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Openai is going to collaborate with the government
US-based artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI is investigating whether Chinese rival DeepSeek used its data in an inappropriate way. This comes after US President Donald Trump announced a $500 million investment in US AI infrastructure. OpenAI has also partnered with the US National Laboratories to supply the government with advanced models for things like cybersecurity,…
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The CEO of Delta said CrowdStrike cost the airline $500 million in 5 days
Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian has said the airline is looking into legal action against cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike after a software update caused a massive outage on Microsoft Windows. Bastian said Delta was dependent on both CrowdStrike and Microsoft. He added that the airline was forced to cancel over 5,000 flights as a result of…
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The Department of Transportation is investigating Delta’s flight delays and cancelations
US carrier Delta Air Lines has cancelled several flights due to global software glitch that occurred on Friday. “We remain entirely focused on restoring our operation after cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike’s faulty Windows update rendered IT systems across the globe inoperable,” the airline said in a statement. It added that teams are constantly working to get…
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After the US banned its software, the firm denied that it’s a hazard
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said that the US is “not afraid of the consequences” after it banned Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from providing its services. “We certainly don’t want to disruption the business or families of any Americans,” she added. The ban comes amid US’ concerns over Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election…
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The effects of artificial intelligence on the 2024 elections
OpenAI, a US-based cybersecurity organisation, has revealed that foreign influence operations like Russia’s ‘Doppleganger’ and China’s ‘Spamoflauge’ are experimenting with generative AI to automate operations. OpenAI said established networks like ‘Doppleganger’ and China’s ‘Spamoflauge’ were experimenting with generative AI. It said they were using basic words and meanings and even the words they use, were…
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The health care company has ties with the Russian-linked criminals
UnitedHealth Group, the health insurer, confirmed that a cyber attack on healthcare providers nationwide has been identified as the work of Blackcat. The attack has led to more than a week-long outage of the United-owned Change Healthcare system, disrupting payments at hospitals, clinics and pharmacies across the US. UnitedHealth is currently working with Google-owned Mandiant…
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The push to ban TikTok in the US is not about privacy
The White House is working on a labeling program to secure internet-of-Things (IoT) devices and incentivise manufacturers to meet cybersecurity standards, the National Security Council (NSC) said. “A labelling program to secure such devices would provide American consumers with…peace of mind that the technology being brought into their homes is safe, and incentivise manufacturers to…
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More than 200 million email addresses have been leaked by hackers.
Twitter has been hacked and a database containing email addresses of more than 100 million users was leaked online, cybersecurity firm Zatko reported. The database was reportedly being sold on one hacking forum for as little as $2. Zatko claimed that Twitter’s shortcomings on security reflected a breach of Twitter’s binding commitments to the Federal…
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TikTok is subject to government-issued devices being banned.
The White House is planning a program to secure Internet of Things (IoT) devices that could be put on store shelves. It said the programme would “incentivise manufacturers to meet higher cybersecurity standards, and retailers to market secure devices”. It added that the move would provide American consumers “peace of mind” that the technology being…