I’ve spent years writing about the need to update default passwords on internet-connected devices, but the recent cyberattacks on our water systems show that the same preventable flaws continue to leave our most critical infrastructure vulnerable. Starting on July 26, more than 30 water systems in Minnesota started experiencing symptoms of a coordinated cyberattack. A
This week a power line went down outside Washington, DC. Normally, the grid would only need a few seconds to recover from such an event. But this took more than 10 minutes because more than 3 gigawatts of data centers stopped consuming power almost simultaneously. The event caused voltage on PJM’s grid to spike from
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
The prisons these men helped run are part of a detention system in which the UN human rights office (OHCHR) says torture and ill-treatment of civilians is “systematic and widespread”. It says former detainees describe beatings, electric shocks, mock executions and sexual violence, with civilians often arbitrarily detained and families left with little information. The