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Keira Waddell First published on March 21, 2023

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Husain Parvez First published on March 08, 2023

The White House released a reformed National Cyber Strategy on March 2nd to combat the rise in cyberattacks ravaging health, federal, and private infrastructure across the United States. The cyberspace defense plan aims to pin the responsibility of online protection on private companies rather than

Husain Parvez First published on March 06, 2023

The City of Oakland, California, has declared a state of emergency after a ransomware attack hit its computer systems. The attack was discovered on February 8, but the emergency was only brought into effect several days after the cyberattack was confirmed. The local government has not revealed the

Husain Parvez First published on February 19, 2023

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Keira Waddell First published on February 09, 2023

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