OpenAI says hackers connected to the Chinese government attempted a phishing attack on its employees. The artificial intelligence (AI) company revealed the attempt Wednesday (Oct. 9) in a report on its attempts to prevent “the disruptive uses” of its technology. Earlier this year, the report said, OpenAI disrupted...
Cryptocurrency’s wild ride isn’t over yet. Regulators are closing in, and innovation is speeding up. It’s safe to say that the blockchain landscape remains a bit of a battleground. Price volatility continues unabated, and scams are still peppering the landscape, including the Monday (Sept. 23)...
Hackers with ties to China’s government have reportedly gotten into some American internet service providers. The hacking campaign, dubbed Salt Typhoon by investigators, was targeting sensitive information, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Sept. 25), citing sources familiar with the matter. As the report...
Disney reportedly plans to stop using workplace collaboration platform Slack following a recent data breach. Chief financial officer Hugh Johnston announced the change this week, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Sept. 19), citing an internal memo reviewed by the news outlet. That memo...
May 19, 2020
The pandemic — and specifically, the lockdowns resulting from it — has spurred criminals to shift their cyber fraud schemes to exploit new avenues of attack. To that end, the bad guys lie in wait, and then like everyone else, come out of isolation — only in the bad guys’ case, it is to begin attacks […]
July 17, 2018
Robots flip burgers, make cocktails, engage in the practice of law and perform an increasing number of tasks all across the global economy. What if they were able to better...
January 19, 2018
Prices go up and prices fall and cryptos capture the imagination of traders, investors…and hackers. As 2018 gets underway, beware the risks beyond trading frenzies – such as being duped...
August 04, 2017
Cyberattacks, ransomware attacks and more have taken businesses and people’s personal information and turned it upside-down over the past few decades. While a great source for information sharing, the online...
November 25, 2024
New York state has penalized two auto insurance giants for failing to secure customer data. Geico and Travelers will pay a combined $11.3 million in penalties “for having poor data security,” which allowed more than 120,000 New Yorkers’ information to be compromised, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced Monday (Nov. 25). The […]
October 09, 2024
OpenAI says hackers connected to the Chinese government attempted a phishing attack on its employees. The artificial intelligence (AI) company revealed the attempt Wednesday (Oct. 9) in a report on its attempts to...
September 25, 2024
Hackers with ties to China’s government have reportedly gotten into some American internet service providers. The hacking campaign, dubbed Salt Typhoon by investigators, was targeting sensitive information, the Wall Street...
September 19, 2024
Disney reportedly plans to stop using workplace collaboration platform Slack following a recent data breach. Chief financial officer Hugh Johnston announced the change this week, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)...
