April 5, 2024 at 09:58AM Panera Bread’s recent week-long outage was caused by a ransomware attack, leading to encrypted virtual machines and preventing access to data and applications. Panera has not identified the responsible ransomware group and has not responded to inquiries about the incident. Employees expressed concerns about the company’s lack of transparency regarding … Read more
January 29, 2024 at 10:38AM Three former DHS employees were sentenced for stealing government software and databases with personal data of 200,000 federal employees. Charles K. Edwards received 1.5 years in prison, Sonal Patel was sentenced to 2 years of probation, and Murali Y. Venkata received 4 months in prison. They shared the stolen assets … Read more
November 29, 2023 at 09:35PM A US congressional committee is considering whether to ban Chinese LiDAR devices due to national security concerns. They requested an investigation into the technology, as it could potentially be used for military purposes or contain malware, and noted its association with human rights abuses in China. **Takeaways from Meeting:** 1. … Read more