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Insurers Face Business Interruption Claims After Global Tech Outage

Insurers could face a raft of business interruption claims after a worldwide tech outage crippled industries from travel to finance on Friday, insurance industry experts said. A software update by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike appeared to have triggered systems problems …

Without Backup Plans, Global IT Outages Will Happen Again

Elements of Friday’s global IT outage, which grounded planes and hit services from banking to healthcare, have occurred before and until more contingencies are built into networks, and organizations put better back-up plans in place, it will happen again. Friday’s …

Global IT Collapse Puts Cyber Firm CrowdStrike in Spotlight

Behind a massive IT failure that grounded flights, upended markets and disrupted corporations around the world is one cybersecurity company: CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Known as a dominant supplier of software that protects businesses from ransomware attacks, CrowdStrike was thrust into …

Brazil Electric Towers Hit With Sabotage After Bolsonaro Supporters Riot

Brazil has suffered a series of attacks on electricity towers since the Jan. 8 capitol riots, an unnerving development for a major economy that has no history of infrastructure sabotage. Four pylons have been toppled and another 12 vandalized since …

Police Seize on COVID-19 Tech to Expand Global Surveillance

JERUSALEM (AP) — Majd Ramlawi was serving coffee in Jerusalem’s Old City when a chilling text message appeared on his phone. “You have been spotted as having participated in acts of violence in the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” it read in Arabic. …

Restoring Power After Shootings Could Take Until Thursday

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Power should be restored by Thursday morning to thousands of homes in a central North Carolina county that have been without electricity for several days after an attack on the electric grid, Gov. Roy Cooper said …

Drag Story Time at Oregon Pub Draws Gun-Carrying Protesters

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Protesters, some of them armed, threw rocks and smoke grenades at each other outside a drag queen story time event at an Oregon pub, but the weekend show that was to have featured a child performer …

Missouri Family Says Racism Led to Pool Party Cancellation

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — A Black family says racism prompted officials at a suburban Kansas City water park to cancel a private pool party for their 17-year-old son’s birthday during the weekend. Chris Evans said he signed a contract …

Traffic at NYC-Area Bridges and Tunnels Hits Pre-Pandemic Levels

Traffic at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s bridges and tunnels has returned to pre-pandemic levels, partly due to changes in traveling habits, the agency’s Executive Director Rick Cotton said. “At the bridges and tunnels, the volumes …

Bay of Bengal Nations Resolve to Face Calamities Together

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An organization of seven Bay of Bengal nations said its members must urgently use their geographical advantage and other resources to address their post-pandemic vulnerabilities and collectively strengthen their ability to face future calamities. In …