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Ascension Cyberattack Continues To Disrupt Care At Hospitals

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Hospital staff are forced to write notes by hand and deliver orders for tests and prescriptions in person in the ongoing fallout from a recent ransomware attack at the national health system Ascension. Ascension is one of the largest health systems in the United States, with some 140 hospitals located across...

Fri May 24, 2024 01:24
Google: Stop Trying To Trick Employees With Fake Phishing Emails

An anonymous reader shares a report: Did your company recently send you a phishing email? Employers will sometimes simulate phishing messages to train workers on how to spot the hacking threat. But one Google security manager argues the IT industry needs to drop the practice, calling it counterproductive. "PSA for Cybersecurity folk: Our co-workers...

Thu May 23, 2024 23:48
Apple Exec Admits Court-Ordered App Store Changes Fail To Boost Competition

Apple executive Phil Schiller admitted in court on Wednesday that the company's court-mandated changes to its iPhone app store payment system have not significantly increased competition. The ongoing hearings in Oakland, California, are determining whether Apple is properly complying with an antitrust order to allow developers to display links to alternative...

Thu May 23, 2024 23:48
Hacker Breaches Scam Call Center, Warns Victims They've Been Scammed

A hacker claims to have breached a scam call center, stolen the source code for the company's tools, and emailed the company's scam victims, according to multiple screenshots and files provided by the hacker to 404 Media. From the report: The hack is the latest in a long series of vigilante actions in which hackers take matters into their own hands...

Thu May 23, 2024 22:22
Atari Buys Intellivision Brand, Ending 'Longest-Running Console War in History'

An old-school video game rivalry has a new chapter: Atari, known for producing one of the first hit home game consoles, has announced the acquisition of long-time rival Intellivision's brand and rights to over 200 games from Intellivision Entertainment. The two companies were key players in the industry's first console war in the late 1970s and early...

Thu May 23, 2024 21:28
US Sues To Break Up Ticketmaster Owner, Live Nation

The Justice Department on Thursday said it was suing Live Nation Entertainment [non-paywalled link], the concert giant that owns Ticketmaster, asking a court to break up the company over claims it illegally maintained a monopoly in the live entertainment industry. From a report: In the lawsuit, which is joined by 29 states and the District of Columbia,...

Thu May 23, 2024 18:06

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