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\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

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\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

By subscribing, you agree with our privacy and terms.

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\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

By subscribing, you agree with our privacy and terms.

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\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

By subscribing, you agree with our privacy and terms.

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\n

\"The FTX Group failed to implement basic, widely accepted security controls to protect crypto assets. Each failure was egregious in the context of a business entrusted with customer transactions, and any one of the controls may have prevented the loss in the November 2022 Breach. Taken together, the failures were further magnified, since each control failure exacerbated the risk posed by the others.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

By subscribing, you agree with our privacy and terms.

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\n

Under a section titled \"Lack of security controls to protect crypto assets\", the report states that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The FTX Group failed to implement basic, widely accepted security controls to protect crypto assets. Each failure was egregious in the context of a business entrusted with customer transactions, and any one of the controls may have prevented the loss in the November 2022 Breach. Taken together, the failures were further magnified, since each control failure exacerbated the risk posed by the others.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

By subscribing, you agree with our privacy and terms.

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\n

The once loved, now disgraced crypto exchange FTX has had further details about the company's inner workings released in its latest bankruptcy report<\/a> from April 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a section titled \"Lack of security controls to protect crypto assets\", the report states that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The FTX Group failed to implement basic, widely accepted security controls to protect crypto assets. Each failure was egregious in the context of a business entrusted with customer transactions, and any one of the controls may have prevented the loss in the November 2022 Breach. Taken together, the failures were further magnified, since each control failure exacerbated the risk posed by the others.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

By subscribing, you agree with our privacy and terms.

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\n

Google also stated that \"independent security researchers make enormous contributions to security, including at\u00a0Google<\/a>,\"<\/em> so they're also developing a fund which would protect good-faith security research in legal cases. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Google Establishes A Hacking Policy Council Among Others; Cybersecurity And Vulnerability Management","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"google-establishes-a-hacking-policy-council-among-others-cybersecurity-and-vulnerability-management","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-15 18:30:50","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-15 08:30:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10946","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10884,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-13 14:49:02","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:49:02","post_content":"\n

The once loved, now disgraced crypto exchange FTX has had further details about the company's inner workings released in its latest bankruptcy report<\/a> from April 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a section titled \"Lack of security controls to protect crypto assets\", the report states that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The FTX Group failed to implement basic, widely accepted security controls to protect crypto assets. Each failure was egregious in the context of a business entrusted with customer transactions, and any one of the controls may have prevented the loss in the November 2022 Breach. Taken together, the failures were further magnified, since each control failure exacerbated the risk posed by the others.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The whitepaper proposes a new response to these risks which include; greater transparency in vulnerability exploitation and patch adoption to deduce if current approaches are working, more attention on friction points to ensure risks to users are being comprehensively addressed, address the root cause\u00a0of vulnerabilities and prioritize modern secure software development, and protect good-faith security researchers\u00a0who make significant\u00a0contributions\u00a0to security through their efforts to find vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them - these researchers are often met with legal threats and misunderstandings behind their intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google also stated that \"independent security researchers make enormous contributions to security, including at\u00a0Google<\/a>,\"<\/em> so they're also developing a fund which would protect good-faith security research in legal cases. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Google Establishes A Hacking Policy Council Among Others; Cybersecurity And Vulnerability Management","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"google-establishes-a-hacking-policy-council-among-others-cybersecurity-and-vulnerability-management","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-15 18:30:50","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-15 08:30:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10946","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10884,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-13 14:49:02","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:49:02","post_content":"\n

The once loved, now disgraced crypto exchange FTX has had further details about the company's inner workings released in its latest bankruptcy report<\/a> from April 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a section titled \"Lack of security controls to protect crypto assets\", the report states that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The FTX Group failed to implement basic, widely accepted security controls to protect crypto assets. Each failure was egregious in the context of a business entrusted with customer transactions, and any one of the controls may have prevented the loss in the November 2022 Breach. Taken together, the failures were further magnified, since each control failure exacerbated the risk posed by the others.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

By subscribing, you agree with our privacy and terms.

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\n

An accompanying whitepaper<\/a> titled \"Escaping The Doom Loop\" <\/em>was released by Google. The doom loop is the endless cycle of vulnerability, followed by patch, followed by vulnerability will be mitigated only by \"focusing on the fundamentals of secure software development, good patch hygiene, and designing for security and ease of patching from the start.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whitepaper proposes a new response to these risks which include; greater transparency in vulnerability exploitation and patch adoption to deduce if current approaches are working, more attention on friction points to ensure risks to users are being comprehensively addressed, address the root cause\u00a0of vulnerabilities and prioritize modern secure software development, and protect good-faith security researchers\u00a0who make significant\u00a0contributions\u00a0to security through their efforts to find vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them - these researchers are often met with legal threats and misunderstandings behind their intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google also stated that \"independent security researchers make enormous contributions to security, including at\u00a0Google<\/a>,\"<\/em> so they're also developing a fund which would protect good-faith security research in legal cases. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Google Establishes A Hacking Policy Council Among Others; Cybersecurity And Vulnerability Management","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"google-establishes-a-hacking-policy-council-among-others-cybersecurity-and-vulnerability-management","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-15 18:30:50","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-15 08:30:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10946","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10884,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-13 14:49:02","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:49:02","post_content":"\n

The once loved, now disgraced crypto exchange FTX has had further details about the company's inner workings released in its latest bankruptcy report<\/a> from April 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a section titled \"Lack of security controls to protect crypto assets\", the report states that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The FTX Group failed to implement basic, widely accepted security controls to protect crypto assets. Each failure was egregious in the context of a business entrusted with customer transactions, and any one of the controls may have prevented the loss in the November 2022 Breach. Taken together, the failures were further magnified, since each control failure exacerbated the risk posed by the others.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

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\n

Google's announcement states that cyber security risks often remain even after they're known and fixed, and new cyber security risks are often adaptations from previously patched ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An accompanying whitepaper<\/a> titled \"Escaping The Doom Loop\" <\/em>was released by Google. The doom loop is the endless cycle of vulnerability, followed by patch, followed by vulnerability will be mitigated only by \"focusing on the fundamentals of secure software development, good patch hygiene, and designing for security and ease of patching from the start.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whitepaper proposes a new response to these risks which include; greater transparency in vulnerability exploitation and patch adoption to deduce if current approaches are working, more attention on friction points to ensure risks to users are being comprehensively addressed, address the root cause\u00a0of vulnerabilities and prioritize modern secure software development, and protect good-faith security researchers\u00a0who make significant\u00a0contributions\u00a0to security through their efforts to find vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them - these researchers are often met with legal threats and misunderstandings behind their intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google also stated that \"independent security researchers make enormous contributions to security, including at\u00a0Google<\/a>,\"<\/em> so they're also developing a fund which would protect good-faith security research in legal cases. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Google Establishes A Hacking Policy Council Among Others; Cybersecurity And Vulnerability Management","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"google-establishes-a-hacking-policy-council-among-others-cybersecurity-and-vulnerability-management","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-15 18:30:50","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-15 08:30:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10946","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10884,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-13 14:49:02","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:49:02","post_content":"\n

The once loved, now disgraced crypto exchange FTX has had further details about the company's inner workings released in its latest bankruptcy report<\/a> from April 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a section titled \"Lack of security controls to protect crypto assets\", the report states that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The FTX Group failed to implement basic, widely accepted security controls to protect crypto assets. Each failure was egregious in the context of a business entrusted with customer transactions, and any one of the controls may have prevented the loss in the November 2022 Breach. Taken together, the failures were further magnified, since each control failure exacerbated the risk posed by the others.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

By subscribing, you agree with our privacy and terms.

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\n

Improving The Ecosystem; Escaping The Doom Loop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Google's announcement states that cyber security risks often remain even after they're known and fixed, and new cyber security risks are often adaptations from previously patched ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An accompanying whitepaper<\/a> titled \"Escaping The Doom Loop\" <\/em>was released by Google. The doom loop is the endless cycle of vulnerability, followed by patch, followed by vulnerability will be mitigated only by \"focusing on the fundamentals of secure software development, good patch hygiene, and designing for security and ease of patching from the start.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whitepaper proposes a new response to these risks which include; greater transparency in vulnerability exploitation and patch adoption to deduce if current approaches are working, more attention on friction points to ensure risks to users are being comprehensively addressed, address the root cause\u00a0of vulnerabilities and prioritize modern secure software development, and protect good-faith security researchers\u00a0who make significant\u00a0contributions\u00a0to security through their efforts to find vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them - these researchers are often met with legal threats and misunderstandings behind their intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google also stated that \"independent security researchers make enormous contributions to security, including at\u00a0Google<\/a>,\"<\/em> so they're also developing a fund which would protect good-faith security research in legal cases. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Google Establishes A Hacking Policy Council Among Others; Cybersecurity And Vulnerability Management","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"google-establishes-a-hacking-policy-council-among-others-cybersecurity-and-vulnerability-management","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-15 18:30:50","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-15 08:30:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10946","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10884,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-13 14:49:02","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:49:02","post_content":"\n

The once loved, now disgraced crypto exchange FTX has had further details about the company's inner workings released in its latest bankruptcy report<\/a> from April 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a section titled \"Lack of security controls to protect crypto assets\", the report states that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The FTX Group failed to implement basic, widely accepted security controls to protect crypto assets. Each failure was egregious in the context of a business entrusted with customer transactions, and any one of the controls may have prevented the loss in the November 2022 Breach. Taken together, the failures were further magnified, since each control failure exacerbated the risk posed by the others.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n

The other companies joining Google in the Hacking Policy Council<\/a> include; Intel, HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, and Luta Security. This organisation aims to create a favourable legal environment for vulnerability disclosure and management, bug bounties and security research, among other factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improving The Ecosystem; Escaping The Doom Loop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Google's announcement states that cyber security risks often remain even after they're known and fixed, and new cyber security risks are often adaptations from previously patched ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An accompanying whitepaper<\/a> titled \"Escaping The Doom Loop\" <\/em>was released by Google. The doom loop is the endless cycle of vulnerability, followed by patch, followed by vulnerability will be mitigated only by \"focusing on the fundamentals of secure software development, good patch hygiene, and designing for security and ease of patching from the start.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whitepaper proposes a new response to these risks which include; greater transparency in vulnerability exploitation and patch adoption to deduce if current approaches are working, more attention on friction points to ensure risks to users are being comprehensively addressed, address the root cause\u00a0of vulnerabilities and prioritize modern secure software development, and protect good-faith security researchers\u00a0who make significant\u00a0contributions\u00a0to security through their efforts to find vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them - these researchers are often met with legal threats and misunderstandings behind their intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google also stated that \"independent security researchers make enormous contributions to security, including at\u00a0Google<\/a>,\"<\/em> so they're also developing a fund which would protect good-faith security research in legal cases. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Google Establishes A Hacking Policy Council Among Others; Cybersecurity And Vulnerability Management","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"google-establishes-a-hacking-policy-council-among-others-cybersecurity-and-vulnerability-management","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-15 18:30:50","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-15 08:30:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10946","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10884,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-13 14:49:02","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:49:02","post_content":"\n

The once loved, now disgraced crypto exchange FTX has had further details about the company's inner workings released in its latest bankruptcy report<\/a> from April 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a section titled \"Lack of security controls to protect crypto assets\", the report states that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The FTX Group failed to implement basic, widely accepted security controls to protect crypto assets. Each failure was egregious in the context of a business entrusted with customer transactions, and any one of the controls may have prevented the loss in the November 2022 Breach. Taken together, the failures were further magnified, since each control failure exacerbated the risk posed by the others.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

By subscribing, you agree with our privacy and terms.

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\n

\"We are pleased to be founding members of the Hacking Policy Council, a group of like-minded organizations and leaders who will engage in focused advocacy to ensure new policies and regulations support best practices for vulnerability management and disclosure, and do not undermine our user\u2019s security.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other companies joining Google in the Hacking Policy Council<\/a> include; Intel, HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, and Luta Security. This organisation aims to create a favourable legal environment for vulnerability disclosure and management, bug bounties and security research, among other factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improving The Ecosystem; Escaping The Doom Loop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Google's announcement states that cyber security risks often remain even after they're known and fixed, and new cyber security risks are often adaptations from previously patched ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An accompanying whitepaper<\/a> titled \"Escaping The Doom Loop\" <\/em>was released by Google. The doom loop is the endless cycle of vulnerability, followed by patch, followed by vulnerability will be mitigated only by \"focusing on the fundamentals of secure software development, good patch hygiene, and designing for security and ease of patching from the start.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whitepaper proposes a new response to these risks which include; greater transparency in vulnerability exploitation and patch adoption to deduce if current approaches are working, more attention on friction points to ensure risks to users are being comprehensively addressed, address the root cause\u00a0of vulnerabilities and prioritize modern secure software development, and protect good-faith security researchers\u00a0who make significant\u00a0contributions\u00a0to security through their efforts to find vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them - these researchers are often met with legal threats and misunderstandings behind their intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google also stated that \"independent security researchers make enormous contributions to security, including at\u00a0Google<\/a>,\"<\/em> so they're also developing a fund which would protect good-faith security research in legal cases. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Google Establishes A Hacking Policy Council Among Others; Cybersecurity And Vulnerability Management","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"google-establishes-a-hacking-policy-council-among-others-cybersecurity-and-vulnerability-management","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-15 18:30:50","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-15 08:30:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10946","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10884,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-13 14:49:02","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:49:02","post_content":"\n

The once loved, now disgraced crypto exchange FTX has had further details about the company's inner workings released in its latest bankruptcy report<\/a> from April 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a section titled \"Lack of security controls to protect crypto assets\", the report states that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The FTX Group failed to implement basic, widely accepted security controls to protect crypto assets. Each failure was egregious in the context of a business entrusted with customer transactions, and any one of the controls may have prevented the loss in the November 2022 Breach. Taken together, the failures were further magnified, since each control failure exacerbated the risk posed by the others.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe To Our Newsletter

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\n

In a blog post<\/a> titled \"New initiatives to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities and protect researchers,\"<\/em> Head of Security Policy at Google, Charley Snyder, announced that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"We are pleased to be founding members of the Hacking Policy Council, a group of like-minded organizations and leaders who will engage in focused advocacy to ensure new policies and regulations support best practices for vulnerability management and disclosure, and do not undermine our user\u2019s security.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other companies joining Google in the Hacking Policy Council<\/a> include; Intel, HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, and Luta Security. This organisation aims to create a favourable legal environment for vulnerability disclosure and management, bug bounties and security research, among other factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improving The Ecosystem; Escaping The Doom Loop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Google's announcement states that cyber security risks often remain even after they're known and fixed, and new cyber security risks are often adaptations from previously patched ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An accompanying whitepaper<\/a> titled \"Escaping The Doom Loop\" <\/em>was released by Google. The doom loop is the endless cycle of vulnerability, followed by patch, followed by vulnerability will be mitigated only by \"focusing on the fundamentals of secure software development, good patch hygiene, and designing for security and ease of patching from the start.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whitepaper proposes a new response to these risks which include; greater transparency in vulnerability exploitation and patch adoption to deduce if current approaches are working, more attention on friction points to ensure risks to users are being comprehensively addressed, address the root cause\u00a0of vulnerabilities and prioritize modern secure software development, and protect good-faith security researchers\u00a0who make significant\u00a0contributions\u00a0to security through their efforts to find vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them - these researchers are often met with legal threats and misunderstandings behind their intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google also stated that \"independent security researchers make enormous contributions to security, including at\u00a0Google<\/a>,\"<\/em> so they're also developing a fund which would protect good-faith security research in legal cases. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Google Establishes A Hacking Policy Council Among Others; Cybersecurity And Vulnerability Management","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"google-establishes-a-hacking-policy-council-among-others-cybersecurity-and-vulnerability-management","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-15 18:30:50","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-15 08:30:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10946","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10884,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-13 14:49:02","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:49:02","post_content":"\n

The once loved, now disgraced crypto exchange FTX has had further details about the company's inner workings released in its latest bankruptcy report<\/a> from April 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a section titled \"Lack of security controls to protect crypto assets\", the report states that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The FTX Group failed to implement basic, widely accepted security controls to protect crypto assets. Each failure was egregious in the context of a business entrusted with customer transactions, and any one of the controls may have prevented the loss in the November 2022 Breach. Taken together, the failures were further magnified, since each control failure exacerbated the risk posed by the others.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November breach is in reference to a $650M breach just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down<\/a> as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bankrupt FTX Investigates $650M Hack, Users Warned To Delete FTX App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security, Encryption, Cold Storage, And Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report details that FTX didn't have a cybersecurity staff, or a Chief Information Security Officer either. These important jobs meant to protect the billions of dollars of customer assets were relied upon on two software developers - neither of which had formal training within this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, \u201cthe FTX Group made little use of cold storage\u201d<\/em>. Instead they opted for hot storage for \"virtually all\"<\/em> assets, which has a direct link to the internet making these wallets hackable, compared to cold storage which remains offline. Using hot wallets is common place in exchanges, this allows liquidity to remain within the exchange, but often just enough is stored to keep assets liquid, the rest is put into cold storage - as it is far safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> Sam Bankman-Fried Released on a $250M Bail; Former FTX Executives Plead Guilty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \"not your keys, not your coins\" is common place in the crypto industry, keys are the one barrier that prevent a bad player from stealing your assets, so it is understood that they should be protected with the upmost security. Well, the private keys and seed phrases were stored by FTX in plain text documents, no encryption, stored on AWS. These documents also weren't well organised and were left lying around different locations in their storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTX also \u201cfailed to implement in an appropriate fashion even the most widely accepted controls relating to Identity and Access Management,\u201d this is referring to multi-factor authentication which prevents someone accessing your account even if they have your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on, but one thing is clear, if FTX weren't to blow up when it had, it was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related: <\/em><\/strong>FTX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges; Faces Up To 75 Years In Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"FTXs Latest Bankruptcy Report Details Poor Financial Management And Cybersecurity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ftxs-latest-bankruptcy-report-details-poor-financial-management-and-cybersecurity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-04-13 14:50:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-04-13 04:50:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=10884","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10869,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2023-04-11 23:19:17","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-11 13:19:17","post_content":"\n

The launch of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has sparked a new wave of hype around AI. Although, regulators have been called to take action due to scrutiny around the privacy of these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer amount of generative AI tools which have followed in the steps of ChatGPT has aroused concern. In an open letter, tools more powerful than OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 were urged to be halted for at least 6 months by various science and technology innovators, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter<\/a> currently has over 20,000 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter calls for AI to be \"developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable,\" <\/em>and that \"AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Related:<\/em><\/strong> OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription In India; Includes GPT-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries Start Taking A Step Towards Generative AI Regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission was issued<\/a>, which explained how scammers are enhancing their scams using generative AI, which can hold conversations and replicate voices over the phone. If a family member contacts you, you're urged to clarify that it is them by using stories or personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden had also met with various advisors around science and technology to discuss the risks and opportunities of AI, for individuals and the nation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy had also blocked ChatGPT-4 due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches, alongside privacy rules and age-verification practises around the chatbot. Italy were the first Europeans to criticise products like ChatGPT, but it wasn't the last. Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner for the Internal Market, met with Reuters to discuss risks around these products; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As showcased by ChatGPT, AI solutions can offer great opportunities for businesses and citizens, but can also pose risks. This is why we need a solid regulatory framework to ensure trustworthy AI based on high-quality data,\"<\/em> adding \"There are days when I'm optimistic and moments when I'm pessimistic about how humanity will put AI to use,\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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