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More Than 390,000 Without Power In Louisiana Thursday | Weather.com

Matt — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:46:02 +0000

Louisiana woke up to flooded roads and snapped trees, with hundreds of thousands still in the dark due to power outages Thursday morning. Francine, now a tropical depression, made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday.

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DICK’S shuts down email, locks employee accounts after cyberattack

Matt — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 01:35:45 +0000

In an internal memo shared with BleepingComputer, DICK’S told employees that most of them no longer have access to their systems because of a “planned activity” and that their team leaders will contact them via personal email or text for further instructions.

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Expert confirms Columbus Ohio data leak affects residents

Matt — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 23:18:01 +0000

Among the things laid bare were the names of domestic violence victims, and Social Security numbers for police officers and crime victims alike. The dump not only impacts city employees, but also revealed personal information for residents and visitors going back years. Anyone who visited Columbus City Hall within the past two decades may be affected.

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Channel File 291 Incident RCA is Available | CrowdStrike

Matt — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 22:19:09 +0000

The RCA details the lessons learned from this significant incident — lessons we’re using to better serve our customers. While the Channel File 291 scenario is now incapable of recurring, it informs the process improvements and mitigation steps we are deploying to ensure further enhanced

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Sources: Bank accounts for 2 Columbus police officers hacked as city deals with ransomware attack | 10tv.com

Matt — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:31:44 +0000

Sources say an unspecified amount of money was taken out of the accounts. The mayor’s office is not commenting but says it is aware of the reports. It’s unconfirmed if the hacked accounts are connected to the city’s cyberattack.

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HealthEquity says data breach impacts 4.3 million people

Matt — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:35:32 +0000

An investigation determined that the breach occurred on March 9, 2024, but was only verified by the firm on June 26, following an internal investigation

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Columbus mayor won’t say if city was hit by ransomware attack as tech issues linger | 10tv.com

Matt — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:50:39 +0000

In the mean time, no city employee can receive or send external emails. Ginther says 911 and 311 are functional, but they have been impacted as well.

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Delta Air Lines cancels hundreds more flights as DOT opens probe

Matt — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 02:55:06 +0000

Delta has been uniquely affected by the global IT outage compared with other major carriers, who have largely resumed normal operations. In a statement on its website Monday afternoon, Delta estimated that more than half of its IT systems worldwide rely on Microsoft Windows.

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I watched Nvidia’s Computex 2024 keynote and it made my blood run cold | TechRadar

Matt — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:20:18 +0000

The current-gen Hopper data center chips draw up to 1,000W, so Nvidia Blackwell is nearly doubling the power consumption of these chips. Data center energy usage is already out of control, but Blackwell is going to pour jet fuel on what is already an uncontained wildfire.

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Johnson Controls says ransomware attack cost $27 million, data stolen

Matt — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:13:09 +0000

“The cybersecurity incident consisted of unauthorized access, data exfiltration, and deployment of ransomware by a third party to a portion of the Company’s internal IT infrastructure,” confirmed Johnson Controls.

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