Veradigm just told federal regulators it happened again. On September 8, 2026, the Chicago-based health IT company filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing that stolen vendor credentials had been used to reach into one of its patient-facing APIs and pull down personal data, including Social Security numbers in some...Read More
Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Getty Images A decade after Kirsten Storms and Brandon Barash went their separate ways, the relationship between the former couple is still a very contentious one. Amid their custody battle over their daughter Harper, Brandon has accused Kirsten of lying about her internet being hacked. But Kirsten’s not letting his claims go so easily,...Read More
Former Deadspin editor Timothy Burke (inset picture) from an undated social media image. (Graphic by The Desk) The U.S. Department of Justice is ending its attempt to have an appeals court reinstate criminal wiretapping charges against a former Deadspin video editor who stole proprietary videos from Fox News after trespassing into an online system. On...Read More
Check Point reported a rise in cyberattacks, phishing and ransomware in its August 2026 threat data, while warning that growing use of generative AI is increasing organisations’ risk of data leakage. Organisations faced an average of 2,422 weekly cyberattacks in August, up 4% from July and 22% from a year earlier. The figures suggest sustained...Read More
Mandia is the founder and CEO of Armadin, Inc., a cybersecurity company that helps secure the largest and most complex environments in the world, and the co-founder and general partner of Ballistic Ventures, a venture capital firm where he mentors and funds the next generation of cybersecurity entrepreneurs. He also founded and previously served as...Read More
This story is from The Spark, our weekly climate tech newsletter. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday. The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 New York City has banned AI in elementary and middle schoolsThe one-year moratorium will affect 600,000 students. (Politico)+ ...Read More
The Australian government is looking to spearhead yet another landmark social media regulation. The Australian government is proposing to give social media users the option to switch off the default algorithmic feed, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Tuesday. Under the draft legislation, “Digital Duty of Care”, users could opt to see only posts...Read More
Key Points To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen stands by the show’s decisions surrounding the episode that ended in Bill Conradt’s death. Conradt died by suicide in 2006 as law enforcement entered his home, with investigators from the Dateline segment waiting outside. “It was unfortunate that somebody chose to take his life rather than...Read More
The U.S. government took action on Wednesday against a Telegram-based illicit marketplace facilitating billions of dollars in transactions connected to cyber scams, money laundering, human trafficking and other crime. The Treasury Department announced sanctions on the Chinese-language platform, Xinbi Guarantee, and two businesses it accused of supporting the marketplace’s operations. The government also carried out...Read More
AI is changing how states operationalise their cyber capabilities. In North Korea’s case, it’s transforming the country into a bigger cyber power by helping Pyongyang expand what it already does: generate revenue, obtain trusted access and collect intelligence at extraordinary scale. North Korea has built one of the world’s most unusual state cyber programs, treating...Read More
