On July 18, a federal court blocked a law passed in Washington state that would have required clergy to report child abuse when shared in the confessional. Washington bishops had filed a lawsuit earlier this summer in Etienne v. Ferguson, claiming the law was “anti-Catholic” and violated religious liberty. “For centuries, Catholic faithful around the...Read More
Alasconnect, an Alaska-based managed IT and cybersecurity firm and a subsidiary of MTA, is expanding its commitment to local businesses by partnering with the cybersecurity leader Cynet to offer cost-effective breach protection for clients using Cynet’s All-in-One Cybersecurity Platform, backed by 24/7 security center support. The Alasconnect-Cynet alliance advances a shared commitment to ensure...Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Avenues will host a Back-to-School Safety Fair on Friday, August 1, at 10300 Southside Blvd., Jacksonville, FL, offering interactive experiences to prepare students for a safe return to school. It will begin at 11 a.m. and end at 2 p.m. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< The event will feature...Read More
Hyderabad: On Monday, Rajya Sabha MP Dr K Laxman raised concerns about the growing threat of cyber fraud and digital financial crimes in India, urging decisive action to enhance the country’s cybersecurity infrastructure. He highlighted that with India’s rapid shift towards digital banking and UPI-based transactions under the Digital India initiative, citizens—especially senior citizens and...Read More
As the books close on fiscal year 2024–25, the cybercrime numbers are in with another sobering tally. A total of 18,926 cybercrime cases were registered at the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police over the past 12 months, an average of around 52 cases per day. On paper, the figure is slightly lower than last year’s...Read More
Darktrace today announced the acquisition of Mira Security, a provider of network traffic visibility solutions. Building on the companies’ established partnership, the acquisition will strengthen Darktrace’s network security leadership by providing more insight from encrypted network traffic and more comprehensive decryption for customers in regulated industries. The Mira Security team will bring deep expertise in...Read More
On June 24, 2025, Avantic Medical Lab was listed as a victim of a ransomware attack by the Everest group on their dark web portal. The attackers claimed to have stolen 33 GB of sensitive data, including electronic medical records (EMRs), patient histories, test results, private medical records, billing information and internal documents. The Everest...Read More
Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of $222,729.86 in USDT (Tether cryptocurrency) recovered from suspected members of an international cybercrime syndicate, including Chinese nationals. The order was issued on Monday, July 21, following an ex parte motion filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...Read More
Radiology Associates of Richmond (RAR) has confirmed a data breach that affected more than 1.4 million patients in Virginia, according to a report posted July 18 by abc8News of Richmond and Central Virginia. The hack occurred in April 2024, but Radiology Associates didn’t discover it until this May, it said in a statement. “RAR has...Read More
In a nutshell: The 158-year-old firm had roughly 700 employees on its payroll and had industry standard security measures in place, including insurance against cyberattacks. But when a group of hackers managed to break into their system by guessing an employee password and encrypted all of their data, it was the end of the line...Read More
