reader comments 130 with 81 posters participating Share this story Businesses, governments, and organizations that are hit by crippling ransomware attacks now have a new worry to contend with—big fines from the US Department of Treasury in the event that they pay to recover their data. Treasury Department officials made that guidance official in an… Read More »
Enlarge / The Department of Justice seal as seen during a press conference in December 2019. reader comments 36 with 30 posters participating Share this story Federal authorities have accused two men of hacking the email and social media accounts of multiple athletes with the National Football League and the National Basketball Association and either… Read More »
Enlarge / Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Getty Images reader comments 67 with 50 posters participating Share this story A US senator is calling on the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity arm to assess the threat posed by browser extensions made in countries known to conduct espionage against the US. “I am… Read More »
Enlarge / Google’s corporate headquarters. reader comments 53 with 40 posters participating Share this story Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said today it has settled a set of shareholder lawsuits related to the company’s handling of sexual harassment claims. Alphabet will commit $310 million to corporate diversity programs over the next decade, and the company agreed… Read More »
Enlarge / Computer chip with Chinese flag, 3d conceptual illustration. reader comments 74 with 43 posters participating Share this story Fortune 500 companies aren’t the only ones flocking to cloud services like Microsoft Azure. Increasingly, hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government are also hosting their tools in the cloud, and that’s keeping people… Read More »
Enlarge / T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert speaks during a keynote at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. reader comments 47 with 40 posters participating Share this story T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert yesterday fired back at AT&T and Verizon, saying the carriers’ complaints about T-Mobile obtaining more spectrum licenses show that… Read More »