Microsoft confirms new outage was triggered by a cyberattack
A Microsoft Azure outage on July 30 was triggered by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyberattack, the tech giant has confirmed. This incident disrupted several Microsoft services, including Microsoft 365 products such as Office and Outlook, as well as Azure, affecting users worldwide. The outage, which lasted nearly 10 hours, began at approximately 11:45am […]
Privacy Commissioner launches investigation into Ticketmaster breach
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has initiated an investigation into Ticketmaster Canada following a cybersecurity incident that compromised the personal information of millions of individuals worldwide. Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment Inc., operates ticket sales and distribution in Canada and is based in the United States. The investigation was prompted by a complaint and […]
Ransomware Infection Cuts Off Blood Supply to 250+ Hospitals in the US
A ransomware attack against the blood-donation nonprofit OneBlood has “significantly reduced” its ability to take, test, and distribute blood, impacting more than 250 hospitals across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. OneBlood disclosed that the intrusion disrupted a “software system,” forcing the organization to resort to manual processes and procedures to maintain operations. Susan […]
Google’s Olympic ad fails to make the podium: Hashtag Trending for Thursday, August 1st, 2024
Microsoft faces wall street after its global outage, AWS quietly drops its in-house DevOps solutions and Google goes tone deaf with its AI Olympics commercial. All this and more on the “Daddy, the AI said to say I love you” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love. Let’s get into it. We don’t […]
