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Fiat Chrysler’s Appeal in Class Action Hacking Suit Fails With SCOTUS
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Fiat Chrysler's appeal in a class action lawsuit over allegations that its Jeeps and other trucks are vulnerable to hacking, one of the first legal ...
A New J&J Talc Trial Begins in California
A California jury on Monday heard opening statements in the latest trial over allegations that Johnson & Johnson's talc-based products, including the company's baby powder, were contaminated with ...
Billions in Federal Storm Mitigation Money Not Being Spent
The Trump administration is sitting on billions of dollars intended to help vulnerable cities and states prepare for extreme weather, prompting growing criticism from state officials worried about ...
Flood Insurance Reform Among Many Bipartisan Issues on House Finance Chair Waters’ Agenda
As Maxine Waters takes the gavel of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, it's not clear whom she'll end up disappointing more: business-friendly Democrats or progressive Democrats. ...
Weather Channel Sued by L.A. Over Allegations It Misused Consumer Location Data
The city of Los Angeles is suing International Business Machines Corp.'s Weather Channel unit, accusing the company of misleading consumers about how their location data was being used. In a ...
Marriott Now Says Fewer Than 383 Million Customers Hit by Massive Hack Attack
Marriott International Inc said on Friday that fewer than 383 million customer records were stolen in a massive cyber attack disclosed last month, down from its initial estimate that up to 500 ...
U.S. Newspapers Struck by Cyber Attack Turned to ‘Workaround Systems’
Tribune Publishing Co used "workaround systems" to help print major U.S. newspapers including the Los Angeles Times on Sunday and Monday as the company recovers from a cyber attack, a source familiar ...
A New Way to Fight Cyber Attacks: Artificial Intelligence
Last year, Microsoft Corp.'s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One of the company's administrators, who usually logs on from New York, ...