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CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers. It set off last week’s global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers. CrowdStrike also outlined measures it would take to prevent the problem from repeating, including staggering...
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Malicious actors trying to exploit global tech outage for their own gain
As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, malicious actors are trying to exploit the situation for their own gain.
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What is CrowdStrike? What to know about cybersecurity company connected to global IT outage
A widespread Microsoft outage linked to cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world on Friday and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz posted on social media platform X that the company “is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for…
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Massive IT outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world
The outages affected major companies, including Visa, Amazon, Delta and United.
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How to protect yourself after a data breach
As our reliance on technology increases, data breaches revealing sensitive information are becoming more common.
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Was your data part of a breach? Here's what to do
If your information was leaked as part of a data breach, here are a few easy ways to protect your sensitive details.
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AT&T says hackers stole records of nearly all cell and landline customers' calls and texts
A security breach in 2022 compromised the data of nearly all of AT&T’s cellular customers, customers of mobile virtual network operators using AT&T’s wireless network, as well as its landline customers interacted with those cellular numbers.
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Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider
Car dealerships in North America continue to wrestle with major disruptions that started last week with cyberattacks on a software company used widely in the auto retail sales sector.
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Live Nation investigating Ticketmaster data breach. What to know
Live Nation is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary, which dominates ticketing for live events in the United States.
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DOJ charges Chinese national with operating ‘world's largest botnet' that stole $5.9 billion in Covid relief funds
The FBI previously shut down the China-backed “Volt Typhoon” hacking group, which had been targeting U.S. water plants, electric grids and more.
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EPA warns of increasing cyberattacks on water systems, urges utilities to take immediate steps
The EPA says that cyberattacks against water utilities around the U.S. are becoming more frequent and more severe.
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A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline
A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records.
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Scammers bilked older Americans out of $3.4 billion last year, often using cryptocurrency
Elder crime losses totaled more than $3.4 billion in 2023 — up 11% from the year prior.
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UnitedHealth says wide swath of patient files may have been taken in Change cyberattack
UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover a “substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare business.
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AT&T data breach leaked millions of customers' information online. Were you affected?
The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online. Here’s what you need to know.
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Xfinity notifies its customers of data breach linked to software vulnerability
Hackers accessed Xfinity customers’ personal information by exploiting a vulnerability in software used by the company, the Comcast-owned telecommunications business announced this week.
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K-12 schools improve protection against online attacks, but many are vulnerable to ransomware gangs
Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks. But lax cybersecurity means thousands of others are vulnerable to ransomware gangs that can steal confidential data and disrupt operations.
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Clorox says cyberattack is disrupting production and may cause product shortages
Clorox said the cyberattack has caused caused ongoing production disruptions but expects to bring systems online next week.
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Clorox says last month's cyberattack is still disrupting production
Clorox said a cyberattack it disclosed last month will have a material impact on its fiscal first quarter results.