Darkreading.com reported that the “Kronos Private Cloud was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend that resulted in an outage of the HR services firm’s UKG Workforce Central, UKG TeleStaff, Healthcare Extensions, and Banking Scheduling Solutions services.”  The December 13, 2021 report entitled “Kronos Suffers Ransomware Attack, Expects…

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Coinbase.com reported that “You might expect Bitcoin — which was designed to be resistant to inflation — to rise on news of the highest inflation metrics in four decades, but after jumping around 4% in the hours after the CPI report, Bitcoin forfeited its gains over the weekend.”  The December…

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McKinsey.com reported about a survey of “120 senior tech leaders and 30 senior business executives over the past 18 months” that provided insight to “…innovate at scale and outperform competitors in the digital age, companies need to be tech forward. That means embedding tech into their business strategy and operating…

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DataBreachToday.com reported that “Two former healthcare workers – a medical biller in Florida and an emergency medical technician in New York – have pleaded guilty in two separate federal cases involving the criminal misuse of patient information accessed while performing their jobs. One case involved healthcare fraud and identity theft…

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The New York Times reported that “…real estate investing in the metaverse still is highly speculative, and no one knows for sure whether this boom is the next big thing or the next big bubble.”  The November 30, 2021 article entitled “Investors Snap Up Metaverse Real Estate in a…

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Darkreading.com reported that “Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Infrastructure…may represent 70% to 80% or more of a company’s IT these days. Between Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, AWS/Azure, and even software development tools, most of the digital crown jewels of companies today might exist on someone else’s infrastructure.”  The November 24, 2021 report…

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Law360.com reported that “Self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright put an autism expert on the stand in a Miami courtroom Friday in his multibillion-dollar dispute with the estate of a deceased computer software developer, in an attempt to explain to jurors how his statements in and out of the courtroom can…

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