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The US Department of Justice charged three Iranian nationals as part of an effort to hack into the emails and computers used by President Donald Trumps campaign staff and other political connections. The Washington Post reported that DOJ officials filed charges against Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yasar Balaghi in an indictment filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The indictment alleges the three men prepared for and engaged in a wide-ranging hacking campaign against current and former US officials, political campaigns and the media. According to the indictment Jalili, Aghamiri and Balaghis "activity is part of Irans continuing efforts to [...] erode confidence in the US electoral process." They also face possible charges such as providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The suspects are accused of running a targeted hacking campaign committed in Iran over a four-year period. Their victims include current and former officials with the US State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, the US Ambassador to Israel and an Iranian human rights organization. Then last May, the three hackers successfully gained access to accounts belonging to Trump campaign officials. (Attempts to breach Biden campaign staff were, apparently, unsuccessful.) President Joe Bidens campaign staffers as well as news outlets like The Washington Post and Politico received unsolicited emails from an AOL account owned by Robert that contained materials stolen from the Trump campaign. They included some internal poll results and the vetting dossier for Trumps running mate Senator J.D. Vance. Because of extradition laws, it's unlikely these hackers will be brought to justice on US soil.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/three-men-charged-in-connection-with-the-trump-campaign-hack-191154617.html?src=rss
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If you booted up Steam in the last 24 hours, then you probably saw the pop up window asking you to agree to a new Steam Subscriber Agreement (SSA). Valve laid out the changes in an official blog post on the Steam Community forum, and notably, binding arbitration is no longer part of the SSA. Binding arbitration is a requirement that disputes be resolved by a legal proceeding that takes place outside of courts. Instead of a judge, these disputes are overseen by an arbitrator, who is paid by the company for their service. You can imagine why there might be some conflict of interest inherent (or why companies love these things). Instead, the new SSA says customers should seek resolutions to any problems by first contacting Steam Support. If a solution cant be reached, disputes will be referred to the court instead of individual arbitration. Hauling a company into court wouldn't be all that notable on its own, except that in recent years with the rise of Terms of Service agreements, arbitration clauses have become ubiquitous. Next time you download an app, join a website or even sign a contract for a new job, take a look at the contract: more often than not, you just signed away your right to sue. The new SSA also no longer has a class action waiver, which previously barred groups of similarly situated plaintiffs to sue jointly, which is also a major departure from other Terms of Service agreements. Valve says these changes will have limited impact in some regions including the EU and UK, Australia, New Zealand and Quebec. The arbitration requirement in the SSA did not apply to these regions. While these are positive developments for consumers, Steam curiously doesnt list its reasons for making these changes. Weve reached out to a Steam representative for comment and will update if we hear back.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/valve-cuts-binding-arbitration-from-its-steam-user-agreement-174529582.html?src=rss
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Valve is continuing the wonderful tradition of messing with people who feel the need to cheat in multiplayer games. In the latest update to Deadlock, the company's wildly popular new hero shooter that's currently invite-only, Valve added the game's first anti-cheat system. When the system detects a cheater, Deadlock will offer the opposing team a choice. They can have the rulebreaker banned immediately and end the match right away. Behind door number two is the option to transform the cheater into a frog for the rest of the game. Valve will ban them afterwards. Valve will roll out this approach to bans over the next day or so. The results of affected matches won't count for the other players in the lobby. This is what cheaters will look like if you turn them into a frog using the new anti-cheat pic.twitter.com/ECVx7uQAud Deadlock Intel (@IntelDeadlock) September 26, 2024 It's a very funny approach to tackling an all-too-common problem. Activision has also tried a number of approaches to embarrass Call of Duty cheaters, from cutting the parachutes of detected violators who drop into Warzone to taking their guns away. Banning cheaters is important, but why not have some fun at their expense first?This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/valves-deadlock-lets-you-turn-cheaters-into-frogs-172744142.html?src=rss
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