Major Toronto hospital network declares IT alert
A second Toronto hospital network has had to declare a Code Grey due to an IT outage, within weeks of the ransomware attack on a children’s hospital. University Health Network, which comprises three major hospitals plus a rehabilitation unit, declared the emergency earlier today. “UHN is experiencing outages in our digital systems across our networks,”
Cybercrooks starting to use ChatGPT, say researchers
Analysts at Check Point Software discovery threads on criminal forums discussing how to leverage the
Rackspace says Play accessed data in ransomware attack
After revealing that threat actors from Play were the ones that disrupted email access for its Hosted Exchange customers in early December, Rackspace has revealed again that the attackers accessed some of its customers’ Personal Storage Table (PST) files, which can contain a wide range of information, including emails, calendar data, contacts, and tasks. Crowdstrike, […]
Chick-fil-A issues notice on ‘fraudulent activity’ on mobile app
Chick-fil-A, an American fast-food restaurant chain, notified customers of possible “fraudulent activity” on some of their mobile app accounts and announced an investigation to determine the source. The announcement comes after BleepingComputer emailed the company before Christmas about reports of Chick-fil-A user accounts being compromised in credential-stuffing attacks. Some of the stolen accounts are being […]
Ant Group will not launch IPO
Following a sequence of recent shareholding modifications, Alibaba’s financial arm, Ant Group, has stated that it has no plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO). “Ant Group has been focusing on its business rectification and optimisation, and does not have a plan for an IPO,” the company spokesperson said. Ant said in a statement […]
FCC proposes to change data breach reporting requirements
The Federal Communications Commission has initiated a proceeding to strengthen the Commission’s rules governing notification of breaches of customer proprietary network information to customers and federal law enforcement (CPNI). The Commission will consider how to effectively integrate its rules with latest events in federal and state data breach laws affecting other industries. The new rule […]
Seattle public schools sue social media parent companies
Seattle’s public school district is suing the companies behind social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat. It is demanding that they pay for poisoning kids’ brains with addiction and making it more difficult to teach. It also seeks to hold them accountable for the youth mental health crisis. According to the […]
Mojo Vision lays off 75% of staff, halts contact lens production
Mojo Vision, a startup that makes smart contact lenses, has announced that it will halt lens development and lay off 75% of its employees. CEO, Drew Perkins, announced the news in a blog post. The layoffs will have an impact on roles and divisions throughout the startup. Mojo Vision had 120 employees before the layoffs, […]
Musk wants shareholder trial moved from San Francisco to Texas
Elon Musk has asked a federal judge to relocate a shareholder lawsuit trial from San Francisco to Texas, Tesla’s headquarters, claiming that negative local media coverage has prejudiced potential jurors against him. He wants the lawsuit accusing him of causing volatility in Tesla’s share price after claiming he had enough financing to take the company […]
CompTIA analysis shows tech employment rates
Despite job cuts in the tech industry, tech companies still added 130,000 tech workers in December, according to a CompTIA analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. This represents a 5% decrease from the 137,000 new tech workers added last month. CompTIA’s analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics #JobsReport reveals that technology companies […]
