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Jun 13 2023
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Georgia voting software will not be updated until after 2024 despite vulnerabilities
Georgia election officials will not be updating the state's voting software until after the 2024 elections despite known vulnerabilities existing in the software, according to a report that was unsealed on Wednesday.
A lawyer for Georgia GOP Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently told a federal court that officials would not install security patches on Dominion Voting machines
Washington Examiner
Jun 09 2023
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Data breach exposes 95,000 Minnesota student files
The Minnesota Department of Education says some personal information of 95,000 students was accessed as part of a data breach from a global cyber-security attack. The breach involved computer file transfer software called MOVEit that is used to encrypt and transfer data and is used by companies and government agencies. State officials learned on May 31 the software was vulnerable and had been
Pioneer Press
Jun 15 2023
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Expert says Johns Hopkins University and Health System cyberattack sign of the times
BALTIMORE -- Members of the Johns Hopkins community were alerted to a cyberattack against Johns Hopkins University and Health System that happened on May 31. A letter went out Wednesday notifying Johns Hopkins community employees, students and patients that the "widespread cybersecurity attack" may have put their personal information at risk. Johns Hopkins officials say the cyberattack did not
CBS News (Online)
Jul 21 2023
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AI will require ‘some new laws,’ Biden says, even as tech giants agree to safeguards
Realizing the promise of artificial intelligence by managing its risks will require “some new laws, regulations and oversight,” President Joe Biden said Friday, even as several tech companies agreed to new AI safeguards.
Amazon AMZN, +0.03%, Google GOOG, +0.65% GOOGL, +0.69%, Meta META, -2.73%, Microsoft MSFT, -0.89% and other companies voluntarily agreed to steps meant to ensure that
MarketWatch
Jun 09 2023
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Maddi Kingsbury's ex boyfriend charged with second-degree murder
Adam Fravel has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Maddi Kingsbury, Kare11’s Dana Thiede reports. Fravel appeared in a Winona County court this morning where bail was set at $1 million. Bring Me The News reports that the Minnesota Department of Education was the target of a cyber-security attack this week that could impact “nearly 100,000 Minnesota students.” Pigs are on
May 17 2023
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Philadelphia Inquirer hit by apparent cyberattack amid election coverage
On Saturday, the newspaper informed employees that the regular edition of its Sunday newspaper would not be printed because of abnormal activity on its computer systems, the Inquirer reported. The next day, publisher and chief executive Elizabeth Hughes told staffers in an email that employees were prohibited from entering the newsroom until at least Tuesday, according to the Inquirer. That
Washington Post
May 15 2023
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Apparent cyberattack forces Philadelphia Inquirer office to close ahead of mayoral primary
An apparent cyberattack forced the Philadelphia Inquirer to close its office through Tuesday, the newspaper’s spokesperson Evan Benn told CNN in an email on Monday. That means the Inquirer’s journalists won’t be in the office on Tuesday as they cover a key election: Philadelphia’s Democratic primary for the mayoral race. Still, the newspaper insisted that the cybersecurity incident wouldn’t
CNN Digital
May 22 2023
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Micron's Shares Slump After China Restricts Sales
Amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing centered around technology, China on Sunday banned major Chinese information-infrastructure companies—telecommunications companies and big banks among them—from buying Micron chips. The move followed a cybersecurity review that the U.S. Department of Commerce said had “no basis in fact.” That ban moved quickly to Micron's shares early Monday
Wall Street Journal (News)
May 18 2023
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Montana banned TikTok. Whatever comes next could affect the app's fate in the U.S.
Montana banned TikTok. Whatever comes next could affect the app's fate in the U.S. Montana has become the first state to ban TikTok, setting up a possible legal battle that could affect the fate of the popular social media app in the U.S. The ban, slated to take effect on Jan. 1, is considered the most drastic measure any state has taken against TikTok. Many cybersecurity experts have
NPR Fact Check
May 21 2023
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China bans Micron chips in key infrastructure over 'national security' risks
China has banned some sales of Micron products after launching a probe into the American memory chip giant for cybersecurity risks in early April. The decision is widely seen as part of the tic-for-tac in the ongoing U.S.-China economic competition, which has started to upend a deeply intertwined global tech supply chain. Last year, the U.S. added China state-backed memory chip maker Yangtze
TechCrunch