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StockNews.com · Aug 12, 2024

Massive leak of US personal information shows up on hacking forum, including almost 2.7 billion records

Almost 2.7 billion records containing names, addresses, and even Social Security numbers of US residents has shown up as a free download on a popular hacking forum.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 12, 2024

Post Office cash transactions hit record £3.7bn in July

The return to summer weather in July helped contribute to the record cash handling month, the Post Office said.

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2024

AMD's 'Sinkclose' vulnerability affects hundreds of millions of processors, enables data theft — AMD begins patching issue in critical chip lines, more to follow

Virtually unfixable 'Sinkclose' vulnerability affects hundreds of millions of AMD EPYC, Ryzen, Athlon, Phenom, and other processors.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 9, 2024

Iran hackers target US officials to influence election, Microsoft says

Hackers tried breaking into account of ‘high-ranking official’ on US presidential campaign, researchers say

The Guardian - US · Aug 9, 2024

Delta Escalates Legal Battle With CrowdStrike, Microsoft Amid $550M Loss From IT Outage

The outage, which became one of the most significant technical disruptions in recent memory, led to a $380 million loss in revenue for Delta.

International Business Times · Aug 9, 2024

UK riots: 6,000 riot officers to be deployed this weekend as police remain on ‘high alert’ – as it happened

Prime minister says he believes swift processing of rioters in courts has deterring effect but says police are poised for any further disruption

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024

Sadiq Khan says he does not feel safe as a Muslim following far-right riots

The London mayor said he felt ‘triggered’ by the violent disorder that has swept the country

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2024

GhostWrite vulnerability exploits architectural bug in RISC-V CPU to gain root access

Researchers from Germany recently outlined a hardware flaw in two popular RISC-V CPUs that could grant attackers root access in less than a second.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 8, 2024

Nearly 3 Billion People Hacked in National Public Data Breach. What You Need to Know

A database of almost 3 billion people's personal information stolen from National Public Data, a background checking company, was for sale on the dark web for $3.5 million.

Kiplinger · Aug 8, 2024