Month: June 2024
New York Times warns freelancer journalists their data may have been stolen in cyberattack
The New York Times has warned a number of its freelance associates that their data may have been stolen in a recent attack on its GitHub repositories. News recently broke of a hacker posting source code belonging to the New York Times Company on the anonymous imageboard, 4chan. The archive…
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Panera warns employees their data may have been leaked following cyberattack
Panera Bread has confirmed suffering a ransomware attack earlier this year. The company sent out a data breach notification letter to affected customers earlier this week, confirming some sensitive customer information was stolen from company servers. As per the notification letter, the company discovered the attack on March 23, 2024,…
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Sonos draws more customer anger — this time for its privacy policy
It’s been a rocky couple of months for Sonos — so much so that CEO Patrick Spence now has a canned autoreply for customers emailing him to vent about the redesigned app. But as the company works to right the ship, restore trust, and get the new Sonos Ace headphones…
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Minding the RPA management gaps
Automation has been a cornerstone of business innovation for centuries, evolving from early mechanisms like the water wheel and windmill to the revolutionary impacts of the steam engine and electricity. However, the automation process was never developed to be hands-off, e.g., leave it running and walk away. Monitoring, management, and…
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US government agency warns scammers are spoofing it — so make sure you don’t pick up this call
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the government agency looking after cybersecurity protections, has issued a warning it is being impersonated by scammers. In an alert, the organization said impersonation scams were on the rise, and that they often use the names and titles of government employees. “The…
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Disney brings playable ‘advergames’ to Hulu and ESPN
You might see two different advergames to start: Quiz Show and Beat the Block. While Quiz Show presents a series of trivia questions, Beat the Block challenges viewers to land golf balls into specific targets using their remote. Of course, they’re branded experiences, as the Beat the Block ad features…
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