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Here’s What You Should Do If Your Insurance Company Drops Your Fire (or Flood) Coverage
Currently Los Angeles County suffers from apocalyptic scenes of deadly, uncontained wildfires. Unfortunately, insurance doesn’t function like a gas or electric company; even in the face of disaster, insurers aren’t obligated to service your home. Instead, these companies can choose which properties they’re willing to insure based on their risk assessment models. This selective coverage has become increasingly common in…
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US sanctions Chinese company linked to Flax Typhoon hackers
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Tech for its involvement in cyberattacks attributed to the Chinese state-sponsored Flax Typhoon hacking group. As the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on Friday, the Chinese state-sponsored hackers used the company’s infrastructure to launch attacks targeting networks of victims in Europe and the United States for over…
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Freight company Delmar refused to pay ransom when hackers breached SSNs and other data
The US arm of Canadian freight company Delmar International this week confirmed it notified and undisclosed number of people about a November 2024 data breach that compromised the following personal info: Name Social Security number Date of birth Home address Phone number Email address Payroll info Ransomware gang Rhysida claimed responsibility for the attack. In a LinkedIn post, Delmar CEO…
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Sony Confirms Intent to Buy FromSoftware Parent Company Kadokawa
For several weeks, rumors circulated in the video game industry about Sony’s potential acquisition of Kadokawa, the parent company of FromSoftware. While these rumors originated from reliable sources, Sony remained silent. Today, Sony officially confirmed their intention to buy Kadokawa. According to a recent issue of Weekly Bunshun on Yahoo! Japan, a Sony representative spoke on this specific matter. In…
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WordPress parent company must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules
WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress.com parent company Automattic. On Tuesday, a California District Court judge ordered Automattic to stop blocking WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org resources and interfering with its plugins. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín found merit in WP Engine’s claims that Automattic’s actions harmed business relationships, saying Mullenweg’s “conduct is designed to induce breach or disruption.”…
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Travel tech company Sabre notifies 30K people about data breach that compromised SSNs
Software maker Sabre yesterday confirmed it notified 29,590 people about a July 2022 data breach that compromised the following personal information: Names Social Security numbers Dates of birth Employment info Financial account numbers ID cards such as passports and driver’s licenses Signatures Ransomware gang Dunghill Leak claimed responsibility for the July 2022 attack, but Sabre didn’t discover the breach until…
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Snap says New Mexico intentionally friended alleged child predators, then blamed the company
Snap says the basis of a scathing lawsuit suggesting it systematically recommends teens’ accounts to child predators is backwards — the company is now accusing the New Mexico attorney general of intentionally seeking out such accounts before recommendations were made. The company says the AG’s case is based on “gross misrepresentations” and cherry picks from Snap’s internal documents. In a…
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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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