A panel discussion on Sovereign Computing and the development of a European cloud strategy, held during CfgMgmtCamp 2026 in Ghent (February 2–4, 2026).

Durchschnittliche Crypto-Policy von großen Firmen: "Es darf nur MEGACRYPT3000 und SUPERSIGN++ verwendet werden. Ausgenommen davon sind Komponenten von Microsoft Windows, hier ist auch das Verfahren CRAP1973 zulässig."

#TUWien
‪Mathias‬
‪@matthegap.bsky.social‬
· 2h
Es gibt für die Speicherung von Passwörtern übrigens hervorragende Verfahren die diesen Angriff verhindert hätten
Microsoft setzt bloß auf Algorithmen,die schon in den 90ern als unsicher bekannt waren

Unbekannten sei es gelungen, auf Daten im Active Directory, also dem digitalen Nutzerverzeichnis von Microsoft, das die Universität nutzt, zuzugreifen.
Da dabei auch Passwörter in gehashter Form erbeutet wurden, hat das nun unerfreuliche Konsequenzen für sämtliche Studierenden sowie Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter der TU Wien.

Gartner predicts strong uptake driven by concerns over reliance on foreign providers

But there's another reason to get shut of Visa/Mastercard: Trump controls them. He can order them to cut off payment processing for any individual or institution that displeases him. He's already done this to punish the International Criminal Court for issuing a genocide arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, and against a Brazilian judge for finding against the criminal dictator Jair Bolsonaro (Trump also threatened to have the judge in Bolsonaro's case assassinated). What's more, Visa/Mastercard have a record of billions (trillions?) of retail transactions taking place between non-Americans, which Trump's officials can access for surveillance purposes, or just to conduct commercial espionage to benefit American firms as a loyalty bonus for the companies that buy the most $TRUMP coins.

Das Social-Media-Verbot für unter 16-Jährige in Australien wird umgangen und macht weniger regulierte Plattformen wie 4chan attraktiver.

‪AlgorithmWatch‬
‪@algorithmwatch.org‬
· 11m
#Frontex, is building an app for people who are voluntarily or forcibly deported from Europe, as part of its EU Reintegration Programme (#EURP).

Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data, a deal-breaker for the neutrality-focused Alpine nation.