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Ransomware gang claims responsibility for shutdown of Andretti Karting & Games locations across the USA
Ransomware gang Interlock today claimed responsibility for a March 2025 cyber attack against Andretti Indoor Karting & Games, a chain of family entertainment businesses with locations across the southern USA. Andretti temporarily closed all its locations on March 16 due to technical issues. A few days later, the company announced that a “cyber event” disrupted its systems, including arcade games,…
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Texas State Bar warns of data breach after INC ransomware claims attack
The State Bar of Texas is warning it suffered a data breach after the INC ransomware gang claimed to have breached the organization and began leaking samples of stolen data. The State Bar of Texas is the second-largest bar association in the United States, with over 100,000 licensed attorneys. It regulates the legal profession in Texas by overseeing licensing, continuing…
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Texas State Bar data breach leaks SSNs and financial info; ransomware gang claims responsibility
The State Bar of Texas this week confirmed it notified 2,700 Texans about a January 2025 data breach that compromised the following info: Names Social Security numbers Financial account info including account numbers, credit and debit card numbers Driver’s licenses or other government-issued ID Medical info Health insurance info “[…] the State Bar determined that there was unauthorized access to…
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A 60-hour week to ramp up AI development? Google co-founder Sergey Brin claims this is the ‘sweet spot of productivity’ – but developers are already burned out and overworked
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has urged employees to increase their hours to 60 per week in a bid to drive AI development at the tech giant. According to a leaked memo to staff, viewed by The New York Times, Brin asked workers to come into the office every weekday to help win the generative AI race against industry competitors such…
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Cyber scams cost businesses $1.7 million per year, claims report
Ninety-eight percent of businesses experienced a cyber attack in 2024, with 94% reporting associated financial losses of at least $500,000, according to the 2025 CyberScam Report from security firm BrandShield. Based on a survey of 200 CISOs from the UK, US, and Europe, the research discovered that suffering a cyber attack in 2024 had a significant impact on a CISO’s…
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Retail giant Sam’s Club investigates Clop ransomware breach claims
Sam’s Club, an American warehouse supermarket chain owned by U.S. retail giant Walmart, is investigating claims of a Clop ransomware breach. The Walmart division operates over 600 warehouse clubs with millions of members across the United States and Puerto Rico and almost 200 additional locations in Mexico and China. Sam’s Club has over 2.3 million employees and reported a total…
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Microsoft’s Recent Quantum Claims: Breakthrough or Overreach?
In February, Microsoft claimed it had created a new form of matter and used it to develop a quantum computer architecture that could potentially be put to work solving complex industrial problems within years. Since the announcement, some researchers and scientists have disputed these claims, saying Microsoft hasn’t actually achieved what it’s suggesting. The promise of topological qubits Microsoft stated…
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D-Wave Claims to Achieve ‘Quantum Supremacy’ — Some Researchers Disagree
According to a peer-reviewed paper published on March 12 in the journal Science, D-Wave claims to have performed a materials simulation that surpasses the capabilities of even the most advanced classical supercomputers. Specifically, D-Wave said its annealing quantum computer solved a difficult materials simulation problem that would take millions of years on the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s…
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Oracle breach claims spark war of words with security researchers
A war of words has erupted between Oracle and cybersecurity researchers following claims the company suffered a security breach. In mid-March, a threat actor by the name ‘rose87168’ published six million records, claiming the data was stolen from Oracle’s Cloud federated Single Sign-On (SSO) login service and demanding payment from affected customers. Posted to the dark web, the sample database…
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Oracle denies breach after hacker claims theft of 6 million data records
Oracle denies it was breached after a threat actor claimed to be selling 6 million data records allegedly stolen from the company’s Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers. “There has been no breach of Oracle Cloud. The published credentials are not for the Oracle Cloud. No Oracle Cloud customers experienced a breach or lost any data,” the company told BleepingComputer.…
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