Jan Vermeulen
@sigstart
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MyBroadband Editor. Investigative journalist. Nerdfighter, browncoat, rocker. Shen an Calhar. Sa souvraya niende misain ye.
South Africa
Joined May 2008
Bogus domains like " https://t.co/zmga4584sG", " https://t.co/8x6vZgSwCP", " https://t.co/tp2x23cfCp", and "
https://t.co/50JJ7mTSDS" were used in the contact details of valuable legacy IP address space. Registrar records have linked two men to these domains. https://t.co/E1ZLEfXPsN
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New information uncovered by MyBroadband, together with Internet investigator Ron Guilmette, has linked two men to bogus e-mail addresses found in the records of misappropriated South African...
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We are all hands on deck to make sure all traffic is served without errors. After that, we will turn our attention to investigating the cause of the unusual spike in traffic. We will post updates to https://t.co/6vNfcbno3G and more in-depth analysis when it is ready to our blog.
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Update from Cloudflare: We saw a spike in unusual traffic to one of Cloudflare's services beginning at 11:20 UTC. That caused some traffic passing through Cloudflare's network to experience errors. We do not yet know the cause of the spike in unusual traffic.
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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it (Mark Twain). I see a good number of people who tag themselves as patriots wanting to show they are loyal to a govt or a leader. Patriotism is about country, not parties, leaders or govts
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It's metal Monday. Bloodywood's use of metaphor is System of a Down level. Their use of humour is next-level. https://t.co/2l3iudOAmf
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testament van 'n rebel gee my 'n pen sodat ek kan sing dat die lewe nie verniet is nie ... ek wil sterf voordat ek dood is as my bloed nog vrugbaar en rooi is ... want soos ek tot oop oë sterf sal my rooi lied nooit sterf nie RIP, Breyten.
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So, uh. Breaking Benjamin just released a new song. https://t.co/eq7rpG8BOJ
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Catch Minister @SollyMalatsi’s exclusive interview with @sigstart from @mybroadband. In it, he dives into critical topics shaping South Africa’s tech landscape and shares insights on @Starlink’s entry into the SA market. https://t.co/ctGrb5mK64
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i showed a fully local, computer-controlling AI a sticky note with my wifi password. it got online.
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MyBroadband's Wikus Steyn has won the coveted Gauteng Vodacom Journalist of the Year award in the innovation category. https://t.co/n6xCIQfiWB
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MyBroadband’s Wikus Steyn has won the coveted Gauteng Vodacom Journalist of the Year award in the innovation category.
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🗣️ "You changed my name, hey." Siya Dlamini gets to meet Eben Etzebeth *Elizabedi 🥹 #SpringboksRWC
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There’s no patch against the new speculative execution attack against Apple’s Safari/WebKit running on Apple Silicon A or M series processors. The temporary fix for macOS (none yet for iOS) is to: 1/2
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Just a note to all supporters of the Irish rugby team from a #springbok fan... You guys should be proud. This tournament was different in so many ways. Thinking or feeling that "we didn't get past the quarters again" would be a mistake. 1. Never in the history of rugby have the
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Former MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad Farroukh is taking his previous employer to court after the company allegedly refused to pay his severance of over R18 million. https://t.co/mQ6FyAz9Ce
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Former MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad Farroukh is taking his previous employer to court after the company allegedly refused to pay his severance of over R18 million.
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AFRINIC has been placed under receivership, but it could be Good Thing™ https://t.co/uo8WtODAOV
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The organisation responsible for Africa’s raw Internet resources, like IP addresses, lost a case in the Mauritius bankruptcy court. However, industry insiders believe this could be a positive...
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission tried to lay claim to over $1.7 billion out of the Mirror Trading International estate — much more than its liquidators could ever hope to recover. https://t.co/0Vf6FYzy7y
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission tried to lay claim to over $1.7 billion out of the Mirror Trading International estate — much more than its liquidators could ever hope to recover.
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Internet Protocol addresses AFRINIC tried to seize in 2021 were used in a sustained denial-of-service attack against a publication that focuses on the human rights of journalists in Somalia. https://t.co/kpHeVOjKNU
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Internet Protocol addresses AFRINIC tried to seize in 2021 were used in a sustained denial-of-service attack against a publication that focuses on the human rights of journalists.
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programming: used to be...writing different commands until it worked then it was...copying and pasting different commands until it worked now it is...hitting TAB to autocomplete AI suggested code and presuming it works
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Snatch, the attackers who claimed responsibility for breaching South Africa's Department of Defence and exfiltrating terabytes of data, have told MyBroadband they still have access to the network. https://t.co/jnXpp0YTwp
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Snatch has claimed responsibility for a Department of Defence data breach and posted the contact details of several senior officials — including phone numbers they say belong to President Cyril...
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My personal mastodon algorithmic feed is really delivering https://t.co/UUp3RYlynm Electronics, hacker friends, hams, programmers and friends. It’s a nice place with nice content and nice people if you make it your own.
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