A June Google breach attributed to a hacker group, has put the data of 2.5 billion Gmail users, stored in a Google database managed by Salesforce, at risk.
While no passwords were stolen, data from the breach has already been seen on forums and users are reporting phishing attacks and fraudulent text & phone outreach.
What to say when your government moves your most sensitive data to a vulnerable cloud server?? The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which is not exactly US government, but empowered to disrupt, moved a copy of 450,000,000+ records of citizen social security records to an unsecured cloud site, according to an agency whistleblower. Big problem? Not unless you mind your sensitive financial and health data potentially accessible to the public.
Massachusetts’ newly signed Shield Act 2.0 is designed to strengthen a 2022 law by prohibiting business entities operating in the state from disclosing information on legally protected health care services, including reproductive health, abortion, or gender-affirming care. It goes into effect in November.
BetterUp and Stanford Social Media Lab define workslop as “AI-generated content that looks good, but lacks substance.” Their survey of 1,150 full-time desk workers in the U.S. finds that 40% received workslop in the last month, costing $186 per month per employee. For a 10,000-person company, that’s $9 million annually.