TechnikNews Weekly # 159: Exchange Server Hack, Fire at OVH, Xiaomi in the USA and more
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on March 14, 2021, 18:00 | Write a comment
A rather turbulent technology week is over - but we are capturing the last week 10 as usual in TechnikNews Weekly together. This is about the hack of Microsoft's Exchange Server, the fire in the OVH data center and much more.
Much has happened in the past week, with two very negative headlines in particular. It is different with Xiaomi: There you can breathe a sigh of relief again in the USA, there is news about the Xiaomi ban. You clicked on these and more topics the most in the last week - these will then land in ours as usual TechnikNews Weekly. Incidentally, already in issue 159.
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Hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers hacked
The security gap around Microsoft's Exchange Server communication center has caused huge waves. It all started with the official "publication" of the vulnerability on March 3rd. Last week there were numerous reports about upcoming ransomware on hacked servers, information from the BSI about around 20.000 vulnerable servers in Germany and much more. In our article we have compiled all the important details for sys admins and anyone interested. If you missed the event and have not yet installed an update, it is too late: the attacker has definitely taken root deep in the system.
A data center at OVH burns down completely
While we're on bad news - there is some news to be announced at OVH as well. A UPS caught fire on Wednesday night and affected numerous servers. A data center (SBG-2) burned down, SBG-1 was partially hit and the other buildings by the way were lucky again. Do you want to know more about it? Click into our article:
Upcoming Xiaomi ban lifted in the USA
As we detailed in our FAQ article here have described, sanctions against Xiaomi would have come into effect this year. That would have meant that investors would have to sell the shares or shares in the Chinese company from November 11, 2021. A US court does not consider these sanctions to be sufficiently justified and is lifting the upcoming sanctions completely. The US Department of Defense did not adequately justify this and exceeded its powers. We have explained in detail what this means for users in our news article.
TechnikNews Weekly: More articles from the last week
These were the most popular articles of the past week. But that doesn't mean that was all - we tested some technical devices and even more news from the world of technology:
- Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: Strong overall package without major weaknesses
- Apple iMac Pro: No successor model planned
- Fitbit Versa 3 review: Who else needs it?
- Oppo A94 5G and A74 (LTE / 5G): First technical details and sketches [exclusive]
- Razer Blade 15 (2021) in review: one step ahead
- Samsung Galaxy S21 FE: First details about colors and memory variants known
- Sonos Roam: Compact speaker with Bluetooth and WLAN presented
- Apple AirPods Max: Update likely fixes Proproblem with battery consumption
- Samsung Good Lock: The best tips for your Samsung Galaxy smartphone
- OnePlus 9 Pro and 9: Leak shows the devices in renders
- Oppo Find X3 series presented: This is what the new flagships can do
- Buy the Huawei Mate X2: The foldable smartphone is available here
- Huawei P50 Pro: Renders show a very noticeable camera module
- Huawei P50: Render show like the P50 Pro a huge camera module
- Buy Oppo Find X3: The regular model of the X3 series is available here
- Motorola G100: Official pictures of the new smartphone in advance [Exclusive]
