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Jackson County shuts down over ransomware attack
A US county was forced to close its offices for a week following a ransomware attack on its systems.
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Make way, TikTok: Meta is also introducing cash bonuses for creators
Desperately trying to keep up with TikTok, Meta is now testing its own creator compensation scheme and might pay users if their posts on Instagram and Threads are boosting engagement.
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Benetton Group claimed by Hunters International ransomware gang
Global fashion company Benetton Group has allegedly been attacked by the ransomware gang Hunters International. The cybercriminals claim to have exfiltrated 434GB of data.
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Apple services restored after brief global outage
Multiple Apple services, including the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, were down on Wednesday for users in the US, according to the company's status page.
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WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook outage affects users worldwide
All three of Meta Platforms' social media apps – WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram – are back up after an hours-long outage was reported for thousands of users around the world Wednesday, making it the second worldwide outage for Meta in less than a month.
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Ransomware cartel claims Leicester City, shares data
The attack on Leicester City Council was claimed by INC Ransom cybercrime group, with attackers sharing residents’ passport details, bank statements, and other details as proof.
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Series of cyberattacks hit rehabilitation hospitals
Cybercriminals have attacked rehabilitation hospitals in South Carolina and extracted employee data.
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US federal employee data leaked, claimed by hacker trio
A group of attackers claim to have breached Acuity, a tech consulting firm working with national and public safety authorities. Federal agents’ data and classified documents were allegedly leaked.
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HALO hacked, private data stolen
The Illinois-based advertising company has been breached, affecting the private data of thousands on the company’s systems.
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Amazon phasing out “Just Walk Out” at its Fresh grocery stores
Grab-and-go was supposed to become a revolutionary, checkout-less way of shopping. But Amazon is now ditching its “Just Walk Out” technology at its grocery stores.
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Wendy’s franchise exposed via payroll breach
The Massachusetts-based Wendy‘s franchise had its human resources platform breached, exposing personal details.
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After Navalny’s death, hackers steal and publish Russian prisoner database
Anti-Kremlin hackers breached a computer network tied to Russia’s sprawling prison system and stole a database containing information on hundreds of thousands of prisoners.
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OWASP reveals member info exposed in recently discovered leak
OWASP, a global foundation that advocates for software security, apologized to thousands of its members this past weekend after revealing that the non-profit had been leaking member's personal information on the web for years.
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Apple experimenting with AI models that can “see”
Apple researchers say that they’re working on large language models that can understand context, with one “substantially outperforming” GPT-4.
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Jon Stewart says Apple begged him not to talk to FTC chair Khan on air
With Apple already battling US federal regulators in courts, another hit has now come from popular and influential TV host and comedian Jon Stewart. According to him, the tech giant tried to tell him whom not to interview on his podcast.
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Ace Hardware client data affected by cyberattack
Home improvement retail giant Ace Hardware has reported that its clients’ private data was compromised by cyberattackers.
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OpenAI: ChatGPT users will no longer have to sign up for access
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said Monday that it's making its free GPT 3.5 version of the popular AI chatbot available to users without them needing to sign-up first.
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AT&T confirms 70M+ dataset was leaked on hacker forum – yet again
AT&T has confirmed to Cybernews the hacker posting of an alleged AT&T database leak from two weeks ago 'did' contain the sensitive information of more than 73 million customers.
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Microsoft, OpenAI plan data center and ‘Stargate’ supercomputer
Microsoft and OpenAI are joining forces to build a $100 billion dollar data-center complex, media reports say. And inside that canter will sit an AI supercomputer named Stargate.
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Darcula phishing: iPhone users targeted via iMessage
Darcula, the novel phishing-as-a-service platform, employs over 20,000 phishing domains and targets organizations in more than 100 countries.
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