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January 05, 2023

Meta hit with $413 million fine in EU for breaking GDPR rules

Regulatory wrangling results in a huge new fine over Facebook and Instagram data handling, even as Meta vows to appeal and EU data protection groups prepare for a court battle. Read more ▶

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Sponsored by DataStax: Why CIOs Need to Understand Apache Cassandra

There are many reasons that 90% of the Fortune 100 use this scalable, open-source database. Here’s why you should consider Cassandra.

The BISO: bringing security to business and business to security

Even the most tech-savvy leaders can use an effective liaison between corporate and cybersecurity—the business information security officer (BISO) bridges communications gaps and acts as a security evangelist and gatekeeper.

Cyberattacks against governments jumped 95% in last half of 2022, CloudSek says

India, the US, Indonesia, and China accounted for 40% of the total reported cyberattacks in the government sector.

Image: PyTorch suffers supply chain attack via dependency confusion

PyTorch suffers supply chain attack via dependency confusion

A rogue packet on the machine learning framework allowed the attacker to exfiltrate data, including SSH keys.

LockBit apologizes for ransomware attack on hospital, offers decryptor

The LockBit ransomware-as-a-service operation said it is against its rules to attack medical institutions, but the ransomware gang's affiliates do not always adhere to this policy.

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