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German intelligence agencies are investigating a suspected Russian cyberattack against the German Association for East European Studies (DGO), a Berlin-based research network specializing in foreign policy and international relations. Both the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) are actively working on the case, which […]
Hackers have breached Morocco’s social security database, leaking sensitive personal information of millions of citizens on the messaging platform Telegram. Morocco’s social security fund, which administers pensions and insurance benefits to private sector workers ranging from factory laborers to corporate executives, confirmed the breach in an official statement. The agency indicated that preliminary investigations suggest […]
Charlton Athletic Football Club has disclosed it suffered a significant cyberattack last August that resulted in the loss of crucial financial data, complicating the release of its latest accounts which show a £14 million loss for the 2023-24 season. The club confirmed the incident, a ransomware attack targeting its legacy accounting system, occurred on August […]
Microsoft has released an emergency update for Office 2016 users following widespread reports of critical crashes in key productivity applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook. The issue emerged after users installed the KB5002700 security update, part of April’s Patch Tuesday rollout. The company confirmed that the KB5002700 update, initially released to address multiple remote code […]
Google has laid off hundreds of employees from its platforms and devices unit, according to a report published by The Information on Friday. This division is responsible for developing the Android operating system, Pixel smartphones, and the Chrome web browser. The layoffs come just months after Google offered voluntary buyout packages to employees in the […]
A new archaeological find in southwestern China has challenged existing theories about the geographic range of Neanderthals, suggesting these ancient human relatives may have ventured much further east than previously thought. A team of researchers has unearthed approximately 3,500 stone artifacts at the Longtan site in Yunnan province, dating back 50,000 to 60,000 years. What […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has lodged a formal complaint with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), arguing that major news aggregators like Apple News and Google News are not giving adequate credit to the sources of the news stories they feature. According to a report by Apple Insider, the public broadcaster is urging […]
A coordinated cyberattack has struck several major Australian superannuation funds, resulting in the theft of $500,000 from a small number of customer accounts and the potential compromise of thousands more. The attack, which unfolded over the past week, targeted some of the country’s largest retirement savings providers, prompting a swift response from the government and […]
The remains of approximately 150 Roman soldiers have been discovered in a mass grave on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria. The Vienna Museum announced Wednesday that this discovery represents an exceptionally rare find from the 1st century Roman Empire. The skeletal remains were initially uncovered in October during construction work to renovate a football pitch […]
Microsoft has announced a significant overhaul of its iconic Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error message in Windows 11, potentially abandoning its signature blue background for a black one. As reported by The Verge, the redesigned error screen removes several familiar elements, including the frowning face emoticon and QR code that have been staples of […]