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Delta Calls CrowdStrike Outage ‘Unacceptable’
Delta trades barbs with CrowdStrike, Microsoft over worldwide outage that led to 7,000 cancelled flights and $500m losses at airline
Leeds Man Jailed For Inciting Violence On Facebook
Man from Leeds jailed for 20 months after posting social media messages encouraging people to target hotel that housed migrants
UK ICO Fines NHS Supplier For Medical Records Breach
NHS supplier Advanced Computer Software Group fined £6m for data breach that exposed medical records of 82,000 people
What Does the EU AI Act Mean for Cybersecurity?
Discover the implications of the EU AI Act for cybersecurity, as it aims to enhance transparency, accountability, and risk management while balancing innovation and regulation. Learn how businesses can prepare for compliance and optimi ...
More Developers are Learning to Code Using AI tools – But That Doesn’t Mean They Trust Them
In a mere two years, Generative AI has gone from a futuristic concept advancing in incremental stages, to a tangible reality that has the potential to revolutionise industries – software engineering included. In today’s world, AI-power ...
UK Needs to Chart its Own Course Towards AI legislation
There has been much speculation in the AI community recently: Will the new government announce plans for AI regulation in the King’s speech? The pressure is on, given that after more than six years of deliberation and negotiation, the ...
Google Project Astra: The AI Assistant We Have Been Waiting for?
Google's latest AI innovation, Project Astra, promises to redefine our interaction with technology. Could Astra be the breakthrough AI assistant we've been anticipating? Explore how this cutting-edge development aims to transform our d ...
CrowdStrike Sued By Shareholders After Huge IT Outage
IT outage fallout. CrowdStrike sued by shareholders who allege firm defrauded them by concealing inadequate software testing
CrowdStrike Shares Plunge Amid Delta Compensation Report
Shares in CrowdStrike take another hit after report suggests Delta Air Lines will seek compensation for recent global IT outage
Hacked Blood Testing Provider Expects Autumn Recovery Date
Hacked blood testing provider Synnovis says more services are back online but full restoration not expected until early autumn
CrowdStrike CEO: 97 Percent Of Windows Sensors Back Online
One week after the world's largest IT outage, the head of CrowdStrike says nearly all impacted machines are back online
CrowdStrike Blames ‘Undetected Error’ For World’s Largest IT Outage
CrowdStrike CEO summoned to testify before US Congress, as firm provides update about update that crashed millions of computers last week
Wiz Rejects $23 Billion Acquisition Bid From Google – Report
Memo to staff from co-founder explains reason for walking away from Google's takeover bid, and confirms IPO intentions
Microsoft Blames 2009 EU Agreement For World’s Biggest IT Outage
Redmond says EU deal gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, allowing last week's huge IT outage to happen
Extracting Value from Your Investment in AI
Unlock the full potential of your AI investments with a strategic approach. From understanding business needs and building a strong data foundation to fostering a culture of innovation and ensuring ethical practices, discover how to in ...
NHS Delays Continue After Windows Outage
Patients told to expect delays into this week as disruption to EMIS booking system leads to 'considerable' backlog amidst global outage
CrowdStrike Says ‘Significant Number’ Of Systems Back Online
CrowdStrike says 'significant number' of systems affected by global outage now back online, as Russia, China relatively unscathed
CrowdStrike: Key Perspectives on the IT Outage
As experts are now also warning of possible further risks as criminals seek to exploit the IT issues, I am commenting about key steps to be taken strategically to ensure that this situation and 'harm' does not impact the customers in f ...
Editorial: CrowdStrike Outage: Is Our IT Too Fragile?
The recent CrowdStrike outage has caused global IT disruptions, impacting businesses and raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and disaster recovery.
US Sanctions Russian Hackers Over Infrastructure Attacks
US Treasury sanctions two members of Russian hacking group over critical infrastructure attacks as hacktivists threaten Olympics
Experts Expect Ransomware Surge After Police Disruption
Security firm predicts rise in ransomware activity in second half of year as gangs recover from LockBit takedown, AlphV scam
Crowdstrike CEO ‘Deeply Sorry’ For Global IT Outage
George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike, apologises for the global tech failure that disrupted multiple industries on Friday
Kaspersky To Shutter US Operation After National Security Ban
Russian cybersecurity giant Kaspersky is to close down all of its operations in the United States after national security ban
Hackers ‘Publish Walt Disney Internal Slack Data’
Hackers reportedly publish data from thousands of Disney internal Slack communications, including data on strategy and job candidates
AT&T ‘Paid Hacker $300,000’ To Delete Stolen Data
AT&T reportedly pays hacker $300,000 to delete cache of stolen data affecting 'nearly all' its customer base
AT&T Cloud Hack Part Of Ongoing Campaign, Experts Say
Hack of nearly all AT&T customers is part of campaign carried out by criminal gang targeting Snowflake cloud platform, say researchers
AT&T Admits Data Breach Impacted “Nearly All” Customers
American telecommunications giant AT&T admits that “nearly all” customer accounts were compromised in 2022 breach
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Hacker Stole OpenAI Internal Documents – Report
Security breach reportedly occurred at OpenAI last year, with a hacker stealing internal documents, but no source code