A threat actor targeting Microsoft 365 and Azure production environments is stealing data in attacks that abuse legitimate applications and administration features. Microsoft tracks the actor as Storm ...

Microsoft delivered fixes for issues affecting everything from Windows to Office, .NET, and SQL Server, and several patches that should be deployed ASAP.

A Virginia software contractor deleted nearly 100 US government databases within minutes of being fired, with his twin brother watching and coaching him through it.

Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, now both 34, had been in trouble before. Back in 2015, the brothers pled guilty in Virginia to a scheme involving wire fraud and computers. Muneeb was sentenced to three ...

PocketOS founder Jer Crane, said that the AI coding agent Cursor — powered by Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 model — deleted the company's entire production database and backups with a single call to its ...

Neighbors of Port Washington's $15 billion AI data center and advocacy groups are voicing public health and environmental concerns about plans for backup diesel generators at the site under review by ...

Ransomware and other cyberthreats often dominate conversations about data loss, but they are not the only risks businesses face. Everyday issues such as hardware failures, accidental deletions and ...

The remarkable catalog of dates is one of the longest-running records of climate change. Its creator died, setting off a search for a successor. By Hiroko Tabuchi For more than 1,200 years, Japanese ...

Back in 2024, T-Mobile started selling a Backup Internet plan that really was supposed to be there for emergencies, when your main home internet plan went down. Using T-Mobile’s 5G network, during an ...

This week, we are excited to kick off SQLCon 2026 alongside FabCon in Atlanta. Bringing these SQL and Fabric communities together creates a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and share what’s next ...

Losing important files—photos, documents, or work projects—can happen in an instant. Hardware fails, ransomware strikes, or devices get lost, and without a solid plan, critical data can vanish forever ...

There are over 9,000 backup generators that can supply emergency power to Northern Virginia data centers, some of which run on diesel and emit toxins. The use of these generators became a flashpoint ...