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American Family Insurance Confirms Reports of Cyber Attack, Raising Consumers’ Concerns Over a Possible Data Breach
Last week, American Family Insurance (“American Family”) confirmed that the recent IT issues the company has been dealing with were due to a cyberattack. Given the recency of the incident, American Family is still in the process of investigating the incident….By: Console and Associates, P.C.
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California’s Digital Fair Repair Act (SB 244)
Governor Gavin Newsom recently approved California’s SB 244, also referred to as the Right to Repair Act, positioning California as a pivotal state advocating for comprehensive electronics or appliance repair rights. Effective on July 1, 2024, the legislation will have profound implications for consumers, independent service repair facilities, and electronics and appliance manufacturers….By: Perkins Coie
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Wescom Credit Union Announces Data Breach Following Cybersecurity Incident at Vendor Barracuda Network, Inc.
On October 20, 2023, Wescom Credit Union (“Wescom”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that Barracuda Network, Inc., the vendor that provides security and data protection services to Wescom, experienced a data security incident. In this notice, Wescom explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party…
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Israel-Hamas War: Two Additional Hostages Released From Gaza
The two women were taken to a medical center in Israel to be reunited with family, while more than 200 others are still believed to be held, including their husbands. Two other captives were set free on Friday.
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War Has Smashed Assumptions About Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Some paradigms taken for granted about Israel and the Palestinians, both in Gaza and the West Bank, have been broken. So has the idea that Washington can ignore the Middle East.
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Kill and Be Killed: Ukraine’s Bloody Battlefield Equation
The dynamics of Europe’s deadliest war in generations remain exceedingly violent and increasingly complicated by factors far from the battlefield.
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5 Takeaways from Argentina’s Election
Javier Milei, a libertarian economist often compared to Donald Trump, will face off against Sergio Massa, Argentina’s economy minister, in a runoff next month.
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María Corina Machado Leads in Venezuela Primary to Oppose President Maduro
María Corina Machado, a center-right candidate, was leading in an election that showed voters’ faith in democracy and dissatisfaction with years of authoritarian rule.
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Flight of the Drones Lights Up Central Park
The Drift collaborative orchestrated a performance art piece with light-emitting drones that mimic swarming starlings or fish — but mostly slow-motion fireworks.
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CIFF 2023: All of Us Strangers, Poor Things, Saltburn
The Chicago International Film Festival wrapped up this weekend, closing out their impressive program with Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders,” a film that has been pushed possibly as far as next awards season due to the strike. The buzz around the Windy City was that this year’s program for CIFF was the best in a generation.…
