Louisiana today took the rare step of declaring a state of emergency following multiple ransomware attacks on schools in the north of the state. The ransomware attacks, first detected on July 23, encrypted data on school computer systems in the Parishes of Oachita (City of Monroe School District), Morehouse and Sabine. Phones, files and computer ...

Some residents of Johannesberg, South Africa, have been left without power after the city’s electricity supplier was struck by ransomware. City Power, the local power company was struck by an unnamed form of ransomware on Thursday morning local time, encrypting all of its databases and applications in the process an affecting most of its network. ...

Facebook Inc. co-founder Chris Hughes is working with the U.S. government on how to break up the company, according to a new report Thursday from the New York Times. Hughes (pictured) is said to be collaborating with two leading antitrust academics, Scott Hemphill of New York University and Tim Wu of Columbia University, and has met with the ...

Two health-tech companies that went public Thursday showed there’s still a willing audience for tech-related initial public offerings, as both enjoyed a price pop on their debuts. Livongo Health Inc., a Silicon Valley-based digital health company that offers smart, connected devices for personalized digital guidance, went public on the Nasdaq exchange at $28 per share and ...

The New York State Department of Financial Services has established a new division specifically tasked with licensing and overseeing cryptocurrency startups. The new Research and Innovation Division has been established to formally “support internal transformation and market innovation” within the state. Along with licensing and industry supervision, the division has been tasked to assess new ...

A new report from Unit 42, the threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks Inc. has uncovered 34 million vulnerabilities across leading cloud service providers, highlighting that organizations are struggling with securing cloud installations. Released today, the Cloudy with a Chance of Entropy report analyzed data from January 2018 to June 2019 to uncover the ...

A new form of Android spyware embedded in functional fake apps is one of the most sophisticated ever seen, according to a new report today. Discovered by cybersecurity researchers at Lookout Inc. and dubbed “Monokle,” the spyware is said to have been developed by Russia-based company Special Technology Centre Ltd., which was sanctioned by the U.S. ...

Developing self-driving car technology is hard. From Tesla Inc. vehicles killing some drivers to Uber Technologies Inc. cars running over pedestrians, many a company has struggled, and today GM Cruise joined the pack. The General Motors Co.-owned self-driving car firm announced Wednesday it’s delaying plans to roll out a commercial self-driving taxi service until at least ...

Lancaster University is the latest educational institution to be hacked, with data related to as many as 12,500 students stolen in the process. The hack, described as a “sophisticated and malicious” by the BBC involved a phishing campaign that saw bogus invoices sent to undergraduate applicants. While claiming that only a small number of records ...

With Apple Inc. expected to release its latest iPhones in September, the rumor mill is ramping up with a report that the company is planning to release three new phones each sporting a trio of rear cameras. The latest “leak” comes via 9to5Mac, which reported that the new models will be powered by Apple’s A13 chip ...