A Lawsuit in the Skies: Delta Airlines has filed a lawsuit against CrowdStrike for $500 million following a catastrophic software update that grounded flights and stranded travelers. With accusations of negligence flying back and forth, this case is set to be one for the books—who will come out on top?
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Projects
- Linux Foundation – Introduction to Kubernetes (LF158) – In Progress
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Articles
- Delta Sues Cybersecurity Firm CrowdStrike Over Tech Outage That Canceled Flights – Delta Air Lines has sued CrowdStrike, claiming the cybersecurity company had cut corners and caused a worldwide technology outage that led to thousands of canceled flight in July.
- Cisco Confirms Security Incident After Hacker Offers to Sell Data – Cisco has confirmed that some files have been stolen from its DevHub environment after a hacker offered to sell information.
- Redbox easily reverse-engineered to reveal customers’ names, zip codes, rentals – The bankrupt company may not see any consequences.
- ByteDance intern fired for planting malicious code in AI models – Sabotage supposedly cost tens of millions, but TikTok owner ByteDance denies it.
- US Police Detective Charged With Purchasing Stolen Credentials – Terrance Michael Ciszek is charged with buying stolen account credentials from the Genesis Market dark web marketplace.
- Fake Google Meet conference errors push infostealing malware – A new ClickFix campaign is luring users to fraudulent Google Meet conference pages showing fake connectivity errors that deliver info-stealing malware for Windows and macOS operating systems.
- LinkedIn fined $335 million in EU for tracking ads privacy breaches – Bad news for LinkedIn in Europe, where the Microsoft-owned social network has been reprimanded and fined €310 million for privacy violations related to its tracking ads business.
- Penn State pays DoJ $1.25M to settle cybersecurity compliance case – Pennsylvania State University has agreed to pay the Justice Department $1.25 million to settle claims of misrepresenting its cybersecurity compliance to the federal government and leaving sensitive data improperly secured.