Nov 20 Disney Plus blames past hacks for user accounts sold online By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Disney reiterated Wednesday that it found no evidence of a security breach and that account problems are limited to “a very small percentage of users” of Disney Plus. Continue reading
Oct 24 Ransomware and data breaches linked to uptick in fatal heart attacks By Nsikan Akpan Another unintended consequence of electronic medical records has been revealed. Continue reading
Oct 04 Iranian hackers targeted a U.S. presidential campaign, Microsoft says By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press A company spokeswoman declined to identify those targeted, citing customer privacy. Continue reading
May 13 Trump says he won’t use info stolen by adversaries in 2020 By Associated Press President Donald Trump told reporters Monday as he met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that he "would certainly agree to that."… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 5:18 News Wrap: Stocks tank again amid rising interest rates, potential government shutdown In our news wrap Thursday, Wall Street plunged again amid slumping tech stocks, rising interest rates and fears of an impending government shutdown. The Dow Jones was down 464 points, the Nasdaq dropped 108 and the S&P 500 slid 39. Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 6:28 News Wrap: Markets tumble amid China trade uncertainty In our Tuesday news wrap, the Dow Jones plunged nearly 800 points amidst a market meltdown, as uncertainty emerged over President Trump’s possible trade deal with China. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 also dropped more than 3 percent. Meanwhile, a… Continue watching
Oct 19 Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, nab data on 75,000 people By Associated Press The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made the announcement late Friday afternoon, a time slot agencies often use to release unfavorable developments. Continue reading
Sep 06 North Korean programmer charged in Sony hack, WannaCry attack By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Park Jin Hyok, who is believed to be in North Korea, conspired with others to conduct a series of attacks that also stole $81 million from a bank in Bangladesh, according to the Justice Department's criminal complaint. The U.S. believes… Continue reading
Aug 12 An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica Florida state website in under 10 minutes By Michael D. Regan An 11-year-old on Friday was able to hack into a replica of the Florida state election website and change voting results found there in under 10 minutes. Continue reading
Aug 01 Stopping foreign meddling in U.S. elections via social media is an ‘enormous’ task, senators say By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing came one day after Facebook said it had uncovered new sophisticated efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to manipulate U.S. politics ahead of the midterm elections. Continue reading