Sen. Richard Blumenthal speaks on July 11 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images) Sen. Blumenthal wants FCC to get busy on telecom wiretap security rules The subcommittee chair said the FCC has the ability to act now in response to Salt Typhoon targeting the 2024 presidential campaigns. Nov 19, 2024 By Tim Starks
Monday, December 7, 2020 – Cedars-Sinai Hospital, a victim of the gang. (Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times) Alleged Anonymous Sudan leaders charged, prolific gang’s tool disabled A criminal complaint says the group jeopardized lives via DDoS attack, with 35,000 attacks since the beginning of 2023. Oct 16, 2024 By Tim Starks
CrowdStrike Senior Vice President of Counter Adversary Operations Adam Meyers speaks during a subcommittee hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on Sept. 24. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) CrowdStrike exec apologizes in front of Congress over huge global IT outage House lawmakers struck a sympathetic tone toward the company at a hearing where they nevertheless said nothing like that could happen again. Sep 24, 2024 By Tim Starks
LAS VEGAS, NV – JANUARY 02: Exterior view of Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada sign is seen on January 02, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by BG032/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Las Vegas didn’t fold during CrowdStrike outage Sin City’s chief information officer says incident response playbooks and muscle memory limited the incident’s impact locally. Aug 16, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
Safe Mode Hack-and-leak op targets Trump; a technical deep dive with John Hammond on the CrowdStrike outage John Hammond of Huntress; Tim Starks, Sr. Reporter at CyberScoop Aug 15, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff
Jen Easterly, director of the Homeland Security Department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies during a hearing by the House (Select) Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee on Capitol Hill on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Easterly: Potential Chinese cyberattack could unfold like CrowdStrike error CISA director calls CrowdStrike-linked outage a “dress rehearsal” for what China may have planned for U.S. critical infrastructure. Aug 7, 2024 By AJ Vicens
Delta Airlines passengers line up for agent assistance at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on July 22. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images) CrowdStrike points finger back at Delta after airline threatened to sue over outages Delta will have to account for its own shortcomings if it follows through on a threat based on a “misleading narrative,” CrowdStrike said. Aug 5, 2024 By Tim Starks
Safe Mode Sara Hooker on compute thresholds for AI; CrowdStrike breaks the internet Sara Hooker, VP of Research, Head of Cohere for AI, Cohere Jul 25, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff
This photograph shows screens displaying the logo of “CrowdStrike” cybersecurity technology company in Paris on July 19, 2024, amid massive global IT outage. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) Low-level cybercriminals are pouncing on CrowdStrike-connected outage The malicious activity comes as CrowdStrike customers continue to recover from the July 18 outage. Jul 23, 2024 By AJ Vicens
A screen displays an announcement about possible travel delays due to a global IT outage at Gatwick Airport on July 19, 2024, in Crawley, United Kingdom. Businesses, travel companies and Microsoft users across the globe were among those affected by the tech outage. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) CrowdStrike Falcon flaw sends Windows computers into chaos worldwide George Kurtz, CEO of the software firm, said a fix is being deployed and the issue is not due to a cyberattack. Jul 19, 2024 By Greg Otto