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Robinhood ordered to pay $70m penalty to US regulator

It's the largest penalty the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has ever ordered. https://bit.ly/3AiCNiP

Starlink’s “next-generation” user terminal will cost a lot less, Musk says

Musk expects near-global coverage in August and up to 500,000 users in one year. https://bit.ly/3xeFvUU

Microsoft digitally signs malicious rootkit driver

Company still hasn't revealed the cause of this serious security lapse. https://bit.ly/3w51kET

Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Book Live devices

Western Digital removed code that would have prevented the wiping of petabytes of data. https://bit.ly/3AaHQC8

SolarWinds hackers breach new victims, including a Microsoft support agent

Discovery came as Microsoft was investigating new breaches by the same hacker group. https://bit.ly/3zWYdSJ

A well-meaning feature leaves millions of Dell PCs vulnerable

Firmware security tool flaws affect as many as 30m desktops, laptops, and tablets. https://bit.ly/3dgV3iP

NFC flaws let researchers hack an ATM by waving a phone

Flaws in card-reader technology can wreak havoc with point-of-sale systems and more. https://bit.ly/3jjvhhF