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"Technical Issue" Halts Trading on NYSE

Operators of the New York Stock Exchange have suspended trading Wednesday morning because of an unspecified technical issue. NYSE, owned byIntercontinental Exchange (ICE), said the outage was not caused by a cyber attack. Continue reading

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Canadian Government Websites, Email Face Sporadic Outages as Targets of Cyberattack

Government of Canada servers are facing an ongoing DDoS attack on Wednesday, pulling more than a dozen government department’s websites offline and affecting email service. Continue reading

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DreamHost Improves Dedicated Server Performance with Solid State Drives

DreamHost announced Wednesday that it has upgraded the hardware of its dedicated server packages, completing its transition to offer solid state drives with every core DreamHost offering. SSDs and high-core-count CPUs are now options for DreamHost’s fully managed dedicated server customers seeking greater performance. Continue reading

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RAND and Juniper Networks Report Finds Cybersecurity Costs to Rise 38 Percent by 2025

A new cybersecurity risk assessment model released by Juniper Networks and RAND Corporation on Wednesday finds major cybersecurity cost reductions could be achieved through the elimination of software vulnerabilities as cybersecurity costs are on track to rise 38 percent by 2025. A reduction in half of vulnerabilities to software and… Continue reading

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Australia-Based Telstra Faces Cyberattack on Newly Acquired Pacnet, May Take Legal Action

Attackers used a SQL injection attack on April 3rd to upload malicious code to Pacnet servers. According to a press call on Wednesday, Australia-based Telstra was made aware of the breach on April 16 after its acquisition of Pacnet was finalized. Telstra purchased Pacnet for $697 million to expand in… Continue reading

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