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A massive ransomware cyberattack that has crippled Nevada’s state government since Sunday has resulted in some data being moved outside of the network by “malicious actors,” state officials said Wednesday. State agency officials would not disclose the nature of the data that was taken outside the state network during the press conference in Carson City, and stressed that it is …

A 2022 file photo demonstrating Clearview AI’s facial recognition software. Seth Wenig/Associated Press hide caption toggle caption Seth Wenig/Associated Press States are increasingly clamping down on how tech companies digitally scan and analyze our most sensitive and potentially lucrative commodity: the faces, eyeballs and other “biometric” data of millions of people. While facial recognition technology is unregulated at the federal …

Rocky material that impacted Mars lies scattered in giant lumps throughout the planet’s mantle, offering clues about Mars’ interior and its ancient past. What appear to be fragments from the aftermath of massive impacts on Mars that occurred 4.5 billion years ago have been detected deep below the planet’s surface. The discovery was made thanks to NASA’s now-retired InSight lander, …

A recent breach involving the software company Salesforce (CRM) has escalated into a global cybersecurity crisis, affecting companies such as Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google. Recently, about 2.5 million Gmail users may have been affected by a breach that allowed hackers to craft highly convincing scam messages, tricking people into giving away private account details. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌍 Researchers use supercomputers to simulate and predict earthquake dynamics with unprecedented detail. 🏢 The EQSIM project highlights how geological conditions can amplify or dampen seismic waves. 💡 Smaller earthquakes can cause more damage than larger ones due to specific geological factors. 🔍 Simulations provide critical data to enhance infrastructure resilience and disaster preparedness. In a groundbreaking …

Trump’s Fed Feud Spotlights Mortgage Data Privacy: Is Your Information Public?  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

More than 2.5 billion Gmail users could be at risk following a massive cyberattack that compromised a Google database managed through Salesforce’s cloud platform. The incident, linked to hacker group ShinyHunters, is being described by security experts as one of the largest breaches in Google’s history. How the Breach Happened The attack, which began in June 2025, relied on social …

CHICAGO — Heatwaves aren’t the only thing that have driven up ComEd bills this summer. Electricity rates went up this summer thanks, in part, to increasing demand for electrical power brought on by the explosion of artificial intelligence — and their required data centers — across the country, experts said. Companies that provide cloud computing and artificial intelligence services — …

The top data official from the Social Security Administration is warning that the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has put the Social Security information of more than 300 million Americans at risk of exposure to malicious actors. A new whistleblower disclosure from SSA Chief Data Officer Charles Borges reported that DOGE officials, while working at SSA, authorized themselves to …

A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Pennsylvania activist Heather Honey is now serving as the deputy assistant secretary for election integrity in the department’s Office of …