security token called the Librem Key. They have partnered with the Nitrokey manufacturer, but the firmware provides additional functionality, like a challenge response mode where the key informs you if the bios running on a PC has validated itself to the key.
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Reddit got hacked. According to the investigation, it looks like hackers accessed employees 2FA protected accounts. An attacker 'compromised a few of Reddit's accounts with cloud and source code hosting providers by intercepting SMS 2FA verification codes'.
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Google disables domain fronting capability in their App Engine, which was used to evade censorship. What a fortunate timing.
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A cyberattack on a Saudi Arabian petrochemical company was probably planed with the physical explosion in mind. They have attributed Iran, and didn't mention Stuxnet at all, so a little bit one-sided view of this cyberwarfare exchange.
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