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UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hacked by nation state, as pharmacy outages drag on

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U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group said Thursday in a filing with government regulators that its subsidiary Change Healthcare was compromised likely by government-backed hackers. In a filing Thursday, UHG blamed the ongoing cybersecurity incident affecting Change Healthcare on suspected nation state hackers but said it had no timeframe for when its systems would be … Read more

AT&T Is Having Widespread Network Issues as Customers Report Outages

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AT&T’s wireless network appears to be dealing with a major outage. The carrier on Thursday confirmed to CNET that it’s suffering from “wireless service interruptions.”  “Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning,” a spokesperson said. “We are working urgently to restore service to them. We encourage the use of Wi-Fi calling … Read more

Is AT&T down for you? Millions report outages across US, but this fix works for some

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Ayman Zaid/Getty Images Millions of AT&T customers across the US are unable to make or receive calls, send texts, or access the internet because of a major outage that occurred this morning.  According to tracking site Downdetector, outages were first reported around 3:30 a.m. ET. Customers attempting to place a call are greeted with an … Read more

Gmail had two outages this week that delayed emails

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Gmail experienced some issues with delayed emails twice this week: on Thursday and again on Friday. On Thursday at 12:31PM ET, Google wrote on Gmail’s Workspace Status Dashboard that “customers impacted by this issue may see delay in sending the emails,” but at 5:03PM ET, the company posted an update that indicates things were fixed. The … Read more

Comcast’s New Router Stays Linked Throughout Energy Outages

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Comcast has a brand new router, and it is designed to remain linked to the web throughout storms when there are energy outages. Comcast’s Storm-Prepared Wi-Fi machine, introduced Tuesday, prices $7 a month for 36 months, and doubles as a Wi-Fi extender.  It is linked to the Xfinity 10G community, and, when the ability goes out, … Read more

Twitter desktop app sees surge in outages as Meta’s Threads takes off

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On this photograph illustration, Threads brand seen displayed on a smartphone with the Twitter profile of Elon Musk within the background. Elon Musk is the present proprietor of Twitter. Meta will launch a social media app known as “Threads”, which will probably be a rival to Twitter. “Threads” is Instagram’s text-based dialog app. Mateusz Slodkowski … Read more

Microsoft says June Outlook outages have been a DDoS assault

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In early June, complaints started cropping up on Twitter that Outlook was down for as many as 18,000 customers on the peak of what, it seems, was a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) assault, based on a narrative in The Related Press (AP) this morning. Microsoft acknowledged the assault in a weblog publish on Friday, providing some … Read more

Hurricane Mawar heads to Guam, inflicting extreme climate, energy outages

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Touch upon this storyComment correction A earlier model of this text incorrectly referred to Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero as Guerrero on subsequent references. His final identify is Leon Guerrero. The article has been corrected. Punishing winds battered Guam from Wednesday into Thursday as one of many worst storms to face the Pacific U.S. territory in … Read more