A Minecraft server has been hit with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that Cloudflare claims is the largest attack, bitrate-wise, ever mitigated. As reported by BleepingComputer, the attack was conducted by a variant of Mirai (one of the world’s most notorious botnets), against a Minecraft server called Wynncraft. Whoever was behind the attack…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
A US Marine and Thai troops train for landmine disposal in February 2019. US Marine Corps/Cpl. Jamin M. Powell The US Army is working on a new landmines designed to attack the thinner armor on the top of tanks. The Army recently awarded a contract for production of the XM204, a “wide area top-attack munition.”…
Sterling Pics I launched Slutty Vegan in 2018 after losing my first restaurant to a grease fire in 2016. In less than a year, I opened my first brick-and-mortar in Atlanta and soon expanded to multiple locations. Today, my company is valued at $100 million with investments from business giants. This as-told-to essay is based…
Business Insider Intelligence This is an update to our May and July PPP Small Business Loans reports. You can purchase all three reports now for the price of one. This report outlines the final numbers after the second tranche’s summer expiry, and will be available for free to those who have purchased any of the two preceding…
Kwasi Kwarteng has been fired by prime minister Liz Truss. Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images UK finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng was fired from his role on Friday. His tax cut proposals have rattled markets for weeks, with yields on gilts soaring. Prime Minister Liz Truss is expected to announce a policy U-turn at 9AM Eastern Time….
CEO of MyPillow Mike Lindell. Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images A California restaurant was threatened after posting a picture online of staff with Mike Lindell, per SFGATE. The staff only knew him as the boss of MyPillow, not for his role in politics, the owner told SFGATE. The owner said she still…
Lucas Jackson/Reuters Morgan Stanley on Friday posted third-quarter earnings and revenue that fell short of expectations. The Wall Street giant said an uncertain macroenvironment led to investment banking revenue tumbling by 55% to $1.27 billion. Morgan Stanley shares have dropped in 2022 but by less than the broader S&P 500 Financial sector. Morgan Stanley on…
A file photo of US Patriot missiles deployed in Saudi Arabia, as seen in February 2020. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images US Sen. Chris Murphy said the US should halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia. He also suggested moving existing air-defense systems in the country to Ukraine. Saudi Arabia angered Democrats after agreeing with Russia…
The prestigious bank has lost 4 TMT bankers in recent weeks. Mark Lennihan/AP Citigroup reported third-quarter earnings on Friday that beat revenue and profit estimates.But revenue derived from the bank’s fixed income and trading arm fell short, hurting the stock price.The bank also said it’s in the process of winding down nearly all of its…
Rockstar, Zynga and 2K owner Take-Two Interactive is shutting down Playdots, the New York-based studio behind the popular mobile game Two Dots, Bloomberg has reported. Sixty-five employees will lose their jobs, the company confirmed to Bloomberg. The company confirmed that the puzzle game “will continue at another Zynga studio and there will be no disruption…