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Fired Techie Admits Sabotaging Ex-Employer, Causing $862K In Damage

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Par :BeauHD
21 novembre 2025 à 02:20
An Ohio IT contractor pleaded guilty to breaking into his former employer's network after being fired, impersonating another worker and using a PowerShell script to reset 2,500 passwords -- an act that locked out thousands of employees and caused more than $862,000 in damage. He faces up to 10 years in prison. The Register reports: Maxwell Schultz, 35, impersonated another contractor to gain access to the company's network after his credentials were revoked. Announcing the news, US attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei did not specify the company in question, which is typical in these malicious insider cases, although local media reported it to be Houston-based Waste Management. The attack took place on May 14, 2021, and saw Schultz use the credentials to reset approximately 2,500 passwords at the affected organization. This meant thousands of employees and contractors across the US were unable to access the company network. Schultz admitted to running a PowerShell script to reset the passwords, searching for ways to delete system logs to cover his tracks -- in some cases succeeding -- and clearing PowerShell window events, according to the Department of Justice. Prosecutors said the attack caused more than $862,000 worth of damage related to employee downtime, a disrupted customer service function, and costs related to the remediation of the intrusion. Schultz is set to be sentenced on Jan 30, 2026, and faces up to ten years in prison and a potential maximum fine of $250,000.

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L’administration Trump prévoit une expansion massive du forage d’hydrocarbures offshore

✇Le Monde.fr - Actualités et Infos en France et dans le monde
21 novembre 2025 à 02:05
Trente-quatre concessions devraient être ouvertes dans les eaux du Golfe du Mexique, au large de la Californie et le long de la côte nord de l’Alaska, rendant accessible à l’industrie pétrolière et gazière américaine une zone de plus de 500 millions d’hectares.

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Plateforme pétrolière offshore Esther, près des côtés californiennes, à Seal Beach, le 11 novembre 2025.

Malikie is suing Canon over Wi-Fi in cameras and printers

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Par :PR admin
21 novembre 2025 à 02:13


Malikie is suing Canon over Wi-Fi in cameras and printers. Here is the recap of the Malikie Innovations v. Canon Patent lawsuit:

Overview In mid-November 2025, Irish patent-holding company Malikie Innovations Ltd. (along with its investment partner and beneficiary Key Patent Innovations Ltd.) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Canon Inc. and its U.S. subsidiary Canon USA Inc.. The case accuses Canon of using Wi-Fi-related technologies in its products without a license. These patents originated from BlackBerry Ltd., which sold a large portfolio of wireless communication patents to Malikie in 2023 as part of a deal worth up to $900 million.

Filing Details

  • Date filed: November 12, 2025
  • Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Waco division, a popular venue for patent cases)
  • Case number: 1:25-cv-01826

Patents Asserted (all formerly owned by BlackBerry):

  • U.S. Patent No. 7,747,934
  • U.S. Patent No. 9,218,434
  • U.S. Patent No. 10,484,870
  • U.S. Patent No. 10,003,730
  • U.S. Patent No. 9,143,323 (The article mentions “half a dozen,” but sources consistently list five; the complaint may clarify six total.)

These patents generally cover aspects of wireless communication protocols, such as how devices connect to Wi-Fi networks, share data wirelessly (e.g., photos from a camera to a phone), and related functionalities in client-server Wi-Fi setups.

Accused Products

  • Canon’s digital cameras with built-in Wi-Fi (e.g., models that allow wireless image transfer)
  • Wi-Fi-enabled printers
  • Canon’s mobile apps (e.g., Canon Camera Connect app) that facilitate wireless connections

The core allegation is that these products infringe by implementing standard Wi-Fi features for networking, file transfer, and remote control — features now common in most modern cameras and printers.

Background and Pre-Lawsuit Efforts Malikie first contacted Canon in March 2024 to offer a license for its Wi-Fi patent portfolio. Despite multiple letters, emails, and requests for meetings over the following 18+ months, no licensing agreement was reached, leading to the lawsuit.

Relief Sought As is standard in these cases, Malikie is seeking:

  • Monetary damages (including potentially enhanced damages for willful infringement)
  • A permanent injunction (though rarely granted in patent cases post-eBay)
  • Attorneys’ fees and costs

Current Status (as of November 19, 2025) The lawsuit is brand new — filed just one week ago. Canon has not yet publicly responded or filed an answer. No hearings or rulings have occurred yet. Given the venue and the nature of the claims, the case could take 1–3 years to resolve, potentially ending in a settlement (common in patent litigation involving former BlackBerry patents).

Context on Malikie Malikie is not a practicing company but a patent assertion entity (often called a “non-practicing entity” or NPE) focused on monetizing the old BlackBerry wireless patent portfolio. It has filed similar Wi-Fi and wireless communication lawsuits against companies like Nintendo, Acer, Toast, Vantiva, and others in 2024–2025. Some of Malikie’s patents have faced challenges (e.g., ex parte reexaminations by groups like Unified Patents questioning validity), but none directly affect this Canon case yet.

In short: This is a fresh patent troll-style suit targeting standard Wi-Fi implementation in Canon’s imaging products. It likely won’t immediately impact consumers or product availability, but it adds to the ongoing wave of litigation around legacy BlackBerry wireless patents. If you’re a Canon user, no immediate action is needed — these cases rarely disrupt the market directly.

BLACK FRIDAY

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IBM, Cisco Outline Plans For Networks of Quantum Computers By Early 2030s

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Par :BeauHD
21 novembre 2025 à 01:40
IBM and Cisco plan to link quantum computers over long distances by the early 2030s, "with the goal of demonstrating the concept is workable by the end of 2030," reports Reuters. "The move could pave the way for a quantum internet, though executives at the two companies cautioned that the networks would require technologies that do not currently exist and will have to be developed with the help of universities and federal laboratories." From the report: The challenge begins with a problem: Quantum computers like IBM's sit in massive cryogenic tanks that get so cold that atoms barely move. To get information out of them, IBM has to figure out how to transform information in stationary "qubits" -- the fundamental unit of information in a quantum computer -- into what Jay Gambetta, director of IBM Research and an IBM fellow, told Reuters are "flying" qubits that travel as microwaves. But those flying microwave qubits will have to be turned into optical signals that can travel between Cisco switches on fiber-optic cables. The technology for that transformation -- called a microwave-optical transducer -- will have to be developed with the help of groups like the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, led by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago, among others. Along the way, Cisco and IBM will also publish open-source software to weave all the parts together.

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En Guinée, le chanteur Elie Kamano accuse la junte d’avoir enlevé ses enfants

✇Le Monde.fr - Actualités et Infos en France et dans le monde
20 novembre 2025 à 18:00
Les deux fils, le neveu et le frère du reggaeman, critique du régime du général Mamadi Doumbouya, ont été kidnappés par des hommes en civil armés au domicile du chanteur, à Conakry, dans la nuit de samedi 15 à dimanche 16 novembre.

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Elie Kamano.
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