A freshly formed hacking gang claims to have won access to a massive stash of data stolen from UnitedHealth Group, the largest US health insurer, but with little evidence to go on it is not clear whether they are telling the truth. Hackers walloped UnitedHealth in February, paralysing billions of dollars worth of health insurance payments across the country. The ransomware gang Blackcat initially said on its website that it had stolen 8 terabytes of sensitive records - including medical...
(The Center Square) — State agencies across the commonwealth gather data on jobs, employment, and the economy — but they struggle to share it, hamstringing how useful it is. Legislators have taken notice and are looking to compel some digital cooperation. Senate Bill 761, introduced by Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Washington, would require the Department of […]
Messenger users can now use some new features including sending HD photos and sending files in many formats up to 100MB. Other features include adding contacts via QR code and shared albums.
World stocks have traded higher and bonds and currencies have steadied, largely unfazed by ratings agency Fitch downgrading its China outlook, while traders awaited crucial US inflation data. Europe’s broad STOXX 600 index rose 0.6 per cent on Wednesday morning, recovering after a drop the day before and heading back towards a record high, while […]
Danish tax authorities are able to use geolocation data to check whether tax payers are accurately reporting information related to their deductions and other information, according to a newspaper report.
Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wednesday with investors expected to take a
Meta is shutting down Threads in Turkey on April 29 after an interim injunction from the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) against automatic data-sharing with Instagram. The TCA ruled that linking Threads and Instagram without user opt-in “will lead to irreparable harms” and that Meta “abused its dominant position” in the industry with the practice. The TCA also suggested that the linking exists primarily to increase the company’s “market power.” Rather than make any changes to how Instagram...
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Massive technology for transmitting data was demonstrated with NASA's Near Space Network for PACE.
Epic Systems, the electronic health records giant, cut off its data supply to Particle Health, claiming the startup was using information in unauthorized ways.
With ever-larger numbers of drones, unmanned submersibles and robot boats, said 4th Fleet Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, “what we didn’t realize was the volume of data we were going to get at headquarters.”
Asian shares were mixed Thursday after U.S. stocks fell on worries that what had seemed like a blip in the battle to bring down inflation may be a troubling trend. Oil prices edged higher and U.S. futures were flat. South Korean shares were little changed after the ruling conservative party