On Friday, Apple released the explosive news that it was suing OpenAI for alleged theft of trade secrets, alleging that OpenAI stole confidential Apple data and engaged in efforts to learn proprietary information while recruiting former Apple employees. Accusing OpenAI of stealing secrets about unreleased Apple products, Apple revealed that a former employee allegedly diverted
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The US federal cybersecurity agency, CISA, said it did not have a prepared response plan for how it should handle a cybersecurity incident in May, after an investigative journalist notified the agency that a contractor had publicly exposed sensitive keys and credentials to access US government systems. CISA, the Homeland Security unit charged with defending
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Angelo Martino, a Florida man, has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for conspiring with hackers to deploy ransomware during his work as a ransomware negotiator for a US cybersecurity company. The US Department of Justice confirmed the ruling on Thursday, noting that the government seized more than $10 million in cryptocurrencies
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US insurance provider AssuranceAmerica has confirmed a data breach affecting the personal information and driver’s license numbers of 6.9 million people, making it the largest known breach of US driver’s license information this year. Founded in 1998, AssuranceAmerica offers auto and rental insurance to customers in more than a dozen U.S. states. As a large
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The US military has reportedly repaired two of its websites that had been defaced to display pro-Kurdish messages and criticize President Donald Trump, the latest case of hackers compromising federally run systems in recent months. Security researcher Ronald Lovelace told Cyberscoop, which first reported the defacements, that error pages were modified on two US military
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Offering a rare glimpse into the priorities of a top spy organization, Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) said it carried out a handful of state-sanctioned attacks last year to disrupt the operations of drug traffickers, violent extremists and a ransomware gang. The revelations in the Canadian intelligence agency’s annual report highlight some of the major
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