Cloud storage undermines ‘fail-safe’ design of the internet
Outage highlights that, in the cloud, power is concentrated in a few at the top – as is risk
Q&A: What caused the outage that brought down so many websites?
Growing need for speed online has led to concentration of infrastructure in hands of just a few companies
Web Summit cancels in-person Lisbon event amid surge in Covid cases
Organisers say decision to go online was taken in the interests of public health
Hosting companies back in spotlight after US latest mass killings
Net Results: We are wrong to make internet corporations society’s de facto censors
Are Irish businesses targeting each other with cyber crime?
From florists to poker sites, when your site goes down it might not be a random hacker
Big Tech can no longer be allowed to police itself
Section 230 of the US Communications and Decency Act (CDA) was crafted in 1996 to allow tech firms exemption from liability for nearly all kinds of illegal content or actions perpetrated by their users
Hackers used household devices to launch major cyber attack
Twitter, Paypal, Spotify among the companies affected by the security breach
Cyberattacks rise as Ukraine crisis spreads to internet
Large increase in DDoS attacks directed at pro-Western and pro-Russian sites
Online dispute blows up into cyberattack affecting millions
Squabble between group fighting spam and Dutch hosting company escalates into huge battle
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