Halliburton Hit by Cyberattack
Oil services giant Halliburton experienced a cyberattack on Wednesday, at the company’s headquarters in north Houston, Texas. Very few details have been released, but the attack is believed to have impacted part of Halliburton’s business operations in Houston as well as global connectivity networks.
McDonald’s Instagram Account Gets Hacked
Hackers took over McDonald’s official Instagram account this week, advertising a Solana meme coin to followers. As a result of their promotion, the hackers were able to make approximately $700K.
Election Websites in Florida Crash
Multiple election websites across Florida crashed on Tuesday, shortly after polls closed. The websites were supposed to publish county election results, but due to what has simply been described as “tech outages” residents of several counties could not directly access sites or were timed out and thereby blocked.
Warning: Microsoft IT Outage
GGD Profiles is where we highlight startups transforming the world. Photoroom is a photography app which allows to edit hundreds of images in seconds. Using AI tech, Photoroom has established key tools like Background Remover, Batch Mode or Retouch to let users create stunning images.
Apple Removes Fake Password App from Store
This week, popular password management app LastPass issued a security warning; a fake app with a similar logo and name was live on the Apple Store. Aside from collecting user information and acting as a data decoy, “The LassPass Password Manger” was poised to take cash.
U.S. Government Offers $10 Million Reward for Info on Hospital Hackers
The U.S. State Department has announced a $10 million reward for information on the key members of Hive, a ransomware gang. The group has generated over $100 million in cyberattacks; targeting hospitals, schools, and institutions around the world.