If you're a user, we've got bad news for you. Not that this is how one should start off their new year, , Elon Musk's social media company has suffered a data breach. The result? and would-be hackers who can use that information to . Twitter buuuuut vanity project Nearly 200 million email addresses are now up for grabs by criminals target individuals for nefarious reasons 200 million may seem like a lot (and it is!), but it's not quite as large as some of the largest breaches in internet history. That honor goes to the so-called leaks that left 773 million unique emails and passwords up for grabs on the deep web, according to data collected by . Collection #1 Have I Been Pwned It's not yet clear the data breach at Twitter took place, but media reports place it in the " " range, meaning before Musk came and . As a side note, Have I Been Pwned offers a free service which you can use to check whether your email address, phone number, password has been leaked as a result of a data breach. That password bit especially is useful and can help you change your credentials ahead of an unforeseen event. when as early as 2021 shook things up or Also, please turn on two-factor authentication (2FA). However, not enough people are talking about this data breach, leaving Twitter to rank #40 in this week's . Tech Company Rankings 👺 Texting in the Age of Repressive Governments Believe it or not, there are actual countries out there that operate in an 1984-esque fashion, controlling what internet service the masses can have access to. Presumably, this is done to deter mass mobilization against said governments and make it difficult for people to coordinate and communicate with each other in instances of say.. protests. One such service seems to be 's , which is usually shut off during large-scale demonstrations, such as the ones that took place in Iran following the of a 22-year old woman called Mahsa Amini. Meta WhatsApp wrongful death Taking this issue head on, WhatsApp has introduced a that people can set up during internet lockdowns to continue communicating with each other. That's +1 for WhatsApp. proxy service Meta ranked #17 this week. More Tough Times Ahead for Employees at Big Tech⛈️ 2022 was a bad time to be an employee in the tech industry. Virtually , including Meta and Twitter, showed the door to employees, blaming their optimism for over hiring during COVID-19 and using the layoffs as an excuse to course correct. every major company But if anyone thought that was the end, announced that it would be laying off even more people than previously anticipated. Initial estimates of the layoffs late last year were pegged at around 10,000, but now Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has clarified that this number will be in the range — almost double the previous media estimates. Amazon 18,000 Meanwhile, , the company responsible for selling your data so marketers can schedule eerily accurate advertisements on the internet, is also letting go of about 10% of its employees — nearly 8,000 people considering the company's . "I’ve been thinking a lot about how we came to this moment. As our revenue accelerated through the pandemic, we hired too many people leading into this economic downturn we’re now facing, and I take responsibility for that," co-CEO Marc Benioff said in a to employees. Salesforce headcount of 79,000 letter Amazon ranked #46 this week. 📰 In Other News.. In a further sign of what's to come, crypto lender Genesis and crypto-focused bank Silvergate Capital Corp both announced . Media reports tie these decisions to the , which has investors spooked. massive layoffs collapse of FTX had a bad week. Tech reviewers on the company's rebranded 4070 Ti, taking exception to both its price and performance when compared to the 30-series cards. Nvidia unanimously dunked High adrenaline car racing video game Gran Turismo is being into a film. Yay, I guess? adapted And that's a wrap! There's still time for you to and gain some internet cred, and if you're one of the thousands impacted by the layoff decisions in the tech industry, . tell us about your 2022 you may want to share your story See y'all next week. PEACE! ☮️ — Sheharyar Khan, Editor, Business Tech @ HackerNoon
