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Comcast and Truist Bank customers caught up in FBCS data breach
Comcast Cable Communications and Truist Bank have disclosed they were impacted by a data breach at FBCS, and are now informing their respective customers that their data has been compromised. The case concerns a data breach at Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a debt collection agency in the U.S. that partners with various companies to collect unpaid debts on…
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A Bank of America outage showed customers blanked-out account balances
First, it was Spotify, then Verizon, then PlayStation, and now it’s apparently Bank of America’s turn to have an outage this week. Some customers reported problems accessing their bank accounts on Wednesday, with the balances showing $0 or “—-” instead of what should be there. “Some mobile and online banking clients experienced an issue accessing their accounts and balance information…
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Pure Storage announces VM assessment service – and it could please beleaguered VMware customers
Pure Storage has unveiled a new virtual machine (VM) assessment tool aimed at easing cost management for enterprise users in the wake of Broadcom’s VMware acquisition. The offering – generally available in FY2025 Q4 – will help IT decision makers (ITDMs) monitor performance, plan scenarios, and rightsize recommendations through the Pure1 platform. Optimizing VMs will be simplified with the tool,…
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David’s Bridal notifies staff and customers of data breach following two ransomware attacks
David’s Bridal over the weekend confirmed it notified 4,132 Texans of a data breach that compromised customers’ and employees’ names, Social Security numbers, medical information, health insurance information, addresses, and driver’s license numbers, according to the state Attorney General. Two ransomware gangs claimed responsibility for breaches at David’s Bridal: LockBit in January 2024 and Werewolves in February 2024. It’s possible…
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Is a VMware exodus looming? Disgruntled customers are actively seeking alternative providers or exploring open source options in the wake of Broadcom’s acquisition
VMware customers are becoming increasingly frustrated with uncertainty and spiraling licensing costs, new research suggests, after its acquisition by IT giant Broadcom. Research from Civo found more than half (51.9%) of VMware customers were considering ditching services after Broadcom finalized its acquisition of the cloud computing and virtualization firm. After a series of drastic changes to its operating model including…
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Canva raises prices by 320% for US customers – Computerworld
Design platform Canva has announced to customers in the US that the price of a subscription to Canva Teams will rise from $120 per year to $500 per year for five users, representing a 320% increase. Customers in Australia, where Canva is based, have also been notified of large price increases, according to Information Age. The reason for the hefty price increase: Canva…
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AT&T customers report wireless service has been down for hours
AT&T is experiencing some issues right now that are leaving customers seeing “SOS” instead of their usual bars of service. “We are working to address a software issue that may affect the ability of a limited number of our customers to connect to our wireless network. Keeping our customers connected is our highest priority, so we appreciate their patience as we…
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Patelco notifies 726,000 customers of ransomware data breach
Patelco Credit Union warns customers it suffered a data breach after personal data was stolen in a RansomHub ransomware attack earlier this year. Though the organization did not name the attackers, the RansomHub gang claimed responsibility on August 15, 2024, when they published all of the stolen data on their extortion portal. Patelco is an American not-for-profit credit union that…
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GMC is delivering its first Sierra EV electric pickup trucks to customers
GMC’s 2024 Sierra EV is parent company GM’s third electric pickup truck built on the Ultium EV platform after the just-launched Chevy Silverado EV. It’s also GM’s second GMC-branded EV after the beastly Hummer EV pickup (which now also comes in SUV format). (Personally, I think the Sierra EV also has a looks advantage with its uniquely armored front, which…
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SolarWinds urges customers to patch critical Web Help Desk flaw
SolarWinds has issued a warning to customers after the discovery of a critical vulnerability in the firm’s Web Help Desk solution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-28986, is a Java deserialization vulnerability that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution, the company confirmed in an advisory last week. “SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to a Java…
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