Encryption security may not be secure anymore, if a breakthrough being touted as ‘possibly the biggest event in computer science and financial services for 50 years’ is proved correct. The breakthrough by students at the University of Toronto allows huge integer numbers to be factored quicker than previously thought possible, meaning encrypted files can be broken into in as little as ‘100 hours compute time’.
US exports of goods and services may be decreasing, but one export that appears to be hanging in there is hazardous electronic waste.
According to a recent investigation conducted by the Seattle-based e-waste watchdog group Basel Action Network (BAN), much of the hazardous electronic waste discarded in America is not being recycled properly - and by not recycled properly he means dumped in a junkyard in southeast Asia.
A Facebook Messenger security flaw that allowed hackers the opportunity to modify or delete any sent message, photo, file, or link and conduct other malware campaigns, was discovered by security researchers. International Business Times reports: Uncovered by cybersecurity firm Checkpoint, the flaw in Messenger impacted both the desktop and mobile application versions and, according to the security experts, could be launched with relative ease due to the attack requiring little coding knowledge.
...or just dangerous?
Source: Townhall.com
By EconMatters
It is rather bearish when copper is fading both the overall commodities rally and equities being at all-time highs in a major risk on mode. We think Copper is ultimately going lower, and is a short here. When the entire market rolls over, and the technicals start to break in copper, the downside momentum will pick up speed substantially.
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