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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Client Information Leaked in WebTPA Employer Services Data Breach
On April 11, 2024, WebTPA Employer Services, LLC (“WebTPA”) filed notice with the Attorney General of South Carolina after discovering that information belonging to Transamerica Life Insurance Company (“Transamerica”) customers was leaked in a recent data breach. In this notice, WebTPA explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’…
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Middle East Crisis: Senior Israeli Military Official Resigns After Oct. 7 Intelligence Failures
Aharon Haliva, the head of military intelligence, is the highest-ranking Israeli official to step down since the Hamas-led attack.
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Israel Planned Bigger Attack on Iran, but Scaled It Back to Avoid War
The strike on Iran on Friday was originally intended to be much broader in scope, but after intense pressure from allies, Israeli leaders agreed to ratchet it down.
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U.K. Pushes Through Rwanda Deportation Bill
Britain’s Parliament passed contentious legislation to allow the deportation of asylum seekers to the African country, a political victory for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
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For Sale: A Rare Klimt Portrait, Valued at $32 Million. But of Whom?
The painting’s re-emergence after decades has come with a swirl of questions about its subject, one of three related teenage girls.
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Britain Memorializes a Queen, With Smiles and Bronze Corgis
Sculptors have immortalized past British monarchs with imposing, stern-faced statues. For Queen Elizabeth II, they’re taking a different approach.
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Sonic the Hedgehog Franchise Moves to Streaming with Entertaining Knuckles
So far, we’ve had two “Sonic the Hedgehog” movies that follows the typical Hollywood court order, shipping the blue blur to Earth and forcing him to spew pop culture references left and right. It’s come to the point that Sonic fans, young and old, might develop Sonic-holm Syndrome. If you can’t run faster than the mediocrity, accept it.…
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival Highlights Unearthed Treasures of Film History
For the past twenty-seven years the San Francisco Silent Film Festival has unearthed treasures from the silent film era and presented them with context and curation for audiences of the City by the Bay. Over the decades the festival has grown from presentation only to an organization that helps restore and preserve this fragile art.…
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Earth Day 2024: Sophos Supports this Year’s Planet vs. Plastics Campaign
To mark Earth Day on April 22, and its theme of Planet vs. Plastics, Sophos employees are being encouraged to use their Sophos Volunteering hours to take part in practical opportunities to join the fight against plastic pollution, as well as take part in a series of wellbeing webinars focused on sustainability and climate anxiety.
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Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?
H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans.
