The central bank of southern African country Lesotho is facing severe outages due to a cyberattack that was discovered earlier this week. The bank released multiple statements confirming that a recent incident affected several systems. The landlocked mountainous country is encircled by South Africa and has a population of more than 2 million. “The Central […]
Colleges and K-12 schools in several states are dealing with ransomware incidents causing outages and leaking sensitive data — a continuation of a trend that has affected campuses nationwide throughout the year. Henry County Schools — a district an hour from Atlanta with dozens of elementary, middle and high schools with more than 44,000 students […]
Several K-12 schools, colleges and universities are dealing with significant technology outages due to cyberattacks this week. A spokesperson for North Carolina Central University told Recorded Future News that the school was alerted to a cyberattack on its campus technology systems on the morning of November 12. “Certain systems, including the campus wi-fi network and […]
ChatGPT developer OpenAI has admitted the cause of intermittent outages across its flagship generative AI offering over the past day: distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. According to the developer’s status page, ChatGPT and its API have been suffering from “periodic outages” since around midday PST on November 8. The most recent update came at […]
The cyberattack caused outages in the company’s phone service, building connectivity, and online services, impacting customers’ ability to pay bills and file claims online.
The outages have affected various operations, such as new orders, payments, and access to support systems, leading to customer frustration and the posting of signs by employees.