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The Global Health, Business and Economic Implications of the Current Covid-19 Transmission Rate and Mass Casualty Event in China

Recent articles in Science Journal and Nature reference statistical models that predict the current surge of the Covid-19 virus in China will result in anywhere from 600,000 to 1.6 million deaths. The scale and duration of this surge are also bad news in the global battle with the Covid-19 virus, as the predicted infection rate…
Breakthroughs and Beyond: Technology advances in 2022 that will shape 2023

With this post Bob Gourley provides a personal assessment on the greatest technological breakthroughs of 2022. These developments are so significant we recommend all should consider how they may impact business and government strategies and operations. Review with an eye towards revisiting your plans for 2023.
Space and the Future of National Security and Cybersecurity

The future of space is of keen strategic interest here at OODA Loop. As we jumpstart our research efforts for 2023, the following is a compilation of our most recent research, analysis, risk awareness, pattern recognition, and sensemaking efforts related to the future of space and its impact on cybersecurity and national security, and the…
Using OpenAI’s GPT To Produce Intelligence Reports At UnrestrictedIntelligence.com

The age of continuous crisis has placed incredible demands on intelligence analysts. Automation has not kept up in helping analysts meet the ever expanding demands for quality intelligence. Search tools for the enterprise are supposed to help intelligence analysts, but almost all broken and underperform, especially over unstructured text.
Time to Reconsider How State Actors are Defined in Cyberspace

Since the late 1990s, geopolitics have increasingly become a driver of hostilities between nation states and their non-state sympathizers. Hostile cyber attacks have been influential in expressing one state’s views against another during periods of political tensions, as they have served as a signaling agent without crossing a threshold of destruction that could warrant more…
The OODA Loop Series: Autonomous Everything

In a series of posts entitled Autonomous Everything, we explore automation in all its technological forms, including legacy working assumptions about the term itself. Autonomy is not just for the future of the car and personal mobility but includes powerful platforms in a broad autonomous future. We began the series in June at the bleeding…
The Year Past and Looking into the Future at the December 2022 OODA Network Member Meeting

OODA hosts a monthly video call to help members optimize opportunities and reduce risk to discuss items of common interest to our membership. These highly collaborative sessions are always a great way for our members to meet and interact with each other while talking about topics like global risks, emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and current or…
Top 10 OODAcasts Episodes of 2022

We started the OODAcast as a way of highlighting insights and lessons learned from leaders and decision-makers in the OODA Network including former intelligence community leaders and operators. With over 20,000 views to date of the entire OODAcast library on YouTube, the following lists are comprised of the Top 10 OODAcasts for 2022 as determined…
2022 Year-end Review: Cybersecurity

Once again, 2022 was marked by security professionals reacting to threats, incidents, and vulnerabilities of a previously unheard-of frequency, volume, and scale. For another year, cybersecurity efforts by the federal government in collaboration with corporate IT continued in earnest. We capture it all in this 2022 year-end review of cybersecurity.
2022 Year-end Review: Geopolitical Risk and Technology

If 2021 felt like an inflection point (as geopolitical strategy intersected with technology-driven innovation and tactics), 2022 was back to the future: technology is now the clear exponential driver of tactical maneuvers for military and geographic competitive advantage – all the while referencing nationalistic, technology-focused strategic blueprints. The goal? The strategic geopolitical and technological domination…
2022 Year-end Review: Federal

A chronological review of highlights from a difficult and busy year for the Federal Government, including the January 6th Committee proceedings and final report, mass shootings and climate crisis emergencies, and a busy and successful legislative agenda. Federal efforts in cybersecurity as well as critical infrastructure security and supply chain initiatives are also addressed in…
Top 10 Original Analysis Posts of 2022

The following list is comprised of the Top 10 OODA Loop Original Analysis posts for 2022 as determined by the number of page views for each article. If you value our analysis, please consider a subscription (click here). One hundred percent of the subscription goes towards the curation of our popular Daily Intelligence Report and…
Top 10 News Briefs of 2022

The following list is comprised of the Top 10 OODA Loop News Briefs of 2022 as determined by the number of page views for each article. If you value our analysis, please consider a subscription (click here). One hundred percent of the subscription goes towards the curation of our popular Daily Intelligence Report and original…
Top 10 Sensemaking and Executive Guide Pages of 2022

It has been another interesting and dynamic year on the security and intelligence front and OODA Loop was there to cover it all. The following list is comprised of the Top 10 Sensemaking and Member Resources Pages of 2022 as determined by the number of page views for each page. We also included posts that…
OODA Loop 2022: The Past, Present, and Future of ChatGPT, GPT-3, OpenAI, NLMs, and NLP

As the Tok-Tok security threat, Elon Musk’s Twitter debacle, and ChatGPT all vied for the top spot as the final big story in the technology-obsessed zeitgeist for 2022, we focused on ChatGPT in the context of OODA Loop research and analysis over the course of the year on AI. We begin with the recent posts…

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Apple, Nvidia Are in Talks to Invest in OpenAI

Apple is in talks to invest in OpenAI, a move that would cement ties to a partner integral to its efforts to gain ground in the artificial-intelligence race. The investment would be part of a new OpenAI fundraising round that would value the ChatGPT maker above $100 billion, people familiar with the situation said. The…
Why companies including JPMorgan and Walmart are opting for internal gen AI assistants after initially restricting usage

Eighteen months after restricting employee use of generative artificial intelligence solutions like ChatGPT, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon rolled out an AI assistant of the company’s own making. In an almost full-circle fashion, the solution is built on the technology of ChatGPT’s maker, OpenAI. Dubbed LLM Suite, the banking giant has already released the service…
Amazon’s new Alexa voice assistant will use Claude AI

The improved version of Alexa that Amazon’s expected to release this year will primarily be powered by Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence model, according to Reuters. The publication reports that initial versions of Amazon’s smarter, subscription-based voice assistant that used the company’s own AI proved insufficient, often struggling with words and responding to user prompts. Amazon’s…
UN says Israel agrees to pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations

Israel has agreed to temporarily pause fighting in areas of Gaza to allow the distribution of polio vaccines. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it received a preliminary commitment for these temporary “humanitarian pauses.” The distribution of polio vaccines in Gaza is crucial. Deteriorating conditions from the war are enabling the spread of disease…
Honduras Says It Will End Extradition Treaty With United States

Honduras has announced that it plans to end its extradition treaty with the United States. The announcement comes in response to criticism from the American ambassador to Honduras about a meeting between Honduras and Venezuela. Honduran officials became angry with the U.S. when Laura Dogu, the U.S. ambassador to the country, commented on her surprise…
WFP suspends staff movements in Gaza after Israeli forces attack its team

The World Food Programme (WFP) is pausing the movement of its employees in the Gaza Strip after gunfire hit a WFP vehicle. The vehicle was near an Israeli-controlled checkpoint. This is the first time over the course of the war that a WFP vehicle has been directly shot at while located near a checkpoint. The…
Greek vessel attacked by Houthis in Red Sea appears to be leaking oil, Pentagon warns

Last week, Houthi rebels attacked a Greek vessel in the Red Sea. Now, the ship appears to be leaking oil in what could possibly be an environmental catastrophe. The Houthis, an Iran-backed group, have been targeting ships traveling through the Red Sea for months. The attacks are in response to the Israeli offensive against Palestinians…
Ransomware Gang Leaks Data Allegedly Stolen From Microchip Technology

The Play ransomware group published data which was allegedly stolen from Microchip Technology. Last week, Microchip revealed that it had been hit by a cyberattack. The company is still experiencing disruptions in its ability to fulfill orders. The Play ransomware group listed Microchip on its website on August 27. Two days later, the group began…
US Government Issues Advisory on Ransomware Group Blamed for Halliburton Cyberattack

The U.S. government has issued an advisory on the RansomHub ransomware group. RansomHub is believed to have been behind the attack on Halliburton last week. Halliburton is the world’s second largest oil company. Although details have not yet been shared with the public, it is believed the company was targeted in a ransomware attack. Several…
Google Catches Russian APT Reusing Exploits From Spyware Merchants NSO Group, Intellexa

Researchers at Google have found signs that a Russian threat actor is reusing iOS and Chrome exploits. These researchers have observed Russia’s APT29 using exploits very similar to one’s used by NSO Group and Intellexa. This suggests that the tools may have been acquired between state-backed actors. APT29 has been connected to multiple high-profile attacks,…
U.S. Agencies Warn of Iranian Hacking Group’s Ongoing Ransomware Attacks

U.S. agencies discovered that an Iranian hacking group, Pioneer Kitten, has breached multiple organizations around the country. Pioneer Kitten is also coordinating with affiliate groups to launch ransomware attacks. The group is also known as Fox Kitten, Lemon Sandstorm, Parasite, and UNC757. The threat actor is connected to the government of Iran and likely uses…
Meta says its Llama AI models being used by banks, tech companies

Meta’s Llama artificial intelligence models are being used by companies including Goldman Sachs and AT&T for business functions like customer service, document review and computer code generation, the social media giant said in a statement on Thursday. The mostly free-of-charge Llama models have been downloaded almost 350 million times since Meta began releasing them publicly…
Anthropic releases AI model system prompts, winning praise for transparency

The OpenAI rival startup Anthropic yesterday released system prompts for its Claude family of AI models and committed to doing so going forward, setting what appears to be a new standard of transparency for the fast-moving gen AI industry, according to observers. System prompts act much like the operating instructions of large language models (LLMs),…
IBM Cloud to offer Intel’s Gaudi 3 AI chips next year

Intel has found its first cloud customer for its Gaudi 3 AI accelerator chip: IBM Cloud. IBM and Intel on Thursday said IBM Cloud will begin offering Gaudi 3 to customers early next year. The chip’s accelerators will be available for both hybrid and on-premise environments, and IBM says it plans to enable support for Gaudi…
As China upgrades its androids, is ‘more human than human’ on the horizon?

Shortly after the release of Alien: Romulus – the new film in a science fiction series that has often depicted artificial intelligence as ruthlessly calculating – a decidedly more optimistic mood filled the halls at the World Robot Conference in the southeast of Beijing. There, the models on display prompted more academic conversations in lieu…
Nvidia Can’t Escape Shadow of AI Spending Fears

Nvidia has made life at the top look easy. But staying there is going to be anything but. The chip maker, which has gone from a niche videogame component supplier to a $3 trillion enterprise in just a few years, put up another round of strong results Wednesday. Its now-dominant data center segment increased revenue…
Maduro taps a hard-line loyalist to oversee Venezuela’s police, raising fears of a further crackdown

Maduro has named a long time ally as Interior Minister in a move that many say foreshadows further crackdowns. Maduro has named a long time ally as Interior Minister. Diosdado Cabello has served in a number of positions in the government and was early support Hugo Chavez. The Interior Minister has board authority of the…
China’s lending to Africa rises for first time in seven years, study shows

China has adopted a new approach in its lending of money to African nations. For the first time in several years, China’s lending to African states has increased. Researchers believe that this increase in lending represents a shift in Chinese strategy. They believe that China is attempting to move away from risky deals with heavily…
Iran operated fake human-resources firm to root out unfriendly spies, researchers say

Iranian linked groups were found to be behind a campaign to identify potential western collaborators. Researchers have uncovered a number of fake companies that were used by Iranian linked groups to identify potential moles. The operation has been linked to APT 42 and has been in operation since 2017. The operation used accounts across multiple…
DICK’S Sporting Goods third-party hack exposes ‘confidential’ info

Dick’s Sporting Goods has reported that its internal systems have been breached. Dick’s Sporting Goods has informed the Securities and Exchange Commission that its internal systems have been breached. The cyber attack was able to access confidential company information and is still on going. There is no publicly available information at this time as to…
CISA Flags Critical Apache OFBiz Flaw Amid Active Exploitation Reports

CISA has added a new flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. A vulnerability of the Apache OFBiz system has been added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog after CISA has received information about in the wild exploitation. This vulnerability is related to a previously patched vulnerability in the Apache OFBiz system. There are currently…
Google Now Offering Up to $250,000 for Chrome Vulnerabilities

Google has increased the rewards for identifying Chrome vulnerabilities. Google has significantly increased the rewards available to those that identify vulnerabilities in Chrome. The highest rewards are available to those that can demonstrate remote code execution in non-sandbox environments. Additional rewards are available for those that demonstrate flaws in MiraclePtr and flaws related to memory…
Plaud’s NotePin is another AI wearable for remembering everything

After creating an impressive (not to mention somewhat TikTok famous) AI-powered voice recorder, Plaud is launching a more ambitious gadget: a wearable designed to be with you all the time, recording your notes and meetings and helping you get stuff done. The device is called the NotePin, and the pill-shaped gadget and accessory lineup seems…
Anthropic launches Claude Artifacts generally for all users, mobile

Earlier this summer, the San Francisco-based AI startup Anthropic — a leading rival of OpenAI when it comes to developing useful new large language models (LLMs) — unveiled a surprise new feature it called “Artifacts.” The feature allowed users of Anthropic’s Claude family of LLMs and chatbots on the web to enable a new window…
Rising cloud costs leave CIOs seeking ways to cope

If you’re stressing over cloud cost increases, you’re not alone. Three out of every five organizations saw cloud spending increase in the past year, with nearly four in 10 who experienced price hikes saying their costs jumped by more than 25% — this according to a recent survey of IT professionals commissioned by cloud provider…
Boston Dynamics: What We Need In The Emerging Golden Age Of Robotics

While two-legged humanoid robots are super-popular right now from manufacturers like Apptronik, Amazon (in partnership with Agility Robotics), Sanctuary AI, Figure.ai, Tesla, and Fourier Intelligence, it’s likely that robot innovation will diversify rather than consolidate over the next few years as we enter an emerging golden age of robotics. At least, that’s my key takeaway…
AI’s race for US energy butts up against bitcoin mining

U.S. technology companies are pursuing energy assets held by bitcoin miners as they race to secure a shrinking supply of electricity for their rapidly expanding artificial intelligence and cloud computing data centers. Those data centers are driving the fastest U.S. power demand growth since the start of the millennium, outpacing grid expansions and leaving giant…
Mexico Pauses Relations With U.S. Embassy Amid Clash Over Judicial Overhaul

Yesterday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico announced that the Mexican government is “pausing” relations with the U.S. Embassy. This statement follows months of building tensions in Mexico. López Obrador has been making plans to rebuild the judiciary, affecting both diplomatic ties with the U.S. and Mexico’s political system. Now, the pause in relations…
At least 9 killed as Israel launches major raid on occupied West Bank

Israel has launched a major raid on the occupied West Bank, deploying hundreds of soldiers as well as jets and drones. At least nine Palestinians have been killed thus far in the attack. This large-scale ground and air attack is the largest such operation in around two decades. The raid began early this morning and…
Top Biden Aide Visits China to Reinforce U.S. Strategy

Jake Sullivan, the U.S. national security adviser, arrived in Beijing, China yesterday. As Biden’s top aide, Sullivan will aim to address various national security issues with China before a new administration enters office. Among these issues, Sullivan will discuss how the U.S. and China can work together to address fentanyl and expand high-level military contacts.…
Israeli military says captive rescued from Gaza tunnel

The Israeli military says that special forces have rescued a captive from a Gaza tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip. The captive, Kaid Farhan al-Kadi, is a 52-year-old who was captured by Hamas. During Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, he was working as a warehouse guard in southern Israel when he was abducted. Al-Kadi…
950,000 Impacted by Young Consulting Data Breach

In April, a BlackSuit ransomware attack on Young Consulting was discovered. The software solutions provider is now notifying over 950,000 individuals whose information was compromised in the data breach. The company found that the attackers were able to access its network between April 10 and April 13. The hackers stole personal information such as names,…
US Offering $2.5 Million Reward for Belarusian Malware Distributor

This week, the U.S. Department of State announced that it is offering a $2.5 million reward for information which leads to the arrest of Volodymyr Kadariya. Kadariya is a Belarusian national who is allegedly a mass malware distributor. He was indicted in June 2023 with multiple charges including wire fraud conspiracy, computer fraud conspiracy, and…
Microsoft’s Sway Serves as Launchpad for ‘Quishing’ Campaign

Researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign using Microsoft Sway. The attacks are being referred to as a “Quishing” campaign. Quishing is a method of phishing which uses QR codes leading to malicious pages. The campaign is primarily focusing on victims in Asia and North America. Anyone with a Microsoft account can access Microsoft’s Sway,…
Identity of Notorious Hacker USDoD Revealed

USDoD’s identity has been revealed through investigations by CrowdStrike and others. USDoD is an infamous hacker known for leaking high-profile data from various large organizations. Some of his targets have been the FBI, Airbus, TransUnion, National Public Data (NPD), and even CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike distributed a private report last week revealing USDoD’s identity as 33-year-old Luan…
Apple working on next-gen humanlike AI ‘personality’ that’s not Siri

Later this fall, Apple will ship a brand new, Apple Intelligence-infused Siri in iOS 18.1. The revamped digital assistant will gain a variety of new features that hopefully make it smarter than ever. But according to a new report, there’s another AI ‘personality’ in the works at Apple. This other personality, entirely separate from Siri,…
OpenAI, Adobe and Microsoft support California bill requiring watermarks on AI content

OpenAI, Adobe and Microsoft have thrown their support behind a California bill requiring tech companies to label AI-generated content, according to letters from the companies viewed by TechCrunch. The bill is headed for a final vote in August. AB 3211 requires watermarks in the metadata of AI-generated photos, videos and audio clips. Lots of AI companies…
Toward a Horizontal Robotics Platform

AI is finally beginning to fulfill its massive transformative potential, as evidenced by the spate of new AI-enabled products across text, images, video, audio, and more. But as far as production-ready products go, one modality has thus far been notably less present from this ongoing Cambrian explosion of AI: physical actions. The types of physical actions…
Anthropic publishes the ‘system prompts’ that make Claude tick

Generative AI models aren’t actually humanlike. They have no intelligence or personality — they’re simply statistical systems predicting the likeliest next words in a sentence. But like interns at a tyrannical workplace, they do follow instructions without complaint — including initial “system prompts” that prime the models with their basic qualities and what they should…
Apple is expected to debut the first generative AI iPhone at its September 9 event

Apple has announced the date of its next major event, where the iPhone 16 is expected to launch. On Monday, September 9 the tech giant is hosting a special event with the tag line “It’s Glowtime.” The event will take place at 10 am PT at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park and will…
At least 30 dead, many missing after dam bursts in eastern Sudan

Dam failure in Sudan leaves dozens dead and major city without water. A dam failure in eastern Sudan has left dozens dead and destroyed a number of settlements. The dam’s reservoir also served as the primary water source for the de facto capital of the government, Port Sudan. Aid groups say that the city is…
Russia strikes Ukraine’s power grid in ‘most massive’ attack of war

Russia has launched large scale attack against Ukrainian infrastructure. Russia has launched its largest strike of the war to date against Ukrainian infrastructure. Missiles and drones targeted facilities across the country and caused damaged to critical infrastructure such as dams and railways. The Ukrainian armed forces claimed to have intercepted large numbers of missiles and…
Israel says situation on Lebanon border ‘not sustainable’

Following an exchange of fire over the weekend, Israeli officials have not ruled out future operations. Following a series of strikes by both sides over the weekend, Israeli officials have said the situation on the Lebanon border is still not acceptable. Government assistance for displaced Israeli citizens has been extended through September leading some to…
China spent $15.3 bln on Pacific exercises in 2023, internal Taiwan estimates show

A new report estimates that China has spent over $15 billion dollars on exercises in the Pacific in 2023. An internal report conducted by the Armed Forces of Taiwan estimated that China spent over $15 billion dollars on exercises in the Pacific in 2023. This estimate was produced in order to help Taiwan develop its…
SonicWall Issues Critical Patch for Firewall Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Access

SonicWall has issued a patch for an improper access control bug. SonicWall has issued a statement that a patch has been released to protect against an improper access control bug. The bug could allow malicious actors to bypass and shutdown firewalls. The company has said that is it not aware of any in the wild…
Chinese APT Volt Typhoon Caught Exploiting Versa Networks SD-WAN Zero-Day

Versa Networks systems have been attacked by Chinese APT Volt Typhoon. Malware hunters have found that the Chinese APT Volt Typhoon have exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director systems. CISA has moved to classify this vulnerability as a “must patch” vulnerability due to this attack. Versa Networks released a statement saying that clients which…
500k Impacted by Texas Dow Employees Credit Union Data Breach

Texas Dow Employees Credit Union is notifying customers that their personal data was stolen. The Texas Dow Employees Credit Union (TDECU) is notifying customers that their personal data was stolen in 2023. TDECU’s systems were compromised in 2023 as part of the MOVEit zero-day exploit by the Russian ransomware group, Cl0p. TDECU has said that…
Critical Flaw in WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Allows Hackers Admin Access

A newly identified flaw in LiteSpeed could impact millions of WordPress sites. Researchers have identified a flaw in the LiteSpeed plugin that could allow malicious actors to gain administrative access to WordPress pages. A patch has been released for the vulnerability. Exploitation of the flaw has already begun with nearly 60,000 attacks taking place in…
China’s tech giants splash out on AI despite US restrictions

China’s tech giants have doubled capital spending this year as they splurge on artificial intelligence infrastructure, despite US sanctions designed to limit the country’s progress in the crucial technology. Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu had combined capital expenditure of Rmb50bn ($7bn) in the first half, compared with Rmb23bn a year earlier. The groups said the focus…
IBM Shuts China R&D Operations in Latest Retreat by U.S. Companies

IBM is shutting down its China research and development department, the latest retreat from the country by top U.S. technology companies. The company is moving its China R&D functions to other overseas facilities, Jack Hergenrother, an IBM executive, told employees at a virtual meeting on Monday morning, according to employees who attended. Hergenrother said IBM faced…
A robot assistant in your home? What Apple has in store for the future

We’ve long been fascinated with the idea of having robots around the house to take care of daily chores, freeing us up for more interesting pursuits. Though it would be cool to think that a robot like the Jetsons’ Rosey is just around the corner, we’re going to have to wait a bit longer for…
AI-powered coding pulls in almost $1bn of funding to claim ‘killer app’ status

AI-driven coding assistants have amassed nearly $1bn of funding since the start of last year, a signal that software engineering is becoming the first “killer app” for generative artificial intelligence. Companies such as Replit, Anysphere, Magic, Augment, Supermaven and Poolside AI raised $433mn so far this year alone, bringing the total since January 2023 to…
When A.I.’s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself

The internet is becoming awash in words and images generated by artificial intelligence. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, wrote in February that the company generated about 100 billion words per day — a million novels’ worth of text, every day, an unknown share of which finds its way onto the internet. A.I.-generated text may show up as…
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Oversees Suicide Drone Tests

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised a test of domestically-developed attack drones, state media KCNA reported. Photos published by North Korean media on Monday showed a white drone with X-shaped tails and wings crashing into and destroying a target resembling South Korea’s K-2 main battle tank. Kim, who was pictured at a desk…
China Steps Up Armed Patrols on Border as Myanmar Conflict Deepens

China’s military has stepped up army and police patrols along its western border with Myanmar amid deepening conflict between the military regime and armed groups opposed to its coup. Fighting has escalated there since late last year when ethnic armed groups formed an alliance to push the military from the area. A Beijing-brokered truce in…
Trying to Head Off War, U.S. Moves Naval Forces Closer to Israel

With fears rising that a wider war could break out in the Middle East, the United States has steadily been moving Navy forces closer to the area, including two aircraft carrier groups and a guided-missile submarine. This is a clear effort to deter Iran and its allies from more intense attacks on Israel. While the…
In a Region on Edge, Israel and Hezbollah Launch Major Attacks on Each Other

Amid fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, the two sides on Sunday mounted the biggest round of cross-border strikes since the war in Gaza began. Within hours, both sides appeared to de-escalate, at least temporarily, but signaled that the violence and dangerous tensions could continue. For weeks, Israelis have…
Uber to Appeal Dutch €290 Million GDPR Fine

The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €290 million ($320 million) for alleged failure to protect drivers’ personal information in EU-US data transfers. Uber strongly refutes the decision and it plans on filing an appeal. The Data Protection Authority (DPA) in the Netherlands says Uber collects information such as taxi licenses, location data, photos,…
Seattle-Tacoma Airport In The Crosshairs Of Hackers

The Port of Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) have been struck this weekend by a cyberattack that disrupted operations and left thousands of travelers scrambling. This incident serves as a stark warning of the persistent and escalating threats we face. The Port of Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport’s system outages, which began on Saturday morning,…
Degraded Performance Issue Sparks Concern Among CrowdStrike Customers

Some CrowdStrike customers complained on Thursday about degraded performance, which the cybersecurity giant blamed on a cloud service issue. Fortunately, unlike last month when a bad CrowdStrike update caused significant disruptions to major organizations around the world, this time the issue only caused some services not to work properly and slowed down systems. CrowdStrike rushed…