(Reuters) – Viasat said on Wednesday there was an anomaly during the deployment of its ViaSat-3 Americas satellite in space which may affect the performance of the satellite, sending the company’s shares down 20% after the bell. An unexpected event occurred during reflector deployment, the company said, adding that it had started a review. The…
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Crypto crime fell overall in the first six months of 2023, but the volume of payments to ransomware attackers surged and is on track for its second-biggest annual total on record, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said on Wednesday. Cryptocurrency prices have gradually risen this year, recovering after a string…
By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) -Hackers suspected of working for Russia’s foreign intelligence agency targeted dozens of diplomats at embassies in Ukraine with a fake used car advert in a bid to break into their computers, according to a cybersecurity firm report published on Wednesday. The wide-reaching espionage activity targeted diplomats working in at least…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department on Wednesday said it has no reason to doubt Microsoft’s accusation that Chinese state-linked hackers since May have secretly accessed email accounts at around 25 organizations, including U.S. government accounts, in a stealthy cyberespionage campaign. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the agency had detected anomalous activity in June…
(Reuters) – Circle said on Wednesday it has reduced staff and ended investments in non-core activities as the stablecoin issuer seeks to shore up its balance sheet. The company joins a list of cryptocurrency firms that have announced layoffs this year as a high interest rate environment and sliding crypto prices have dented investor confidence…
PARIS (Reuters) -With the exception of Canada, countries with digital services taxes have agreed to hold off applying them for at least another year as a global multinationals tax deal to replace them was pushed back, the OECD said on Wednesday. More than 140 countries were supposed to start implementing next year a 2021 deal…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Twitter Inc on Wednesday was hit with a lawsuit accusing it of refusing to pay at least $500 million in promised severance to thousands of employees who were laid off after Elon Musk acquired the company. Courtney McMillian, who oversaw Twitter’s employee benefits programs as its “head of total rewards”…
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Negotiators for the SAG-AFTRA actors union agreed late Tuesday to call in a federal mediator to try to forge a last-minute agreement with Hollywood studios and avoid a second simultaneous strike in the entertainment business. The 160,000 members of SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood’s largest union, have authorized a strike if a…
(Reuters) – Roblox Corp’s eponymous online game will soon be available on Meta Platforms’ Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets, according to a blog post by Meta on Wednesday. The game will arrive as a beta version, initially on Quest 2 and Quest Pro, in the coming weeks. “The open beta is a great opportunity for…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. regulators will soon decide on a petition filed by General Motors’ Cruise self-driving technology unit seeking permission to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving vehicles annually without human controls, a top auto safety official said on Wednesday. The petition, filed in February 2022, seeks government approval to deploy vehicles annually…
