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Month: August 2024

Apparent cyberattack leaves Seattle airport facing major internet outages

SEATTLE (AP) — An apparent cyberattack disrupted internet, phones, email and other systems at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for a third day on Monday as Port of Seattle officials worked to investigate the outages and restore full service. “We’re working around the clock to get necessary systems back online and to mitigate impacts to our passengers,”

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Death of woman on 1st day of Burning Man festival under investigation

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was participating in the counterculture festival known as Burning Man in the northern Nevada desert. The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office says emergency personnel responded to a call about a woman found unresponsive around noon Sunday. The Burning Man Project’s emergency

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What to know about Telegram, the messaging app whose CEO was arrested over the weekend

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France over the weekend has thrust the popular messaging service and its enigmatic founderinto the spotlight. Russian-born Durov was detained Saturday at Paris’s Bourget Airport on a warrant related to Telegram’s lack of moderation. Those charges include allegations that

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Prosecutors probe captain of superyacht that sank off Sicily, lawyer says

ROME (AP) — Prosecutors in Italy  are investigating the captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people. Lawyer Aldo Mordiglia said James Cutfield, a 51-year old New Zealand national, is being investigated for possible manslaughter and culpable shipwreck. Mordiglia said Cutfield will be questioned again by prosecutors on Tuesday, without

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Park’N Fly data breach included personal information of 1 million Canadian customers, company says

By Abby O’Brien Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — A popular airport parking service is warning approximately one million Canadian customers that their personal information may have been compromised in a widespread data breach last month. In a statement to CTV News Toronto on Monday, Park’N Fly confirmed that a

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