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Following reports in late 2022 that hackers were selling stolen data from 400 million Twitter users, researchers now say a widespread pool of email addresses associated with about 200 million users is likely a refined version of the larger pool , which has duplicate entries removed. The social network has yet to comment on the massive disclosure, but the data cache clarifies the severity of the leak and who may be most at risk as a result.

From June 2021 to January 2022, there was a bug in a Twitter programming interface or API that allowed attackers to submit contact information, such as email addresses, in return for receiving the associated Twitter account, if any. Before it was patched, attackers exploited the flaw to “scrape” data from the social network. And while the bug didn’t allow hackers to access passwords or other sensitive information like DMs, it revealed the connection between Twitter accounts, which are often pseudonymous, and the email addresses and phone numbers associated with them, potentially allowing users to be identified could.

While live, the vulnerability appears to have been exploited by multiple actors to build various data collections. One, which has been circulating on crime forums since the summer, contained the email addresses and phone numbers of about 5.4 million Twitter users. The huge treasure trove that has just surfaced appears to contain only email addresses. However, the widespread distribution of the data carries the risk that it fuels phishing attacks, identity theft attempts and other individual attacks.

Twitter has not responded to WIRED requests for comment. The enterprise wrote about the API vulnerability in an August disclosure: “When we found out about it, we immediately investigated and fixed it. At the time, we had no evidence that anyone had exploited the vulnerability.” Apparently, Twitter’s telemetry was insufficient to detect the malicious scraping.

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Twitter is far from the first platform to subject data to bulk scraping through an API flaw, and it’s common in such scenarios that there is confusion about how many different data assets actually exist as a result of malicious exploitation. However, these incidents are still significant as they add further connections and validation to the massive amount of stolen data already existing in the criminal ecosystem about users.

“Apparently there are several people who were aware of this API vulnerability and several people who spied on it. Did different people scrape different things? How many treasure troves are there? It doesn’t matter,” says Troy Hunt, founder of breach tracking website HaveIBeenPwned. Hunt included the Twitter record in HaveIBeenPwned and says it contained information on more than 200 million accounts. Ninety-eight percent of the email addresses had already been exposed in previous breaches recorded by HaveIBeenPwned. And Hunt says he’s sent notification emails to nearly 1,064,000 of his service’s 4,400,000 million email subscribers.

“It’s the first time I’ve sent a seven-digit email,” he says. “Nearly a quarter of my total subscriber corpus is truly significant. But with so much of it already out there, I don’t think this will be an incident that’s going to have a long tail in terms of impact. But it can de-anonymize people. What worries me more are the people who wanted to protect their privacy.”

Twitter wrote in August that it shares concerns about the possibility of users’ pseudonymous accounts being linked to their real identities due to the API vulnerability.

“If you are running a pseudonymous Twitter account, we understand the risks an incident like this can pose and we deeply regret that this has happened,” the company wrote. “To keep your identity as obfuscated as possible, we recommend not adding a publicly known phone number or email address to your Twitter account.”

However, for users who had not already linked their Twitter handles to Burner email accounts at the time of the scraping, the advice comes too late. In August, the social network said it was notifying potentially affected people about the situation. The company hasn’t said whether it will make any further notifications given the hundreds of millions of records disclosed.

The Irish Data Protection Commission said last month it was investigating the incident, which yielded the email addresses and phone numbers of 5.4 million users. Twitter is also currently under investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission for violating a “Consent Decree” that obliges Twitter to improve the privacy and data protection measures of its users.

This story originally appeared on wired.com.

It appears that Owen Beck was traded by the Montreal Canadiens to the Ontario Junior Hockey League.

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On Friday night, Sportsnet network reporter Jeff Marek claimed the Mississauga Steelheads had traded the 18-year-old centerman to the Peterborough Petes.

In return, they would have received forwards Jack Van Volsen and Justin DeZoete in addition to several draft picks.

Selected in the second round (33rd overall) of the last draft by CH, Beck has recorded 17 goals and 23 assists for 40 points in 30 games so far in 2022-2023.

The Port Hope native also just won gold at the World Junior Hockey Championship with the Canada squad.

Initially, Beck failed to secure a spot with the Maple Leaf Club for this prestigious competition, but the organization urgently recalled him during the tournament. He mostly led the fourth row and racked up an assist in three games.

A bed bath and bust scenario could spell short-term financial pain for rival home furnishings retailers as aggressive sell-offs across the country go out of business, an expert has warned.

“In the short term, the liquidation [would be] a bit hard on JC Penney, Kohl’s, Target, Walmart, Wayfair and maybe Container Store – and to some extent maybe Macy’s – because someone likes [liquidator] Gordon Brothers is going to do a really aggressive liquidation sale,” retail expert Jan Rogers Kniffen told Yahoo Finance.

The potential for Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) to go bust in 2023 looks high.

A person exits a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 29, 2022. Portal/Andrew Kelly

Bed Bath & Beyond said Thursday bankruptcy is on the table as the company works to shore up its leaky balance sheet after a disastrous holiday shopping season.

“The Company continues to consider all strategic alternatives, including restructuring or refinancing its debt, seeking additional debt or equity, reducing or delaying the Company’s operations and strategic initiatives, or selling assets, other strategic transactions and/or others Measures, including obtaining relief under the U.S. bankruptcy law,” Bed Bath & Beyond said in a statement.

“These actions may not be successful,” the company added, noting that there were “significant doubts” about its ability to proceed as a going concern.

For the fiscal third quarter ended November 26, 2022, revenue declined more than 30% to $1.259 billion from $1.878 billion in the same quarter last year. The company said these numbers reflect “lower customer traffic and reduced stock availability, among other things.”

Bed Bath & Beyond expects a net loss of $385.8 million for the quarter.

Meanwhile, shares of the retailer plunged nearly 30% on Thursday and another 22% on Friday, taking the stock to levels not seen since 1992.

Bankruptcy professionals aren’t ruling out a Bed Bath & Beyond filing this month.

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“I think it’s inevitable that they’ll file a motion,” Macco CEO Drew McManigle said on Yahoo Finance Live. “I wouldn’t be surprised if they filed their case as early as this weekend. There is no reason not to do this. I suspect they have been working on their self-administered funding.”

When asked about the bankruptcy issue, Bed Bath & Beyond spokeswoman Julie Strider told Yahoo Finance, “Since initiating Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.’s comprehensive turnaround plan earlier in the third quarter, financial measures have been taken to improve our balance sheet and cash flows, we worked with strategic advisors to evaluate all avenues to regain market share and improve liquidity, our stated priorities. Such avenues may include restructuring or refinancing our debt, seeking additional debt or equity, reducing or delaying the Company’s operations and strategic initiatives or asset sales, other strategic transactions and/or other actions. No decisions have been made at this point.”

In any case, Kniffen ultimately believes that Bed Bath & Beyond’s competitors will bounce back quickly from a widespread sale out of business.

The reason, Kniffen explained, is that Bed Bath & Beyond has bordered on insignificance in the minds of shoppers for years due to product execution issues.

“Six months later, the same players will see modest market share gains,” Kniffen added. “But this company has been losing market share for twenty years. I don’t see how there can really be winners worth mentioning. It just can’t move anyone’s needle. Some shares will also go to Amazon, of course.”

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Times are tough for the Canadian, who will be looking to avoid an eighth consecutive loss on Saturday night when the St. Louis Blues play in Montreal.

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This is the most difficult time for the Habs this season. It is also the first time Martin St-Louis has gone through such a phase as head coach in the National League. The Quebecer admits he’s learning a lot from the situation.

“You don’t just have to focus on where you are and why you got there. You also have to think about what you have to do to get out of there,” he said in a press conference on Friday.

Deprived of important elements

And to get out of this trough, CH will have to forego some of its good elements.

On Friday, the club confirmed Sean Monahan and Michael Matheson will be out for a further two weeks, while young defender Kaiden Guhle, who has had a strong first season so far, will be out for at least another eight weeks.

So the Canadian will have to grit his teeth to find the resources needed to get back on the road to victory. If the performances of the towering Connor Bedard at the World Junior Championships make the CH defeats more acceptable in the eyes of many supporters, a very long series of defeats could still leave its mark and it would be better to avoid the deepest of the troughs. .

Veteran Jake Allen, winner of December’s Molson Cup, will be in action in front of the Bleu Blanc Rouge cage against the Blues.

Things are going a little better for the St. Louis team, although the team is lagging behind in the race for the last two spots that will allow entry into the West playoffs. Coach Craig Berube’s side have won three of their last four games.

This will be the second duel between the two teams this season. On October 29, Christian Dvorak scored a hat-trick in just the third period in the Canadiens’ 7-4 win in St. Louis.

• The match will be broadcast on TVA Sports and on TVA Sports Direct at 19:00; The pregame starts at 6:00 p.m.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at an event in Hawthorne, California April 30, 2015.

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Attorneys for Tesla and Elon Musk are asking a federal judge in San Francisco to move or postpone an upcoming trial from northern California to west Texas.

Musk and other current and former Tesla board members will face a jury in a shareholder class action lawsuit alleging the CEO manipulated Tesla’s stock in 2018 when he tweeted that he was considering privatizing his electric vehicle company for $420 per share and had “secured the financing” to do so.

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Tesla stock trading was initially halted, then stocks were very volatile for weeks after the tweets.

By that year, Musk was living in California and Tesla was headquartered in Palo Alto. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX relocated to Texas in 2020, and his electric vehicle company moved its headquarters to Austin in 2021.

In 2022, Northern California Chief District Judge Edward M. Chen, who is overseeing the trial, ruled that Musk’s statements in 2018 were false and that he had knowingly tweeted them.

The upcoming trial and jury will decide whether Musk’s now-infamous tweets mattered to shareholders, if and how they impacted Tesla’s stock price, and whether the company or its directors should be held liable and pay damages.

In a motion to change jurisdiction, attorneys for Tesla and Musk argue that the CEO received extensive and negative publicity in California after he acquired a San Francisco-based social media company, Twitter, in October 2022.

Musk proclaimed himself CEO of Twitter and has laid off thousands of employees in a series of chaotic layoffs and layoffs since the deal closed.

At a recent public appearance in San Francisco, Musk was booed after comedian Dave Chappelle invited him on stage.

Alex Spiro, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan who has represented Musk in several lawsuits, argued in this recent filing:

“A sizeable portion of the jury in this district is likely to harbor a personal and material bias against Mr. Musk as a result of recent firings at one of his companies, as individual potential jurors – or their friends and relatives – may have been personally the existing baseline distortion has been through.” exacerbated, expanded and amplified the negative and inflammatory local publicity surrounding the events.

Spiro added in the filing that the “negativity toward Mr Musk was not limited to the press.” He said there are regular protests and pickets outside Musk’s San Francisco offices, adding that some have “the support and encouragement of local politicians.”

Musk and his attorneys have previously argued that his comments about a potential take-private deal for Tesla in 2018 did not break the law.

The Tesla CEO has repeatedly claimed he has struck a handshake deal with investors in the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia to privatize Tesla for $420 per share. Text messages revealed in another trial in 2022 suggested Saudi PIF investors had not fully agreed to fund a Tesla deal.

Court filings this month in the securities class action show that Musk’s lawyers subpoenaed four people who help run the Saudi Public Investment Fund to testify in the lawsuit, including Naif Al Mogren, Saad Al Jarboa, Turqi Alnowaise and Yasir Al -Rumayyan.

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Bob Perkowitz, a self-proclaimed former Tesla fanboy, was among the first few thousand people to reserve a Model S in 2009. He took delivery in 2012 and eventually upgraded to a 2017 edition of the same sedan.

He also planned to buy a 2022 model. Then things got out of hand.

Perkowitz is one of many Tesla owners who are reconsidering their allegiance to the brand as Elon Musk becomes increasingly unpredictable and polarizing figure on-line. Tesla’s CEO has always been outspoken, but in recent months — and particularly after buying Twitter — the persona flaunted by his 125 million Twitter followers has shifted from that of the occasionally irreverent, visionary entrepreneur to something decidedly changed more warlike and political.

Tesla owners say Musk’s escapades are getting to be too much

Perkowitz says he didn’t buy a new Tesla because of Musk’s right-wing views, his tumultuous Twitter acquisition, and his radical emphasis on free speech, which Perkowitz believes misinformation will be rife on Twitter.

“Elon was a really good reason to buy the car,” Perkowitz told Insider. “He had a great brand. He’s not such a great brand anymore.”

John Byrne, a software CEO, told Insider he traded his Model X for an Audi RS E-Tron GT after Musk’s outbursts. Portal/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

Alan Lasoff of Calabasas, California currently rents a Model Y SUV but will not be getting another after his tenure ends. For him, the decision boils down to what he sees as the billionaire’s hypocrisy and the reinforcement of conspiracy theories.

“He’s been telling everyone he’s buying Twitter because he wants it to be kind of non-political, and on the eve of the election he’s saying vote Republican,” Lasoff told Insider. “He can have his opinions, but what I really despise in people is hypocrisy.”

John Byrne, a software CEO in Maryland, hasn’t been a huge fan of his 2020 Model X SUV for a while. He said it creaked, vibrated at times, and had an overall build quality that didn’t justify its $95,000 asking price .

But Musk’s behavior since the Twitter saga – particularly his propagation of right-wing views and Attack on Anthony Fauci – was the last straw. Byrne traded in his car for an electric Audi in late 2022.

“I don’t want to be a brand ambassador for them anymore,” Byrne told Insider.

Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.

Musk could attract conservatives to the brand

Some recent studies support the anecdotes. Research firm Morning Consult found that Tesla’s net-favorite rating among Democrats fell 20% between October and November. Republican favor has improved slightly.

Tesla’s stock price fell 65% in 2022. Tesla

According to Matthew Quint, a branding expert at Columbia Business School, consumers are more likely to react negatively to a controversial car company than any other type of company. That’s because a car is a long-term purchase that represents its owner to everyone – unlike, say, a can of Goya beans.

Additionally, Quint said, the five-figure expense involved will make someone think more carefully about who they are enriching and whether they agree with their views.

The turnaround among some fans comes at a difficult time for the company.

After years of Teslas flying off the shelves, the company faces big questions as to whether consumer demand is waning. Amid those concerns, investor worries about Musk’s involvement with Twitter, and slowing revenue growth, Tesla stock plummeted 65% in 2022.

Also, Tesla is dealing with an aging product line while facing unprecedented competition in the electric vehicle space, Sam Fiorani, vice president of global vehicle forecasting at AutoForecast Solutions, told Insider.

Still, it’s unclear whether Musk’s outbursts will deal a significant blow to Tesla’s future sales. Things could even out if Musk dumps progressives while also selling a lot of conservatives on his cars, Quint said. And if Musk wants to tone down the impact of his words, all he has to do is tone things down, Quint said.

Perkowitz agrees. He has considered the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Polestar 2 as electric alternatives, but hopes to be able to buy a Model S with a clear conscience.

“I kind of stalled and waited for Elon to come to his senses and say something meaningful,” Perkowitz said. “But if he doesn’t do it soon, I’ll drive the Polestar.”

Are you a Tesla owner or employee and have a story to share? Do you love or hate your electric vehicle? Contact this reporter at [email protected]

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a recall alert over the undeclared presence of milk in a product made by Japanese food brand Tohato.

These are “snack” type potato slices. Dairy products are included in the product, contrary to what is written on the label. The recalled content was sold in British Columbia.

This recall follows from the results of analysis by the CFIA. So far, no reactions related to the consumption of the affected products have been reported.

The CFIA has also indicated that it conducted an investigation to verify the safety of the food, potentially leading to the recall of other products.

Northern Light Health is moving 1,400 employees — including 130 in southern Maine — to an outside healthcare services company, a move that senior officials say will save the hospital system $1 billion over 10 years.

The 1,400 employees will no longer work for Northern Light Health beginning in March, but for Optum, a Minnesota-based healthcare services company. Employees will remain in Maine, keep their jobs, experience no pay cuts and receive similar benefits, said Paul Bolin, Northern Light Health’s chief people officer and senior vice president.

The move is part of a national trend by hospital operators to reduce costs by outsourcing billing and support operations.

Northern Light Health – the second largest health care company in Maine with approximately 12,000 employees – is the parent organization of Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor and Mercy Hospital in Portland, rural hospitals in northern Maine and a large network of outpatient services.

Most positions are not jobs that directly care for patients – like doctors and nurses – but office-based administrative positions, including “Revenue Cycle Management, Information Systems, Inpatient Care Management, Analytics, Project Management Office and Supply Chain,” Northern Light Health said in a statement. The majority of the jobs moving to Optum will be in Northern Light Health’s home office in Brewer. Approximately 130 jobs in southern Maine will become Optum jobs, most of them at Mercy Hospital.

Tim Dentry, President and CEO of Northern Light Health, said in an interview that the economic projections for hospitals, particularly larger hospitals like EMMC, are “uncertain” and so they need to look for ways to save money to keep essential health services running .

“No one would save the day for us in healthcare,” Dentry said.

Steven Michaud, president of the Maine Hospital Association, expects weak financial conditions to continue as hospitals try to cut costs while maintaining essential services. Labor shortages exacerbated by the pandemic are limiting the number of patients hospitals can serve, resulting in reduced revenue.

“Hospitals are facing unprecedented losses from the pandemic and there is no reason to think that will change any time soon,” Michaud said. “Because of the labor shortage, we have a lot of patients, but it’s harder to get them through procedures and surgeries.”

Michaud said the same staffing dynamics also make it harder to discharge patients who are unwilling to go home but are willing to be sent to assisted living to recover, or mental health patients who need housing . This also leads to less income for the hospitals. Combined with rising labor costs, inflation and phasing out of pandemic aid funds, hospitals are grappling with a difficult financial outlook, Michaud said.

Northern Light Health had approximately $2 billion in revenue for fiscal 2021-22, but expenses exceeded revenue and operating losses are approximately $132 million, said Suzanne Spruce, spokeswoman for Northern Light Health.

MaineHealth — Maine’s largest healthcare system with 22,000 employees and the parent organization of Maine Medical Center in Portland — isn’t currently considering outsourcing jobs, but CEO Dr. Andy Mueller said in a statement that the pandemic is putting “unprecedented stress on the healthcare industry,” which is “requiring all of us to innovate and rethink our business.”

Mueller said MaineHealth has lost money in two years over the past three years.

The revenue crunch is prompting many hospital systems to look for creative ways to cut costs, Michaud said.

Brooke LaTour, spokeswoman for Optum, said, “Optum has relationships similar to this one with a few other healthcare systems in the United States, and we’ve seen a growing interest over the past three to four years.” To offer services in Marin County, California near San Francisco.

Northern Light also recently sold its outpatient laboratory operations to New Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics, resulting in approximately 340 positions being transferred from Northern Light to Quest. This sale was completed in early December and the transfer took place in January.

Traci St. Clair, business agent for Teamsters Local 340, said just over a dozen employees working in various positions at the lab are Teamsters members and are beginning to negotiate a new contract with Quest.

“Our talks have been good, but we haven’t sat down with them at the negotiating table,” St. Clair said. “It’s very early.”

Apparently, none of the positions moving to Optum are represented by a union.

However, St. Clair said she is concerned about the overall outsourcing trend and whether it will result in poorer patient services, staff layoffs in the years to come, or lower wages and benefits.

“It’s concerning,” St. Clair said. “What is the endgame?”

Ultimately, according to St. Clair, Northern Light is responsible for all services, including those that are outsourced to companies like Optum.

Dentry said that over time some of the jobs relocated to Optum will be lost through attrition as employees leave. That’s because Optum has built-in efficiencies for delivering similar services to healthcare systems across the country, he said.

Having Optum assume the overhead of IT systems, other technologies, equipment and consumables will also save money in the long run, he said.

Dentry said the end result was that Optum could offer the same service at a lower price point to Northern Light.

He said this will help his clinics and hospitals like EMMC, which is under financial pressure from labor shortages and the increased cost of paying traveling nurses, to fill gaps.

“This decision by Northern Light will take a lot of the pressure off individual companies like EMMC,” Dentry said.

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