A new data study published by Network Assured ranks Massachusetts as the 10th worst state for data breaches in 2022.
The study takes every breach from last year, and "compare the number of data breaches to each state's number of registered businesses, to obtain a value for 'breaches per entity,'" according to a post on the organization's website.
ChatGPT, a "chatbot" developed by OpenAI, uses language models to "interact in a conversational way."
Last month, Microsoft announced a multi-billion dollar investment deal with OpenAI, while rumors circulated that they are getting close to being able to demo applications of the language model within Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Outlook, according to the Verge.
T-Mobile revealed last month that it had been the victim of a data breach in November which affected and exposed the personal information of 37 million accounts. This announcement comes just two years after a larger breach in which T-Mobile ended up having to pay $350 million after a class action lawsuit was brought against them.
The healthcare industry has seen ransomware attacks double from 2016 to 2021, according to a study published in the December 2022 issue of JAMA Health Forum. The study looked at 374 ransomware attacks, which exposed "the personal health information of nearly 42 million patients.
Three competing consumer privacy bills are making their way through the Massachusetts State House, the Massachusetts Data Privacy Protection Act (MDPPA), the Massachusetts Information Privacy and Security Act (MISPA), and the Internet Bill of Rights, which were introduced earlier last month.
Earlier this month, tech companies across the world traveled to Las Vegas for the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to show off their new product lines, gadgets, and concepts for the near future. There was a big showing this year from companies that are pioneering the Augmented Reality (AR) field.
A Toronto teaching research hospital that focuses on children was the latest victim of a ransomware attack in December. Fortunately, for the company SickKids, the gang realized that one of its members had crossed an ethical line.
With its systems down, including phone and internet lines as well as internal networks, the medical facility worked on getting its systems back up.
A hacker who goes by the name "Ryushi" has purportedly obtained personal identifying information of up to 400 million Twitter Accounts, and if asking for $200,000 before they delete it, according to the BBC.
"I'm selling data of +400 million unique Twitter users that was scraped via a vulnerability," the threat actor posted on a hacking message board on December 23. "This data is completely private and it includes emails and phone numbers of celebrities, politicians, companies, normal users, and a lot of OG and special usernames.
We'd like to thank all staff and their friends and family who joined us last Sunday, December 20th at TD Bank Garden to watch the Celtics take on the Orlando Magic.
Suffolk University students and alumni received notice this week that a "cybersecurity incident" which took place over the Summer included the obtaining of personal identifying information.
"We determined on November 14, 2022 that certain of your personal information was impacted as a result of the incident," said the letter sent to those affected by the breach.