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Minnesota bus company notifies 4K people of data breach claimed by LockBit ransomware gang
Bus transportation company Schmitty and Sons yesterday confirmed it notified 3,985 people of a May 2024 data breach that compromised private personal information. Ransomware group LockBit claimed responsibility for the attack on May 21, 2024 and posted images of the allegedly stolen data. Schmitty and Sons has not verified LockBit’s claim. Schmitty and Sons has not publicly disclosed what data…
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The National Public Data breach exposed nearly three billion users – now the company has filed for bankruptcy
Data broker National Public Data has filed for bankruptcy, claiming it cannot sustain the mounting financial and reputational damage associated with a major data breach it suffered in December 2023. The background-checking service filed for bankruptcy in Florida under its parent company Jerico Pictures Inc, and explicitly cited the 2023 data breach as a direct contributor to its downfall. NPD…
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The Browser Company is building another browser, and it’s not called Arc.
Stop me if this sounds familiar: The Browser Company is building a browser that it thinks can make your internet life a little more organized, a little more useful, and maybe even a little more delightful. It has new ideas about tabs, and what your browser can do on your behalf. I’ve heard this story before! But the browser that…
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Dental company Henry Schein raises number of data breach victims from 29K to 166K
Dental product distributor Henry Schein this week raised the number of victims whose private information was compromised in 2023 data breaches from 29,112 to 166,432. Henry Schein suffered two cyberattacks in September and October 2023 claimed by ransomware gang ALPHV/BlackCat. The gang claimed responsibility for those attacks in November and December 2023, respectively, and threatened a third attack as well.…
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This software company says ditching the cloud was worth $10 million in savings — and there’s still more to come
Ditching the cloud for its own hardware has saved 37 Signals two million dollars annually, according to the company’s CTO — and the savings are continuing to grow. David Heinemeier Hansson said the company had successfully slashed its cloud bill from $3.2 million a year to $1.3 million, well above its original savings prediction, while at the same time recouping…
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IT company ATSG Inc notifies 900K+ people of data breach that compromised SSNs
Enterprise networking provider ATSG this week confirmed it notified 909,469 people about a September 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and driver’s license numbers. The breach was previously reported in part by Boston Children’s Health Physicians, a client of ATSG. Ransomware gang BianLian claimed responsibility for the breach, which claimed to steal finance…
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DJI sues the US Department of Defense for labeling it a ‘Chinese Military Company’
DJI, the world’s largest drone company, is suing to avoid being seen as a tool of the Chinese government. On Friday, it sued the US Department of Defense to delete its name from a list of “Chinese Military Companies,” claiming it has no such relationship to Chinese authorities and has suffered unfairly as a result of that designation. Since DJI…
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Want to call yourself a real tech company? Mark Zuckerberg says get a technical CEO
Mark Zuckerberg believes tech companies need technical expertise at a leadership level if they’re to truly live up to expectations, according to a live airing of the Acquired podcast. The Meta CEO spoke about the question of product and technology, saying that businesses need to get the balance between them right and do both well. “I think you can define…
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OpenAI was a research lab — now it’s just another tech company
Here’s the thing about asking investors for money: they want to see returns. OpenAI launched with a famously altruistic mission: to help humanity by developing artificial general intelligence. But along the way, it became one of the best-funded companies in Silicon Valley. Now, the tension between those two facts is coming to a head. Weeks after releasing a new model…
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Hackers claim fresh Dell data breach just days after the company confirms probe into employee info leak
Hackers are claiming that they’ve carried out a second hack on Dell within a week, accessing internal files by compromising the company’s Atlassian account. According to reporting from Hackread, data allegedly leaked in the breach is believed to include information from Jira, Jenkins, and Confluence, including data associated with Jira files, database tables, and schema migrations. It amounts to 3.5GB…
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