Tag: Cybersecurity
Chipmaker Qualcomm lays off hundreds of workers in San Diego
Qualcomm, which makes chips for smartphones, said it will lay off 226 workers in San Diego later this year, according to a California...
U.S. government ‘took control’ of a botnet run by Chinese government hackers, says FBI director
Last week, the FBI took control of a botnet made up of hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices, such as cameras, video recorders,...
Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats
Discord, one of the largest group chat apps in the world, announced on Tuesday that audio and video calls inside the platform will...
Fortinet confirms customer data breach
On Thursday, cybersecurity giant Fortinet disclosed a breach involving customer data.
In a statement posted online, Fortinet said an individual intruder accessed “a limited...
London’s transit agency drops claim it has ‘no evidence’ of customer data theft after hack
The cyberattack hitting Transport for London (TfL), the government body that runs the U.K. capital’s transit system, is now dragging into its second...
Thousands of Avis car rental customers had personal data stolen in cyberattack
Car rental giant Avis is notifying hundreds of thousands of people that their personal information and driver’s license numbers were stolen in an August...