A data breach has affected the personnel and payroll systems of the US Coast Guard, and has impacted member pay, and forced the agency to to take systems offline to prevent further intrusion until “at least February 19th, 2025”.
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Schneider Electric hit by Ransomware Demand of $125,000 in baguettes.
Schneider Electric confirmed that it is investigating a breach as a ransomware group Hellcat claims to have stolen more than 40 GB of compressed data — and demanded the French multinational energy management company pay $125,000 in baguettes or else see its sensitive customer and operational information leaked.
HYPR is latest firm to reveal hiring of fraudulent IT worker overseas | CyberScoop
Company officials say the individual was caught during the onboarding process, but used proxies and verified documents to back up their legend.
Olympics organizers create Olympic Esports Games | Fortune
The decision does not mean Pac-Man and Call of Duty will be part of the Summer or Winter Games, however. Instead, the Olympic Esports Games will be a separate event, with the first edition held in 2025
Don’t Fall for It: Hackers Pounce on CrowdStrike Outage With Phishing Emails | PCMag
Banks and health-care providers saw their services disrupted and TV broadcasters went offline as businesses worldwide grappled with the ongoing outage. Air travel has been hit hard, too, with planes grounded and services delayed.
Google’s Gemini AI will be all over the Paris Olympics broadcast – The Verge
As part of the deal to promote Gemini and Google’s other AI tools, announcers and commentators will squeeze Google Search AI Overviews into broadcast segments by trying to answer Olympic and Paralympic questions.
FTC study finds ‘dark patterns’ used by a majority of subscription apps and websites | TechCrunch
Forced action means requiring the consumer to take some sort of step to access specific functionality, like filling out their payment details to participate in a free trial — something that 66.4% of the websites and apps in the study had required.
Navy tests using drones for medical supply deliveries during RIMPAC
As the Navy looks to further integrate drones into the manned fleet, the sea service assessed using unmanned aerial systems to deliver critical supplies to the destroyer Curtis Wilbur last month during the massive Rim of the Pacific military exercise.