Attackers apparently got access to account numbers, transaction histories, and payee account info.
HSBC has experienced a data breach affecting some of its U.S. banking customers.
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HSBC suffers data breach in apparent “credential stuffing” attack
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Jeff Sessions gets pushed out as attorney general less than 24 hours after the election
The attorney general “resigned” at President Donald Trump’s request.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was finally pushed out after enduring nearly two years of criticism from President Donald Trump over the Russian interference probe and other matters.
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Yet again, genealogy database leads to suspect in decades-old murder case
Police used DNA evidence from the crime scene to locate potential relatives of the suspect, who’s now in custody.
Yet again, DNA data from genealogy database GEDMatch has helped crack a cold case, this time leading to the arrest of a suspect in an Orlando murder dating back to 2001, the Ledger reports.
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Expect more long lines to vote until aging machines are replaced, say experts
Traditionally, election systems were a local responsibility, but high price tags and growing cyber threats have made it hard for authorities to keep up.
While the midterm elections appear to have avoided any major problems with foreign interference, voters and poll monitoring groups across the country reported hours-long lines, unexpected delays in opening polling places, and technical issues with voting machines.
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Traveling to Chicago? Let these room service robots cater to your every whim
At one Chicago hotel, robots summoned by Amazon Alexa devices can deliver pastries or towels to hotel rooms.
Guests who order room service at the Hotel EMC2, an “art and science inspired” hotel in Chicago’s upscale Streeterville neighborhood, can as of last week have their items delivered by a pair of autonomous robots.
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The ACLU just sued President Trump over new asylum restrictions
Civil-liberties groups say the rule, which says people can only seek asylum when entering at designated border crossings, is illegal.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Center for Constitutional Rights sued President Trump and other officials Friday, saying new restrictions on how people can seek asylum violate federal law.
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Brooklyn students walk out of school over Zuckerberg-backed learning system
School officials cut the Summit Learning online education program for 11th and 12th grade after students protested, saying it kept them tied to laptop screens.
Almost 100 students walked out of class at Brooklyn’s Secondary School for Journalism to protest the school’s use of Summit Learning.
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Report: Thousands of veterans left without GI Bill payments after technical glitch
More than 82,000 veterans receiving GI Bill benefits are still waiting for housing payments for the fall semester, NBC News reports.
More than 82,000 U.S. veterans receiving educational benefits under the GI Bill have yet to receive housing stipends for the current semester, leaving them struggling to pay bills, NBC News reports.
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Alexa, who is the killer?
Prosecutors in New Hampshire want Amazon recordings from the day of a suspected double homicide.
Authorities investigating a suspected double homicide in Farmington, New Hampshire, noticed an Amazon Echo in the home where two women were apparently killed, and a judge has now ordered Amazon to turn over three days’ worth of audio from the device, TechCrunch reports.
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A humbler Zuckerberg acknowledges Facebook’s struggle with the “ugliness of humanity”
Despite his past insistence that Facebook is “not a media company,” Zuckerberg compared sensational content on the site to cable news.
Even Mark Zuckerberg is acknowledging that social media hasn’t been all good.
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After rapid growth, Zuckerberg-backed school program faces scrutiny over effectiveness, data privacy
Summit Learning says it can help students learn better with a mix of group projects, one-on-one mentoring, and individualized digital lessons, but critics say schools tend to focus too much on isolated online work.
Earlier this month, nearly 100 students from Brooklyn’s Secondary School for Journalism walked out of school to protest the use of Summit Learning, a personalized education system backed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropic organization.
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Washington Post CEO rips Trump over Saudi Arabia statement, refusal to condemn MBS
In a statement Tuesday, Trump questioned the Saudi crown prince’s role in the killing and pointed to the country’s arms purchases and role in stabilizing oil prices.
Washington Post CEO and Publisher Fred Ryan called on Congress to take action over the killing of Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi after President Trump issued a statement Tuesday highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the country’s importance to the oil trade.
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NYC is prepping for a freezing Thanksgiving: How will that affect the floats?
Anyone going to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade should bundle up, but winds probably won’t be strong enough to ground the parade’s iconic balloons.
Frigid temperatures are expected in much of the Northeast on Thursday, but winds won’t be so strong that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade can’t roll as scheduled.
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WikiLeaks disputes report that Paul Manafort met with Julian Assange
The Guardian reported that Manafort met with the WikiLeaks founder in the Ecuadorian Embassy around the time that he joined the Trump campaign.
WikiLeaks has strenuously denied a report in The Guardian this morning that its founder Julian Assange met with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where Assange has claimed asylum.
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AI will be used to tweak malware on the fly, warns security firm
Remote coordination by AI that can monitor antivirus detection will make malware harder to combat, Malwarebytes warns.
Security firm Malwarebytes has released its annual list of predictions for cybersecurity issues in the next year. Among the company’s predictions:
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What is the “Moscow Project”? Here’s what we know so far
Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about his role in Donald Trump’s longstanding dream of building a Trump Tower in Moscow.
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he made false statements to Congress about his role in Donald Trump’s efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, referred to in court documents as the “Moscow Project.”
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Who are the “Yellow Vests”? 4 things to know about the violent Paris protests
The so-called “yellow vests” protesters are motivated by economic issues.
The “Yellow Vests” protests in Paris have been called the worst riots to hit the French capital since the turbulent 1960s, with NBC News reporting more than 100 people injured and 412 arrested in protests this weekend.
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Report: GOP emails were stolen by hackers during the 2018 midterms
Email accounts for four senior aides at the National Republican Congressional Committee were monitored by hackers for months, Politico reports.
The email accounts of four senior aides at the National Republican Congressional Committee were monitored by unknown hackers for months during the 2018 midterm election season, Politico reports.
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Facebook tries to put out its latest dumpster fire, this time over Mark Zuckerberg’s emails
The documents show Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook officials wrestling with how best to monetize user data.
A cache of internal Facebook documents released by a U.K. member of Parliament show how CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives wrestled with how to monetize their valuable user data while still encouraging third-party apps to post user activity on Facebook.
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Despite a surge of tech activism, Clarifai plans to push further into government work
As some tech companies face a reckoning over work with the Defense Department and ICE, the AI startup known for its work on the controversial Project Maven plans to expand its work for federal agencies and just launched a new subsidiary, Neural Net One.
Despite a surge of activism in the tech sector about the ethics of their work, Clarifai, the New York AI startup known for its work on the Defense Department’s controversial Project Maven, announced Thursday that it is pushing further into government work.
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