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For the Change Healthcare ransomware attack. For 10 days and counting, pharmacies and hospitals haven’t been able to get people their prescriptions. Turns out all it took was an enormous bitcoin payment to stop them.
Tags: hackers, ransomware
Today the average home has 10 times more technology than NASA used to land humans on the moon. That’s a lot of tech to secure! That’s why we’re sharing the Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro Smart Lock to upgrade your Apollo 11-era keys.
On the Edge: Microsoft yanked away Edge version 122.0.2365.63 faster than a toupee in a hurricane. (Sorry.) Why? An “out-of-memory” error left users’ browsers crashing all over the place. The culprit? Enhanced Web Protection defaulting to Strict mode.
The first Google Doodle was created in 2000 when founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin asked intern Dennis Hwang to make a drawing to commemorate a holiday. Was it … A.) The Fourth of July, B.) Bastille Day, C.) Chinese New Year or D.) Diwali?
22 million views … and it’s fake: I’m talking about a viral photo of a guy smoking a cigarette in a McDonald’s in what appears to be the ‘80s. I knew right away it was AI-generated — look at his hands! The guy in the background is warped, too. FYI, X added a disclaimer to the photo, finally.
Start saving: GoDaddy and 101domain say their new tool, GlobalBlock, is the best thing for your company’s site since sliced bread. It’s built to stop homograph attacks — aka when someone creates a URL that’s very close to yours (often a typo). Hold on to your wallet; prices for GlobalBlock range from $5,999 to $8,999 a year.
DocuSign is using customer data — you know, confidential contracts — to train AI bots. They say the data is anonymized, and there’s no way to opt out. Not cool. DocuSign has always been a top pick (I use it and have recommended it to you in the past), but this stinks.
So much for security: Big, bad news from a tech company that routes millions of two-factor authentication SMS texts every day. A database was exposed and spilled 2FA codes for sites like Facebook, Google and TikTok. If you’ve requested a 2FA code recently, change your password for that site.
Charge up, Ford fans: Drive a Mustang Mach-E or an F-150 Lightning? Ford and Tesla are teaming up to give you access to 15,000 EV chargers across the U.S. and Canada. Snag a free adapter through Ford’s site or the FordPass app (iOS and Android) before the end of June. Hurry — the chargers will cost $230 apiece starting July 1.
How long was the longest spaceflight ever taken by an American astronaut? In days, was it … A.) 365, B.) 665, C.) 204 or D.) 225?
