Topic: company response
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Starbreeze Reverses Payday 2 DLC Price Hike After Fan Backlash
Starbreeze reversed a controversial price increase for the Payday 2 Infamous Collection after swift community backlash, just one day after launching a new DLC subscription service. The company admitted the price change was poorly timed and communicated, with a studio head calling it an "unfortuna...
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Claude and Console Down: Anthropic Reports Service Outages
Anthropic experienced a significant service disruption affecting its API, Console, and Claude AI assistant, starting around 12:20 p.m. Eastern Time. The outage was brief and resolved quickly after targeted fixes, with the company continuing to monitor system performance for stability. This incide...
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Salesforce Refuses to Pay Ransom in Massive Data Breach
Salesforce has refused to pay a ransom after a data breach allegedly exposed nearly one billion customer records, emphasizing its policy against negotiating with cybercriminals despite the risk of data exposure. The attack, initiated in May, involved English-speaking operatives tricking employees...
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Microsoft Employee Protests Reach Boiling Point
Microsoft employees and activists are protesting the company's business dealings in Israel, demanding an end to Azure contracts with the Israeli military and government, and advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza. The protests have escalated to include public demonstrations, encampments, and targetin...
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Perplexity Faces Lawsuit Over Reddit Data Scraping
Reddit has sued Perplexity and three data-scraping firms in federal court, accusing them of bypassing access controls to harvest Reddit content on a large scale, including through Google search results. Perplexity defends its actions by stating it only summarizes and cites Reddit discussions with...
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Mystery Solved: Weather Balloon, Not Space Debris, Hit United Flight
The damage to a United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX cockpit window was caused by a collision with a weather balloon from WindBorne Systems, resolving initial speculation about space debris or birds. Online investigators, including YouTube creator Scott Manley, played a key role by correlating flight d...
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1.2 Million SimonMed Patients Hit by Data Breach
Over 1.2 million patients of SimonMed Imaging were affected by a data breach, where hackers gained unauthorized network access, potentially exposing sensitive personal and medical information. The Medusa ransomware group claimed responsibility, demanding a $1 million ransom after exfiltrating 212...
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DaVita Data Breach Exposes 2.7 Million Patients in Ransomware Attack
DaVita suffered a ransomware attack exposing personal, health, and financial data of approximately 2.7 million patients. The Interlock ransomware gang claimed responsibility and published stolen data after failed negotiations with the company. DaVita is notifying affected individuals, offering cr...
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How Mercedes F1 Uses Data & Tech to Dominate Race Day
Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team leverages cutting-edge technology and data analytics to maintain its competitive edge in Formula One racing. The team’s sophisticated IT infrastructure supports everything from real-time race simulations to global lo...
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Astronomer CEO Steps Down After Coldplay Concert Controversy
Astronomer's CEO Andy Byron resigned after a viral moment at a Coldplay concert, where the "kiss cam" captured him with the company's chief people officer, sparking widespread media attention. The controversy overshadowed Astronomer's recent $93 million Series D funding, leading to Byron's admini...
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Nucor Data Breach: Hackers Stole Sensitive Info, Steel Giant Confirms
Nucor Corporation, a major North American steel manufacturer, confirmed a cyberattack resulting in the theft of sensitive data, impacting its operations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The company temporarily shut down systems and paused production at some facilities, engaging law enforcemen...
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Trump Administration Halts Offshore Wind Project
The Trump administration has halted the nearly complete Revolution Wind offshore energy project, citing national security and maritime activity concerns, as part of a broader effort to restrict wind power development. The suspension follows a U.S. Commerce Department probe into whether wind turbi...
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Capita Fined £14M Over 6.6 Million People Data Breach
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has fined Capita £14 million for a major data breach that exposed the personal details of 6.6 million individuals, affecting hundreds of organizations including pension providers and public sector bodies. The breach began in March 2023 when hackers explo...
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Tech-Savvy Stalkers Can Exploit Tile Tracking Tags, Study Finds
Tile tracking devices contain security vulnerabilities that allow malicious actors to monitor users' locations through unencrypted broadcasts of identifying information. The system's design enables potential mass surveillance by Tile's parent company or unauthorized parties, and anti-stalking saf...
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Sam Altman Defends GPT-5 Against Critics
GPT-5's launch faced criticism for technical issues and unmet expectations, with users and critics labeling it an incremental improvement rather than the promised revolutionary leap. Despite initial backlash, CEO Sam Altman defends GPT-5's capabilities and long-term potential, asserting it accele...
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Tile Trackers' Security Flaw Exposes Users to Stalking Risk
A security flaw in Tile tracking devices allows malicious actors to exploit vulnerabilities for stalking, enabling unauthorized tracking through unencrypted data broadcasts and static MAC addresses. Unlike competitors that rotate both unique IDs and MAC addresses, Tile only changes the unique ID,...
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Google: Salesloft AI Agent Data Breach Escalates Significantly
Google has issued a critical alert warning that all security tokens for Salesloft Drift AI should be considered compromised due to unauthorized access via stolen credentials. The breach, initially thought to be limited to Salesforce integration, has expanded to include other services, prompting G...
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Ahold Delhaize Data Breach Exposes 2.2 Million Users
Ahold Delhaize suffered a major data breach in November 2024, compromising sensitive personal, financial, and health data of over 2.2 million individuals due to a ransomware attack on its U.S. systems. The breach exposed details like Social Security numbers, bank accounts, and health records, tho...
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UBS Employee Data Leaked in Third-Party Cyberattack
A data breach at supplier Chain IQ exposed sensitive employee data (including CEO details) from UBS and Pictet, though customer information remained unaffected. The leaked data appeared on dark web platforms, raising concerns about potential ransomware demands and AI-powered social engineering at...
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Japan's Favorite Beer Vanishes After Ransomware Attack
A severe ransomware attack has halted production at most of Asahi's Japanese factories, causing a potential nationwide shortage of Asahi Super Dry beer with no clear restart date. Retailers warn that Asahi Super Dry inventory could run out in 2-3 days, with other products following, and while sub...
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EU Investigates SAP for Antitrust Violations in Software Support
The European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into SAP's software support services, examining whether the company abuses its dominant market position to impose restrictive contract terms in violation of EU competition law. Investigators are focusing on four practices, including ...
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Nothing Super Mic: A Small But Mighty Upgrade for Earbud Audio
Nothing's Ear 3 introduces Super Mic, which relocates the primary microphone to the charging case for clearer audio by positioning it closer to the mouth. Super Mic excels with aggressive noise cancellation in loud environments but can cause choppy audio and has noticeable latency in video, affec...
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AWS Outage Cripples Fortnite, Alexa, and Snapchat
A major AWS outage is causing widespread service disruptions for platforms like Fortnite, Alexa, and Snapchat, primarily affecting the US-EAST-1 Region and other global areas. The outage has rendered services non-responsive, impacting smart assistants, scheduled routines, and applications from co...
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Gamer pleads guilty to threatening Epic Games employees
Jayden Griffin, a 19-year-old from South Dakota, pleaded guilty to sending death threats to Epic Games employees in late 2024, facing up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He admitted in court that he intended the threats to be perceived as genuine and reversed his initial not-guilty pl...
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Insight Partners Hit by Ransomware Attack, Exposing Staff and Investor Data
Insight Partners suffered a significant data breach due to a sophisticated cyberattack, compromising personal information of over 12,600 individuals. The stolen data included banking details, tax information, and personal records of employees and limited partners, highlighting vulnerabilities in ...
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Hacking Group 'Crimson Collective' Claims Nintendo Breach
Nintendo is facing a potential security breach, as the hacking group Crimson Collective claims to have infiltrated its internal systems and provided a screenshot as evidence, though Nintendo has not yet confirmed the incident. Crimson Collective, which previously breached Red Hat and exfiltrated ...
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TransUnion Data Breach Exposes 4.4 Million Customers' Personal Info
TransUnion experienced a data breach affecting 4.4 million customers, caused by unauthorized access to a third-party application used for consumer support. While the company claims no credit information was compromised, it has not provided evidence or clarified what personal data was exposed, rai...
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Google's NYC Offices Face Bedbug Infestation
Workers at Google's New York Chelsea campus were alerted to a potential bedbug infestation after pest control specialists and a detection dog found evidence of the insects. Employees were instructed to avoid the affected office until extermination was completed, with the all-clear given the next ...
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