Hack Forums News // Edition 505
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Informational Threads
- Toshiba Hit with Ransomware attack by Darkside - flavoral
Following on with the trend of big companies getting hit by ransomware attacks, Toshiba has become the latest victim. The same group behind a recent U.S. pipeline attack hit the technology company. - [Guide] How to install Win-Kex (Kali Linux on Windows 10) with WSL - The Twelfth Doctor
If you use Windows, you might have heard of WSL. It stands for Windows Subsystem for Linux. You can run operating systems like Ubuntu, Debian, and Kali on your Windows OS and use them via the command line. The Twelfth Doctor shared a guide on how to add a graphical interface for Kali when run via WSL.
Entertaining Threads
- [NEW] HFX 2.0: Native Web Extension for Hack Forums - xadamxk
The long-awaited version 2 of HFX is here! It provides a handful of useful modifications and enhancements for Hack Forums and is available as a browser extension. - How do you stay focused? - Beherit
Do you have a trick to prevent you from getting distracted? Sometimes listening to music that has no vocals helps people to concentrate on a task. Share your secret in Beherit's latest thread.
Contests & Giveaways
- 50,000 Bytes Giveaway || One Entry Per 24 Hours || Ends 5/31 - Proof
Do you want 50,000 bytes? Yes? Check out Proof's contest! He is giving one user the chance to win it all. The best part about it? You can enter every 24 hours. - [Lions League] 60K Bytes Contest | Open To Everyone | 5 Winners | Ends 01-06-21 - Artisan
The third Lions League contest is underway. Artisan is hosting this one and is offering 60,000 bytes in prizes. Five lucky individuals each have the chance to win a share of the pool.
Goldman Sachs Classes Bitcoin as a New Asset Class
Investment banking titan Goldman Sachs revealed in a new piece of research that they consider Bitcoin to be an "investable asset". The global head of digital assets, Matthew McDermott, described the coin as not behaving similiar to other assets, going on to state that "it’s not often that we get to witness the emergence of a new asset class." To many in the cryptocurrency scene, this was not met with open arms. Users on Reddit joked about how Goldman Sachs must have bought the dip. Some commenters discussed how they believe that the firm saw this as nothing more than a money making opportunity, as opposed to a chance to help advance the acceptance of cryptocurrencies, and that this statement is solely because of that. >>Source
Tesla Removes Bitcoin Payment Option
In a tweet on the 12th of May, Elon Musk revealed that Tesla had "suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin." What was their reasoning? Concern about the "use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions." Many were quick to point out in replies to Musk that miners often use renewable energy sources for their farms, as well as mentioning how the production of cars and launching of rockets is just as harmful to the environment, if not more. In later tweets, Musk mentioned working with Doge developers to "improve system transaction efficiency," potentially hinting towards a future where people can buy a Tesla with Dogecoin. >>Source
Demon Slayer Is Now the #2 Anime Film in the U.S. of All Time
Funimation announced on Saturday that Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train is presently the #2 most earning anime film ever at the U.S. box office. As of Friday, the film has procured $43,956,487 — pushing out Pokemon 2000 - The Movie which had $43,758,684 (unadjusted for inflation) 21 years ago. Just Pokemon: The First Movie remains in front of Mugen Train with $85,744,662. Mugen Train was released in Japan on October 16. The film was the most earning film worldwide from 2020, acquiring $477 million. Mugen Train is the first non-Hollywood or non-American film to top the yearly film industry worldwide since the beginning of cinema over a century ago. >>Source
The Case Study of Vanitas Anime's Promo Video Reveals Yuki Kajiura's Music
The staff for Bones' anime of Jun Mochizuki's The Case Study of Vanitas (Vanitas no Carte) manga posted the anime's first short promotional video, which uncovers a staff member and the anime's July premiere. Yuki Kajiura (Demon Slayer, Sword Art Online, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Pandora Hearts) is creating the music, and the video previews her soundtrack. Kajiura is a self-professed fan of the original manga who has been reading every volume as they came out, since the manga began. >>Source
Polygon Pictures Animates New Netflix Animated Series Mech Cadets
Netflix reported on Twitter a new anime series animated by Japanese studio Polygon Pictures named Mech Cadets, based on Boom! Studios' Mech Cadet Yu comic books by Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyazawa. Aaron Lam is credited as the series' writer and executive producer.
Netflix describes the series:
Fifty years in the future, after a terrifying alien species attacked our planet, teenager Stanford Yu works as a janitor at the Sky Corps Military Academy. But he's only dreamed of one thing -- to pilot a Robo Mech, giant robots from outer-space who came to our aid. >>Source
Thank you James