lswcapThere was a situation where hacking led to physical damage. Colonial Pipeline is the nation’s largest transport pipeline company, transporting 100 million gallons of fuel per day and covering 45% of the fuel used on the east coast of the United States. This colonial pipeline was attacked by ransomware on May 9, and the system was shut down to prevent the spread of damage. The system was suspended for five days, but on May 13th, Colonial Pipeline announced that it had resumed its pipeline business at 17:00 on May 12th.
Darkside, a ransomware criminal group involved in the crime, made a statement about the incident, saying its purpose is to make money and not to cause social problems.
Due to this incident, a gasoline panic occurred on the east coast of the United States, where fuel supply was cut for five days, and citizens flocked to gas stations to save gasoline. Meanwhile, according to reports, the Colonial Pipeline paid more than $5 million in ransom.
Next news. Cloud and satellite internet alliances are continuing. On May 13, Google announced that it signed a contract to install Starlink terminals in Google Cloud data centers and use Starlink networks in partnership with Starlink, a private space company, SpaceX satellite internet service. .
Will there be an era where payments can be made with just the palm of your hand? Amazon is known to aim to strengthen its cloud service, AWS, through Project Kepler. Therefore, with the alliance between Google Cloud and Starlink, the competition between Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS is expected to expand further into space and intensify.
On May 10, Amazon announced that it has introduced Amazon One, a new authentication system that it announced in September 2020, to Amazon Go, New York. This is the first time this system has been introduced to stores outside of Washington State.
Amazon One is a system that verifies your identity by authenticating your palm print. When you insert a credit card into the Amazon One device and register your palm print, the credit card and palm print are linked. After registration, you can make a touchless payment by placing your palm on the dedicated device.
Since the introduction was started outside of Washington state this time, we can expect to expand the scope of the introduction further in the future. Amazon is planning to offer not only commercial stores, but also stadiums and office buildings.
Next news. According to the latest data from analyst firm Flurry, only 4% of iPhone users updated to iOS 14.5 in the United States allowed app tracking. This survey uses data from the release of iOS 14.5 on 2.5 million active mobile users every day. Also, looking at users around the world, only 12% of all users have enabled app tracking. In other words, 88% of users have their tracking turned off.
Facebook is appealing to allow tracking if you want to use it for free on the iOS version of the Facebook and Instagram apps, which can also be seen as a concern about the ATT impact. The online advertising industry may face a serious turning point in the future.
NASA announced on May 10 that it has approved the world’s first civilian astronaut flight mission for Axiomspace. Accordingly, it is said that four civilian astronauts will travel to the International Space Station with the aim of January 2022.
It is the world’s first attempt for civilians to go to space. If successful, commercial manned space flight services can grow significantly. At this stage, no detailed schedule has been announced other than the schedule for January 2022, but it is noteworthy. Thank you.
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