#Senator warns of national security risks after Elon Musk’s DOGE granted ‘full access’ to sensitive Treasury systems

#Senator warns of national security risks after Elon Musk’s DOGE granted ‘full access’ to sensitive Treasury systems

A senior U.S. lawmaker says representatives of Elon Musk were granted “full access” to a U.S. Treasury payments system used to disperse trillions of dollars to Americans each year, and warned that Musk’s access to the system poses a “national security risk.” Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator from Oregon and ranking member of the…

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#The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary | TechCrunch

#The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary | TechCrunch

The cybersecurity world is full of jargon and lingo. At TechCrunch, we have been writing about cybersecurity for years, and we frequently use technical terms and expressions to describe the nature of what is happening in the world. That’s why we have created this glossary, which includes some of the most common — and not…

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#UnitedHealth confirms 190 million Americans affected by Change Healthcare data breach

#UnitedHealth confirms 190 million Americans affected by Change Healthcare data breach

UnitedHealth has confirmed the ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare unit last February affected around 190 million people in America — nearly double previous estimates. The U.S. health insurance giant confirmed the latest number to TechCrunch on Friday after the markets closed. “Change Healthcare has determined the estimated total number of individuals impacted by the…

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#Treasury sanctions Salt Typhoon hacking group behind breaches of major US telecom firms

#Treasury sanctions Salt Typhoon hacking group behind breaches of major US telecom firms

The U.S. government has announced sanctions against a Chinese organization with links to Salt Typhoon, the hacking group responsible for the largest telecoms hack in U.S. history.  The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Friday that it had sanctioned a China-based cybersecurity company, known as Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology, which it…

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