Hacker forum post claims UnitedHealth paid $22 million ransom in bid to recover data
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A post on a hacker forum popular with cybercriminals has claimed UnitedHealth Group paid $22 million in a bid to recover access to data…
Hackers advertise sale of 23andMe data on leaked data forum
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A hacker is advertising millions of “pieces of data” stolen from the family genetics websites 23andMe, according to posts made to an online forum…
Musk, Zuckerberg, Gates to join US senators for AI forum
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat is bringing U.S. technology leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Sundar…
Samsung Foundry Forum 2022
Samsung targets mass production of 2nm process technology by 2025 and 1.4nm by 2027 Samsung plans to expand its production capacity for the advanced nodes by more than 3X by…
US electronic voting: convenience, costs, and concerns
As United States election officials count votes, the debate over electronic voting machines takes centre stage: Are they secure and efficient? Many regions in the United States have implemented electronic…
Huawei’s David Wang: UBB advanced paves the way to All intelligence
At the 10th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2024), David Wang, Huawei’s Executive Director of the Board and Chairman of the ICT Infrastructure Managing Board, delivered a keynote speech titled “UBB Advanced…
Costa Rica: First country in the world to use AI to create its Nation Brand strategy
Ten years after the launch of essential COSTA RICA, this Nation Brand took the initiative to define its strategy for the next decade, by applying one of its values, innovation, becoming…
ISU at Record Breaking IAC24 Milan
This is a Special Webnews, straight from the orbital heights of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan! What a week it was! Between countless meetings, networking with global leaders, and…
The hacker who faked his own death to avoid paying alimony to his wife
Jesse Kipf is no ordinary hacker because he faked his own death and hacked security systems. Kipf wanted to evade paying alimony to his ex-wife for a rather strange and…
Reshaping finance: Huawei’s commitment to 4-zero and resilient infrastructure
On the first day of GITEX GLOBAL 2024, the Huawei Finance Forum was held under the theme of Boost Resilience, Reshaping Smarter Finance Together. This forum explored how to build…