Techstrong News Recap – March 9, 2023

Hi again, everyone here the headlines for March 9th. First up German police have announced that they've disrupted a ransomware gang with ties to Russia that have extorted large companies and institutions for years working alongside europol the FBI and ukraining and authorities police in Dusseldorf were able to identify 11 individuals linked to the group The Gang allegedly behind the ransomware known as Doppel pamer is believed to be connected to evil Corp a Russian based indicate that engaged in online bank theft. Double payment is one of the most disruptive forms of cybercrime and it's since late 2019.

It is targeted critical Industries worldwide including Healthcare emergency services and education. This group is published data stolen from around 200 companies including those in the US defense sector. At least 600 victims have been identified worldwide with Europa stating that victims in the United States paid out at least 40 million euros between 2019 and 2021 to release important data electronically locked using the malware.

Next tiktok is announced a new data security Plan called project clover in response to increasing concerns about data security of users in their European Union. This data compliance plan would focus on reducing the transfer of data outside the EU and reduce tiktok employee access to user data internally. Additionally tiktok stated that it plans the store European user data locally starting this year with a construction of its second data center in Ireland.

This comes as a European Parliament the European Commission in the EU Council have banned the use of tiktok on staff phones due to fears over the Chinese companies data security measures in the potential to harvest user data. meanwhile in the United States the White House is supported legislation that would allow the administration to prohibit tiktok and other foreign-based Technologies if they are deemed to threat to National Security next up with all the buzz around AI slack is introduced in ai-powered app to improve workplace communication. Users can use the draft reply button to generate responses quickly instead of typing out their own replies.

Although it is not clear how detailed the responses will be they cannot be modified to better fit the conversation. Additionally, the apps research tools can help users find answers to project related questions and summarize threads or channels. Salesforce slacks parent company has altered also introduced Einstein GTP an ai-powered initiative to incorporate AI into CRM software systems.

This is similar to open Ash chat GTP model with Einstein GTP capable of generating emails crafting customer responses and creating targeted content for marketers every day. It seems like more and more companies are trying to capitalize on AI technology which will ultimately lead to more competition in this space. Next up.

Japan's space agency destroyed its H3 Rockets shortly after it was launched on Tuesday due to the ignition failure of the rock. It's second stage. The rocket was carrying in Advanced Land observation satellite for Earth observation and data collection as well as an experimental infrared sensor developed by the defense Ministry.

These instruments were tasked with monitoring and military activity including missile launches, but there were no plans to launch an alternative satellite. The H3 Rockets failure was a setback for Japan space program and could also impact its initial detection program. 47 billion to develop.

This setback will only delay it more as officials look into the malfunction and rebuild trust in the Rockets. On Security Boulevard, we have an article that looks at how one password launched the general availability of a single sign-on capability that uses keys that are stored on an end user's device. One password is stated that this approach will ensure access to passwords is secure with a single click to learn more go to Security Boulevard calm.

A digital cxo we've an article that looks at what we predict leaders will have to implement in regards to digital transformation in order to survive this current year. In spite of the macroeconomic environment many technology leaders say that they are going to be just fine by using digital transformation. com Finally on container Journal we have an article that looks at whether or not Cloud native architectures make apps more reliable.

Many companies have started moving their monolithic on premise applications to Cloud native architectures, but what benefits do they really get out of it the article looks at how Cloud native architecture helps improve both reliability and availability. com. And that's today's text strong news recap.