Technology

According to a posting on a dark web site, a ransom of $70 million was requested by the hackers behind the mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday, in order […]

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After what appears a ransomware attack against the remote IT management platform Kaseya, which provides services to more than 40,000 organizations around the world, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) informed Friday evening […]

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Chris Wray, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday requested from public companies and other victims of hackers to avoid paying the ransom because he believes that the move would only […]

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A number of websites that were affiliated with Iran had been seized by the US government in what appears to be a law enforcement action, CNBC informed. The websites that were seized started to display […]

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Democratic Representative Adam Schiff from California urged US to step up the offense strategy, not just playing defensively, amid the increased threat of cyberattacks, Fox News informed. Schiff said that what that means is that […]

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Due to a problem that appears related to American cloud computing services provider Fastly, major server outage resulted in many popular high-traffic websites and platforms going offline on Tuesday, including the Amazon Twitch, Reddit and […]

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According to reports about upcoming policy changes on Facebook, expected to be announced on Friday, politicians may soon lose their special status protecting them from fact-checking and censorship, forcing them to follow content moderation rules […]

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World’s largest meat producer JBS’s Australian and North American units went through an organized cyberattack on its information systems over the weekend, causing  Australian operations to shut down on Monday, Fox News reports. JBS USA […]

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Cryptocurrencies have yet to come close to their April all-time highs, but Bitcoin has been strengthening for most of the week, even surpassing the $40,000 mark at times. Bitcoin, together with most cryptocurrencies experienced a […]

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Facebook’s independent oversight board ruled Wednesday to uphold the company’s January decision to suspend the Facebook and Instagram accounts of former President Donald Trump, CNBC reported. But, the board said, the indefinite time frame of […]

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Wall Street is warming up to the idea that the next big disruptive force on the horizon is central bank digital currencies, even though the Federal Reserve likely remains a few years away from developing […]

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An uncrewed SpaceX Starship prototype rocket failed to land safely on Tuesday after a test launch from Boca Chica, Texas, and engineers were investigating, SpaceX said, Reuters writes. “We do appear to have lost all […]

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Facebook has frozen Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s page for violating policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19 by promoting a remedy he claims, without evidence, can cure the disease, a company spokesman said on Saturday, Reuters […]

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration last year marked two decades of astronauts continuously onboard the International Space Station. But, as the floating research laboratory ages, the space agency is turning to private companies to […]

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Facebook said Wednesday it had blocked a group of hackers from China who were using malicious websites to infect the devices of Uyghur Muslims living abroad to enable surveillance, CNBC infomed. The hacking group — […]

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Tesla chief Elon Musk said on Wednesday the company’s electric vehicles can now be bought using bitcoin and the option will be available outside the United States later this year, Reuters informed. “You can now […]

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Lobbyists for Facebook and Google threw their weight against new U.S. legislation that seeks to aid struggling news publishers by allowing them to negotiate collectively against the tech companies over revenue sharing and other deals, […]

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In the next three years, Noosphere Ventures will support Space Foundation’s annual International Student Art Contest. Beginning its second decade, the contest invites students from around the world to electronically submit their original artwork in […]

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