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A record year for cyberattacks on U.S. hospitals is putting patients in danger, as hospitals struggle to cope with disabled equipment and frozen data, an official from the American Hospital Association warned.

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NEW EPISODE: Axon says it has a solution for mass shootings: #Taser enabled #drones. We obtained a report that, for the first time, reveals why the company’s AI ethics board thought that was a really bad idea.LISTEN: https://t.co/rWHahFUER3 pic.twitter.com/D0NrGwvLn9— Click Here (@ClickHereShow) January 24, 2023

Apparently, Getty Images don't agree scraping images for AI training is ok. Can't believe SD thought it wouldn't have repercussions, Getty isn't a "soft" target - they have plenty of copyright lawyers.Also note: Litigations was started in London.https://t.co/8XiQg62tAg— Marius Watz (@mariuswatz) January 17, 2023

Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian, one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. Normally, Experian requires that those seeking a copy of their credit report successfully answer several multiple choice…

One of Europe’s largest insurance providers has warned that cyber attacks may become “uninsurable” as the disruption from attacks continues to grow.https://t.co/imQVfzxjgk#CIO #CISO #cybersecurity #ransomware #hacks #insurance— Jason James (@itlinchpin) January 2, 2023

Airline executives and labor leaders point to inadequate technology systems as one reason why a brutal winter storm turned into a debacle. One main culprit: Skysolver, a crew scheduling tool, which was overwhelmed by the task.

This is really not a great trend... https://t.co/u5VxTBBeaN— JesseJenkins (@JesseJenkins) December 26, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: #Okta says its GitHub source code repositories were stolen this December in a 'confidential' security notification sent to 'security contacts' that include IT managers at various organizations. pic.twitter.com/noNPPGaRyh— Ax Sharma (@Ax_Sharma) December 21, 2022

As cybersecurity researchers detail a flaw that allowed them to unlock and start Honda and Nissan cars from anywhere in the world, border and immigration agencies are buying up tech to exploit weaknesses in vehicle security.

Suffolk County officials had to return to the days of paper checks and faxes after an episode that exposed government weaknesses.

We recently found a vulnerability affecting Hyundai and Genesis vehicles where we could remotely control the locks, engine, horn, headlights, and trunk of vehicles made after 2012.To explain how it worked and how we found it, we have @_specters_ as our mock car thief: pic.twitter.com/WWyY6vFoAF— Sam Curry (@samwcyo) November 29, 2022

Aging technology and valuable data create lucrative opportunities for hackers, and severe problems for residents.

It’s kind of a rite of passage for any new social media network. They show up, insist that they’re the “platform for free speech” without quite understanding what that actua…

Internal passwords were online for more than a year before a good-faith security researcher found them.

Leaks show the army has information linking drug cartels with the ruling class.

A girl from my high school passed away yesterday and when you google her name, there are ~4-5 AI written fake obituaries and 2 youtube videos with fake death photos.I traced it down to 1 facebook post with 3 sentences. Some of this AI stuff is awful— Wes Bos (@wesbos) November 2, 2022

But at least you have something to talk about.

Chegg, a homework help app, exposed the data of 40 million users, including details about some students’ sexual orientation and religion, regulators said in a legal complaint.

As the FBI gathers more detailed statistics, the agency’s transition to a new data-collection system muddies the overall picture.

My brain is caught in a subroutine deciding whether this is hilarious or terrifying. Mostly the first. pic.twitter.com/bSz6HCz4Le— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 7, 2022

Hackers infiltrated the Mexican Defense Ministry, publishing millions of emails that detail the military’s growing influence over the civilian government.

While digital records have improved the delivery of health care and introduced features—such as alerts about potential drug allergies—that can prevent medical errors and patient harm, they have also created unforeseen safety risks and contributed to serious mistakes in treatment. Unintended consequences have resulted from challenges with electronic health records’ (EHRs) usability—meaning the design of these tools, how they’re implemented, and the way clinicians use them.