Ireland's health care service (HSE) announced on Friday that it has shut down its IT systems due to a "significant ransomware attack."Cybercrime: Insurance giant Axa to stop covering ransomware payments in France"There is a significant…
Swiss health workers have a new weapon with which to fight COVID-19 - videogames.Staff at Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) have been encouraged to relax by playing a new game called “Escape COVID-19”.During the course of…
Retail online giant Amazon has won an appeal in a European court over tax rebates it was awarded in Luxembourg.The European Union said the deal amounted to illegal state support and ordered it to pay…
Could this be the year that cryptocurrencies become mainstream? It certainly looks that way as a number of cryptos take off in value, reaching record highs across the board.In April, Bitcoin exceeded $64,000 (€52,700) while…
Hungary’s Minister of Finance Mihály Varga announced on Tuesday that the country’s government would halve capital gains tax on cryptocurrency earnings from 30.5 per cent to 15 per cent as part of their COVID-19 relief…
Over a year has passed since COVID-19 first arrived, shuttering schools and workplaces around the world and upending our daily routines.But some would argue that not all of the changes precipitated by the pandemic have…
The US government invoked emergency powers on Sunday after a top oil pipeline was hit by one of the worst ever cyberattacks.Fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline was knocked offline by a cybercriminal gang on Friday…
Though tiny in size, semiconductor chips are the brains behind our electronic devices, such as electronic toothbrushes, smartphones, and cars.But high demand has sparked a global shortage that threatens to make even toasters more expensive…
One of the largest cybersecurity attacks on US infrastructure devastated a fuel pipeline and cut oil supplies to much of the East Coast.The ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, the US's largest fuel pipeline, took…
Cryptocurrency Ethereum broke $4,000 (€3,288) for the first time on Monday, climbing to a new peak for the third day in a row on bets it may find new uses, although some analysts said it…
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