Equifax lawsuit offers more evidence against passwords

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ISSUE DATE: 27 October 2019 Equifax lawsuit offers more evidence against passwords Three hit by network outage Barclays demonstrates proof-of-concept quantum clearing algorithm Do non-compete clauses risk stifling cloud innovation?

IN DEPTH Equifax lawsuit offers more evidence against passwords Equifax's internal security policies were a mess and directly led to one of the largest recorded data breaches in history, according to a lawsuit, demonstrating fundamental insecurities inherent in the use of passwords. Three hit by network outage A major outage hit the Three communications network at about 11pm on 16 October when the telco suffered a loss of voice, text and data services across the UK because of what it described as “technical difficulties”. Barclays demonstrates proof-of-concept quantum clearing algorithm Barclays and IBM researchers publish paper on a quantum computing algorithm for securities transaction trading. Do non-compete clauses risk stifling cloud innovation? Non-compete clauses in tech employment contracts are commonplace – and understandably so – but could they be limiting innovation in the public cloud?

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