<p>A Red Hat breach leads to a leak of lots of sensitive customer data, Synology backs down on allowing third-party drives but they are removing features, and managing ZFS properties during replication.</p>
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<p><a href="https://klarasystems.com/articles/optimizing-zfs-for-high-throughput-storage-workloads/">Optimizing ZFS for High-Throughput Storage Workloads</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/red_hat_gitlab_breach/">Red Hat fesses up to GitLab breach after attackers brag of data theft</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/07/red_hat_breach_new_claims/">Red Hat breach escalates as Crimson Collective recruits help</a></p>
<p><a href="https://xcancel.com/intcyberdigest/status/1973422846396473765">International Cyber Digest Twitter thread</a></p>
<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/synology-caves-walks-back-some-drive-restrictions-on-upcoming-nas-models">Synology caves, walks back some drive restrictions on upcoming NAS models</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/synology-nas-hevc-support-removal-2025/">Synology Removes Graphics Drivers and HEVC &amp; H.264 HW Transcoding Support</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/status/eol-video-codec-support">Discontinuation Notice for HEVC (H.265), AVC (H.264), and VC-1 Transcoding on DSM and BeeStation OS Platforms</a></p>
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2.5 Admins 269: End of 10?

2.5 Admins is a podcast featuring two sysadmins called Allan Jude and Jim Salter, and a producer/editor who can just about configure a Samba share called Joe Ressington. Every week we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.