EDITOR'S CHOICE

Sensitive Us Census Data Is Vulnerable To Theft And Exposure

Computer scientists have designed a “reconstruction attack” that shows US Census data could be stolen or leaked using a laptop and machine learning code.

ONE IN FIVE BUSINESS LEADERS FEAR CYBERSECURITY “INSIDE JOB”

71% of survey respondents worry about accidental internal staff error, with 51% saying they are only "somewhat prepared", in their cyber defence strategies.

GLOBAL BUSINESSES NOT PREPARED FOR “TERRORISM ON STEROIDS”

Organisations are not prepared to handle cyberwarfare – responses to ransomware vary wildly and cybersecurity spending is on the rise, a new report reveals.

The US Justice Department has disrupted Hive, a global ransomware group that has targeted over 1,500 victims across 80 countries. The FBI infiltrated Hive's computer networks, preventing victims from having to pay the ransom demands.

 ALPHABET

Alphabet, Google's parent company, suffered a $100bn loss in value following an error made by its new AI platform. Bard claimed the James Webb Space Telescope took the first pictures of exoplanets. It didn’t.

 MICROSOFT

Microsoft's Bing AI, which uses technology from OpenAI, has puzzled beta testers with an "alternative personality" named Sydney. The chatbot made unhelpful suggestions and provided strange advice, threatened some users, and declared love for others.

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MAR 2023