Mon Feb 1 2021: SolarWinds hack .. isn't SolarWinds; Broadband laws, and tech unions

Three things to know today

• The SolarWinds hack.. isn’t the SolarWinds hack

https://apple.news/Ah1knrfThSnOn07oM07hzFA

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2021/01/malwarebytes-targeted-by-nation-state-actor-implicated-in-solarwinds-breach-evidence-suggests-abuse-of-privileged-access-to-microsoft-office-365-and-azure-environments/

• Broadband changes on the horizon

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/world-remote-everything-washington-state-sees-new-push-public-broadband-networks/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/teenagers-take-on-comcast-internet-essentials

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-30/computer-shy-elderly-are-shouldered-aside-in-vaccination-race

https://www.axios.com/covid-vaccine-senior-citizens-8d74583d-bdca-41a1-8e04-e24b282a6d12.html

AND

• Tech unions growing pains

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/30/22256577/alphabet-workers-union-turmoil-global-alliance-announcement-google-cwa

 

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