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Asian hackers hit sensitive targets in 37 nations in spying plot
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (486+ words) By Jake Bleiberg and Jane Lanhee Lee, Bloomberg An Asian cyber-espionage group has spent the past year breaking into computer systems belonging to governments and critical infrastructure organizations in more than 37 countries, according to the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks,…...
COVID prepared long-term care facilities for norovirus threat
2+ week, 4+ day ago (454+ words) Five years after COVID-19 devastated California's long-term care homes, experts say safety measures born out of the pandemic are shaping how facilities respond as a new virus variant spreads this winter. By February 2021, residents of California long-term care facilities accounted…...
Who can get money from Kaiser Permanente data breach settlement?
3+ week, 19+ hour ago (356+ words) The window has been opened for millions of Kaiser Permanente customers to claim a share of a $46 million settlement concerning alleged privacy violations. The health care company has denied unauthorized sharing of patient information but agreed to a settlement in…...
Delete Act: How you can request your personal information be purged by data brokers in the New Year
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (973+ words) Use a loyalty card at a drug store, browse the web, post on social media, get married or do anything else most people do, and chances are companies called data brokers know about it " along with your email address, your…...
Santa Clara-based ServiceNow to buy cyber startup Armis for $7.75 billion
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (499+ words) (Bloomberg/Andrew Martin, Ryan Gould and Brody Ford) " ServiceNow Inc. has reached a deal to buy the cybersecurity startup Armis in a deal valued at $7.75 billion, representing its largest acquisition to date. The Santa Clara, California-based enterprise tech company will…...
Jarvis: The flu is trying to ruin your holiday. Don’t let it.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (440+ words) As travelers wedge themselves into planes, trains and automobiles for holiday trips, there's a good chance they'll be joined by an unwanted passenger: a new flu strain that seems intent on derailing the season. With flu cases in the'U.S.'starting…...
Help! My two-factor authentication on Amazon stopped working
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (408+ words) Q:" I've been an Amazon customer for 20 years, but after changing my phone number, I'm locked out of my account because two-factor authentication (2FA) still uses my old number. Amazon updated the phone number on my account, but 2FA remains broken. One agent…...
What to know about norovirus as Bay Area holiday gatherings ramp up
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (527+ words) Autumn brings the arrival of cold and flu season to the Bay Area " and with it, higher rates of a contagious stomach bug that's infamous for causing vomiting and diarrhea. Norovirus, often called the stomach flu, spreads in North America…...
Anthropic called to testify in House on china-backed cyberattack
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (178+ words) (Bloomberg/Emily Birnbaum) " A US House committee is calling on Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei to testify about a Chinese cyber-espionage attack the company revealed earlier this month. Leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee asked Amodei to appear…...
Stanford researchers link lupus to common virus in ‘breakthrough’ study
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (853+ words) Kathleen Ford of Solano County was a nurse for more than 20 years, until one day she squatted down to help a patient and, hobbled by terrible joint pain, couldn't stand up. About 1.5 million Americans have lupus and almost all " 90% " are…...