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Hackers steal ‘significant’ amount of data from tech company that thousands of US hospitals and pharmacies rely on
UK-based healthcare billing software maker Craneware is responding to a cyberattack in which hackers stole a “significant amount” of customer data from its systems, the company…
Hackers are exploiting newly patched WordPress bugs, putting millions of websites at risk
Hackers are breaking into websites running vulnerable versions of the popular blogging software WordPress, according to several cybersecurity firms. One estimate puts the number of vulnerable…
How an ex-DeepMind researcher raised a $300 million seed valuation before launching a product
Andrew Dai left Google DeepMind knowing that visual AI was the frontier on which he wanted to stake his claim. It took a whirlwind fundraising that…
Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, Mozilla investigation says
“Your data is private. Period,” period tracker Stardust says on its website. As new Mozilla research has discovered, some users may find that claim to be…
US prosecutors have charged a Florida man with uploading fake video games containing malware to Steam, the popular PC gaming platform. Once victims downloaded and installed…
British police say the arrest of two young hackers has disrupted the operations of a notorious hacking group
British police said on Thursday that the jailing of two hackers has “severely” hampered the activities of the notorious cyber crime group known as Scattered Spider.…
US blames Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts for cyberattacks that netted $62m from cybercrime victims
US Attorneys have charged three Russian nationals and two web hosts with hacking, conspiracy and money laundering for their alleged roles in hosting cyberattacks that caused…
A domain used by messaging app Telegram mysteriously went offline on Monday, with the app’s founder, Pavel Durov, saying that a X post that t.me links…
LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock lapse, citing ‘serious concerns’ about civil liberties and privacy
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is reportedly ending its agreement with Flock Safety, a surveillance company that helps law enforcement track vehicles using thousands of…
Apple says ex-employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI
On Friday, Apple dismissed the bombshell news that it was suing OpenAI for allegedly stealing trade secrets, claiming that OpenAI stole Apple’s confidential data and engaged…