In February 2024, Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), was the victim of a significant ransomware attack carried out by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group. The attackers gained access to Change Healthcare's systems for over a week between February 12 and 20 February 2024, stealing around 4 terabytes of data, including protected health information (PHI) in the process. The breach had the potential to impact up to 110 million individuals, potentially exposing sensitive h
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The European Union has warned Microsoft that it could be fined up to 1% of its global annual turnover under the bloc’s online governance regime, the Digital Services Act (DSA), after the company failed to respond to a request for information (RFI) that focused on its generative AI tools. In March 2024, the EU asked Microsoft and several other tech giants for information about systemic risks posed by generative AI tools. On 16 May 2024, the Commission said Microsoft failed to provide some reque
Seems Twitter is having many serious issues of late. A few months ago, Elon Musk started a whirlwind inside and outside the social media giant. Now regulators at the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued regulatory action against Twitter. Twitter has agreed to pay $150 million for violating a 2011 administrative order with the FTC over how it used the email addresses and phone numbers of its users for targeted advertising, the agency announced with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on May
