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Payments, Penalties and TradFi Adoption Define This Week in Web3
Blockchain // July 10, 2024

Crypto is as crypto does. And crypto is, by all appearances, trying to do better. The European Union’s (EU) landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA) framework is now live, and Web3 companies are already complying, a fact which industry observers believe could represent the start...

2024 Is Already the Year of the Cyberattack
Cybersecurity // July 04, 2024

It’s the summer of steals, not the summer of deals, for businesses suffering cyber breaches. That’s because, as the world goes digital, fraudsters are constantly probing modern, multifaceted attack surfaces for vulnerabilities. But with the news Tuesday (July 2) that auto dealership software provider CDK...

CDK Fallout Continues as Car Dealers Go Old School
Cybersecurity // June 24, 2024

Software companies have taken over large swathes of the economy during the past few decades. And when something goes wrong with these software companies, something ultimately goes wrong with the large swathes of sectors and businesses that rely upon them. Just take for example the...

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty to Testify Before Congress on Cyberattack
Security & Fraud // April 29, 2024

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty will testify before two Congressional committees Wednesday (May 1), addressing the cyberattack that hit the company’s Change Healthcare unit. The Senate hearing is titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What’s Next,” while the House hearing is called “Examining the Change Healthcare Cyberattack.”...

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2024 Is Already the Year of the Cyberattack

July 04, 2024
It’s the summer of steals, not the summer of deals, for businesses suffering cyber breaches. That’s because, as the world goes digital, fraudsters are constantly probing modern, multifaceted attack surfaces for vulnerabilities. But with the news Tuesday (July 2) that auto dealership software provider CDK Global has “substantially all” of its car dealership customers back […]

Hacktober’s $718M Losses Are an Existential Threat to DeFi

October 26, 2022
October hasn’t been kind to crypto, with $730 million lost to 18 hacks this month alone, driving the 2022 total loss to $3 billion. With decentralized finance, or DeFi, as...

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UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty to Testify Before Congress on Cyberattack

April 29, 2024
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty will testify before two Congressional committees Wednesday (May 1), addressing the cyberattack that hit the company’s Change Healthcare unit. The Senate hearing is titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What’s Next,” while the House hearing is called “Examining the Change Healthcare Cyberattack.” When announcing the upcoming House hearing, House Energy and Commerce […]

Millions in Mutant Ape/Bored Ape NFTs Swiped in Hack

December 17, 2023
Hackers have apparently stolen millions of dollars worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a recent security breach. Peer-to-peer trading platform NFT Trader confirmed the breach on X Saturday (Dec. 16), saying it...

Norton Healthcare Reports Data Breach Affecting 2.5 Million People

December 11, 2023
Norton Healthcare, a non-profit healthcare system based in Kentucky, has confirmed that it experienced a data breach earlier this year.  Hackers gained unauthorized access to the personal data of millions...

FBI Ties $40 Million in Stolen Crypto to North Korea

August 23, 2023
The FBI says a hacker group with ties to North Korea may try to sell $40 million in stolen bitcoin. “Over the last 24 hours, the FBI tracked cryptocurrency stolen by the...