cybersecurity

The Change Healthcare cyberattack sparked a new strategy from the federal government on preventing destructive ransomware crimes. Critics say it doesn't go far enough.

The airline's CEO, Ed Bastian, says the massive tech outage that stranded countless passengers cost the airline a half-billion dollars. The carrier is now preparing litigation against CrowdStrike, he said.

As of Monday afternoon, the Atlanta-based airline has canceled more than 800 flights and delayed roughly 1,400 flights, according to FlightAware.

Airports, hospitals, and banks said they were recovering after a failed software update delivered by the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to Microsoft’s Windows systems.

A tech meltdown left workers at airlines, banks and hospitals staring at the dreaded “blue screen of death” as their computers went inert in what is being described as a historic outage.

More than $18.2 million will be awarded to 32 tribes across Turtle Island because of the new Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program Awards.

In an effort to fill half a million available cybersecurity jobs in the U.S., a White House official visited Tulsa on Thursday to highlight local partnerships designed to do just that.

The Moscow-based company said in a statement that the U.S. Commerce Department’s decision would not affect its ability to sell and promote its cyber security products and training in the U.S.

Problems caused by the attack included delayed or lost lab results, medication errors, and an absence of routine safety checks to prevent potentially fatal mistakes, doctors and nurses told reporters.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is preparing the state for possible conflict between the United States, its Indo-Pacific allies and The People’s Republic of China.