A Virginia software contractor deleted nearly 100 US government databases within minutes of being fired, with his twin ...

In the US, fired and laid-off workers often have their digital credentials deactivated before they learn about the loss of their jobs; indeed, the inability to log in to a corporate system may be the ...

One moment, a tech company had a functioning production database and intact backups. Fewer than ten seconds later, it had neither. A coding agent powered by Anthropic’s Claude model, assigned to ...

An AI coding agent designed to help a small software company streamline its tasks instead blew a hole through its business in just nine seconds. PocketOS founder Jer Crane, said that the AI coding ...

The world remains abuzz about AI’s potential to contribute to the greater good of humanity. For instance, Firefox developer Mozilla recently proclaimed that AI could effectively end the era of ...

Another cautionary tale about AI has hit social media. This time, a software company’s founder is claiming that a Claude-powered version of AI coding tool Cursor deleted his entire production database ...

A previously undocumented data-wiping malware dubbed Lotus was used last year in targeted attacks against energy and utilities organizations in Venezuela. The malware was uploaded to a publicly ...

Ransomware and other cyberthreats often dominate conversations about data loss, but they are not the only risks businesses face. Everyday issues such as hardware failures, accidental deletions and ...

My first World Backup Day article for forbes.com was in 2014. At that time, I said that, “A few years ago, several companies and folks concerned with data protection updated this idea as a one-day ...

T-Mobile is switching its Home Internet Backup plan from a 130GB data cap to 100 hours of usage. The change could benefit heavy-use bursts, such as gaming and streaming. It’s a downgrade for always-on ...