Tag: Computer science
the Prime Minister wants to ban social networks for young people under 16
This is a world first, the Australian government intends to pass a law within two weeks which will prohibit access to social networks for those under 16, while currently, most…
World back to normal after massive computer outage
The situation, particularly in airports, returned to normal on Saturday 20 July after the massive computer failure which caused chaos in transport, the media and financial markets and put workers…
Cybercrime booming in Southeast Asia
About 100 Taiwanese nationals were arrested on June 28 on the Indonesian island of Bali. They are accused of illegally using immigration permits and committing online scams targeting Malaysians. 2…
Idemia clarifies its links with Afritech after the public contracts denounced by the IGF
In the DRC, the General Inspectorate of Finance has denounced several suspect public contracts in recent weeks, including one concerning the establishment of new biometric national identity cards. In this…
the French start-up Mistral AI valued at nearly six billion euros
Generative artificial intelligence is attracting investors, and France is no exception. There start-up tricolor Mistral AI, which wants to compete with the American giants of the sector, has just completed…
IT giant Microsoft clarifies the outlines of Russian fake news targeting the Paris Olympics
issy les moulineaux – The alert comes from the global IT giant: Microsoft. The Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) of this Tech heavyweight is sounding the alarm regarding disinformation campaigns targeting…
four arrests and hundreds of servers shut down in global operation
According to European police, this is “the largest operation ever carried out” against malware. Four people were arrested and more than a hundred servers taken offline during this international operation…
the French state to the rescue
Former flagship of the IT sector, the French group Atos has been in great difficulty for several months and is looking for a buyer to escape bankruptcy. The government applied…
several computer attacks of “unprecedented intensity” against several ministries
Several ministries have been the subject of computer attacks since Sunday March 10 in the evening of a “ unprecedented intensity ”, according to the government. The cyberattack was claimed…
Meta group’s social networks accessible again after global outage
Meta’s social networks and messaging services – Facebook, Instagram and Messenger – were affected this Tuesday, March 5, since 3:30 p.m. UT, by a series of outages worldwide. This is…