Hacker Paige Thompson is FREE (‘Because Transgender Status and Mental Health Issues’) - Security Boulevard

‘Not What Justice Looks Like,’ whines DoJ: Capital One hacker Paige A. Thompson is still guilty, but her sentence is “time served and probation.” The judge went easy “because of her mental health and transgender status,” according to the sore losers at the Department of Justice.

3/ It’s fair to say #erratic was an #EthicalHacker. She could have gone about it better, but imprisoning a #whistleblower is never a good look—regardless of #GenderIdentity.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we are v. fair.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/60o69IgjV0

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) October 7, 2022

Linux 6.0 is Faster, Cooler | Debian Goes Proprietary | Google Africa Region - DevOps.com

The moral of the story: A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool

In this week’s #TheLongView:
1⃣ #Linux 6.0 promoted to Stable,
2⃣ @Debian 12 will include closed-source binaries, and
3⃣ @GoogleCloud opens its first #Africa region.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/F9Uc1UnAoc #DevOps

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) October 6, 2022

Memory-safe #RustLang shines with its day in the sun - ReversingLabs

Don’t miss out: The chatter around the Rust language is growing into a deafening roar. Not only is the Linux kernel train bearing down on the 6.1 station, but countless other devs are waking up to the memory-safe language.

But beware of edge cases. In this week’s #SSBlogwatch we brace for one of @Linus_Torvalds’ famous rants.

For @ReversingLabs’ @SecuredSoftware: https://t.co/4SSu3P3AVN #RustLang

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) October 5, 2022

FAIL: Los Angeles School District Loses 500GB of PII - Security Boulevard

Won’t Somebody Think of the Children?
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has lost control of a huge cache of sensitive data. The leak—courtesy of Russian gang Vice Society—includes staff bank account details and psych evals of children.

The self-styled “most accomplished superintendent in America’s history” definitely accomplished *something*.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we think it would have been better if he’d accomplished some improved #security.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/FVHhM4W6WS

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) October 4, 2022