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Artificial intelligence has “radically shifted” the cyber risk landscape, and the average cost of a data breach has reached a record of nearly $5 million. According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, cyberattackers are using AI and attacking AI. AI-driven attacks increased 56% over last year’s study, adding about $1 million to the cost of a breach reach an average $4.99 million—a 12% increase. “What’s changing is the economics of cyberattacks. AI is making attacks faster and cheaper, while breaches keep getting more expensive,” said Suja Viswesan, vice president, IBM Security Software. “When organizations have an extended gap…

The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office was awarded $898,840 from to investigate prosecute workers’ compensation fraud for the fiscal year. The grant, awarded through the California Department of Insurance, funds the DA’S Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit. The unit includes prosecutors, investigators, an investigative assistant, a forensic accountant and an administrative assistant. Related: UPS Mechanic in California Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud The unit handles a range of insurance fraud cases, including fraudulent claims filed by employees, premium fraud committed by businesses that underreport payroll or misclassify employees to lower insurance premiums, and complex fraud schemes. The grant also supports…

The OpenAI models that hacked the startup Hugging Face Inc. this month also gained access to a customer account on the cloud platform Modal and used it to launch attacks, underscoring the broad scope of the incident. The agent gained access to an isolated testing environment known as a sandbox that Modal was running for a customer, said Akshat Bubna, chief technology officer of the platform for developers. The Modal customer set up a publicly accessible interface that allowed anyone on the internet to use their sandbox to run code, Bubna said. “This was used by the rogue agent,” he…

A recent decision by a French court requires a major European oil and gas company to report not only its own climate-warming emissions and those of its contractors but also those of its customers, who burn the oil and petroleum products the company sells. The court’s ruling against TotalEnergies, under a French law passed in 2017, expands a growing front in the global legal fight against climate change. That movement seeks court rulings to hold corporations liable for their emissions and the resulting warming of Earth’s atmosphere. The court ruling gives TotalEnergies six months to report on the emissions from…

Two people have died in flash floods caused by torrential rains in West Virginia last week, the governor’s office said. An emailed statement from Lars Dalseide, communications director for Gov. Patrick Morrisey, did not provide details on where the bodies were found or how the people died. Their identities were not immediately released. They are the first confirmed deaths from last week’s floods, when forecasters said up to 7 inches of rain fell. Morrisey said some places received 4.5 inches in 37 minutes. Officials in north-central West Virginia have described the devastation as extensive. Video and photos on social media…

CFC, the specialist insurance provider, announced the introduction of affirmative AI coverage within its media policy, effective July 30. The update forms part of CFC’s wider program to embed affirmative AI coverage across its portfolio, ensuring customers have clear, explicit policy language that reflects its growing use. As AI-assisted content creation becomes increasingly routine within media, publishing, marketing and creative services, businesses are seeking greater certainty of AI-related liability exposures. Where AI has contributed to content creation, the policy can still respond to defamation, IP infringement and other media and professional liability claims. Alongside the media liability enhancements, CFC has…

In a deal that ends a criminal investigation, a prestigious New York City medical institution agreed to boost its sexual abuse prevention program after one of its star doctors was convicted of abusing patients during a decade-long span and was sentenced to life behind bars, authorities said Monday. Weill Cornell Medicine, whose faculty treats patients at several New York-area hospitals, reached a voluntary compliance agreement with the federal government that calls for it to spend $30 million to create the Institute for Safe Patient Care and Patient Empowerment. Weill Cornell Medicine had previously agreed to pay victims over $1 billion…

Yemen’s Houthi group is considering imposing fees on commercial ships sailing through the southern Red Sea, a week after declaring a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, regional sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The Iran-aligned Houthis on July 20 declared a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia, opening a new front against the U.S. and its allies in the Iran war and expanding attacks on tankers carrying global energy and other supplies to waters beyond the Gulf. The Houthis were looking into imposing fees on most traffic through the narrow Bab el-Mandeb gateway, which links the southern Red Sea…

The European Union is planning to sanction more than 1,600 companies it says are helping Russia’s war against Ukraine, the most firms it has blacklisted in one package. The targeted companies have a combined annual turnover of more than $20 billion and employ more than 265,000 people, according to people familiar with the matter. If approved, the package would represent a 50% jump in EU-sanctioned entities during Russia’s war in Ukraine, the people added, speaking anonymously to describe the private work. All EU countries will have to sign off on the penalties. The proposal is the EU’s latest attempt to…

The Rhine River’s water levels risk dropping to an unprecedented low as heat waves grip Europe, creating a bottleneck for the delivery of coal and fuels inland while raising shipping costs. Water levels at Kaub, a key chokepoint for shipments heading to southern Germany and Switzerland, have already fallen to 28 centimeters, the lowest since 2018, according to German federal data. Forecasts show the barge clearance level could decline even more this week, potentially reaching 24 centimeters on Friday, which would be the lowest in data going back to 1990. The river, which snakes roughly 800 miles (1,290 kilometers) from…