TransUnion Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 4.4 Million U.S. Consumers in Salesforce Attack
TransUnion, one of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, has confirmed a data breach impacting over 4.4 million people in the United States....
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HSB, Relayr Team Up To Offer ‘First-of-a-Kind’ IoT-Focused Insurance
Relayr has said it is partnering with Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB), part of Munich Re, to create customized insurance products to relayr's customers making...
Tesla Acquires Germany’s Grohmann Engineering to Boost In-House Automated Manufacturing
Electric carmaker Tesla said Tuesday it has entered into an agreement to acquire Grohmann Engineering, an engineering company in Prüm, Germany, which will become...
Telecommunications Firm Windstream to Acquire Earthlink in $1.1 Billion Deal
U.S. telecommunications firm Windstream Holdings, Inc. said Monday it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Earthlink Holdings Corp. under which Windstream and...
Dept. of Energy Awards $32 Million in Funding for Connected Tech Resulting in Energy Efficiency
The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) on Wednesday announced up to $32 million in funding for what it called “10 innovative projects,”...
Lawmakers Urge FTC to ‘Use all Tools at its Disposal’ to Compel IoT Manufacturers Reinforce Security of IoT Devices
Reps. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., wrote a letter on Thursday to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez urging the agency...
IoT Security 101: Researchers Demonstrate How to Launch a Citywide Bricking Attack
How to launch a citywide bricking attack? Too easy, thanks to the proliferation of IoT devices that have blanketed the landscape in recent times....
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TransUnion Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 4.4 Million U.S. Consumers in Salesforce Attack
TransUnion, one of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, has confirmed a data breach impacting over 4.4 million people in the United States....
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EU Begins Enforcement of Landmark AI Law, Imposing Tough Restrictions and Fines
The European Union has officially begun enforcing its groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) law, marking a major step in global AI regulation. As of Sunday,...
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Bipartisan Bill Would Bolster Security Defenses Against Open-Source Software Vulnerabilities
Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, have proposed a bill to help protect federal and critical infrastructure systems by strengthening the security...
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OMB Unveils Code.gov, Federal Open Source Platform
The White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has launched Code.gov, a platform for all of the federal government's custom-developed software.
Federal CIO Tony Scott...
IoT Acceleration Consortium and Industrial Internet Consortium Collaborate to Harmonize IoT
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the global, member supported organization that promotes the accelerated growth of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), said on...
Federal Employees Impacted by OPM Breach Urged to Re-Enroll for Protection Services
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ROMAD’s Genetic Sequencing of Malware Families Offers Unique Prevention and Detection Capabilities
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