Winona County paid more than $128,000 after two ransomware attacks earlier this year. A statement from the county with an update on the ransomware incidents was released on Thursday. It said that, although it was a difficult choice, the county paid $128.539, “to best serve the interests of Winona County residents and employees.” The first...Read More
Rhysida Ransomware Group Targets Berlin Government Ahead of Vote Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2026 Berlin ‘s government faces a Rhysida ransomware attack weeks before elections, with officials refusing to pay despite a claimed 5.79 TB data theft. Berlin’s state government confirmed this week it’s dealing with an extortion attempt following an August cyberattack on the...Read More
US revises Chinese hack claims after China hits back over ‘state-sponsored’ charges The US Department of Justice issued a revised statement regarding their Chinese hack claims on Friday. The edited statement clarified that high-profile organizations were targets rather than confirmed victims of a Chinese hacking group. The US Senate, Federal Reserve, Department of Energy, NASA,...Read More
Today’s healthcare systems don’t operate just within the walls of a single hospital. They are dispersed networks, spanning large hospital campuses, regional clinics, imaging facilities, outpatient centers, and even physicians’ home offices. And when you add in mobile nurses, remote administrative staff, and third-party specialists, you have one of the most complex IT landscapes of...Read More
Save the children. Restore democracy. And ban everyone age 18 and older from social media. Yes, 18 and older. Effective immediately. We adults are having the wrong conversation about digital safety. Every week, more grave-faced politicians declare that we must protect kids by banning them from social media, even though most unhinged people online are...Read More
Meta Platforms agreed Wednesday to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle a landmark lawsuit brought by 29 states alleging the company deliberately engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children, marking the largest single settlement in the company’s history and the biggest tech-industry payout ever recorded in a single case. To put it...Read More
The Rhysida ransomware group claims it stole 5.79 terabytes of data from Berlin government agencies and plans to auction the information after officials rejected its ransom demand. ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – A ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Berlin’s government network, saying it seized a vast amount of sensitive data and plans to...Read More
You may have noticed that Flock Safety’s automatic license plate reader cameras—and the cops who misuse them—are getting a lot of coverage lately. This week, WIRED found a particularly wild case: A cop in Alpharetta, Georgia, was accused of searching for the license plate of a coworker dozens of times after an affair between the...Read More
New York — Meta on Wednesday agreed to make sweeping changes to its platforms as part of an $18 billion settlement with dozens of states over claims its platforms contributed to a youth mental health crisis. Regulators and online safety advocates called it a watershed moment, and both Meta and state attorneys general called on TikTok...Read More
Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook in a multistate settlement announced Wednesday by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. Colorado will receive around $615 million over nine years for its part of the settlement, Weiser said. The money will go toward mental health and safety programs for...Read More
