The Verge

Zapier says someone broke into its code repositories and may have accessed customer data

The security incident impacted some customer information that had been ‘inadvertently copied’ to its repositories. The security incident impacted some customer information that had been ‘inadvertently ...
Forbes

The Role Of API-Based Data Access For Modern Data Management

Traditionally, organizations have interacted with their data warehouses using direct database connections. Although this approach has been the norm for years, it can negatively impact efficiency and ...
Bleeping Computer

Target employees confirm leaked source code is authentic

Multiple current and former Target employees have reached out to BleepingComputer to confirm that the source code and documentation shared by a threat actor online match real internal systems. A ...
TechCrunch

Cyber giant F5 Networks says government hackers had ‘long-term’ access to its systems, stole code and customer data

Cybersecurity firm F5 Networks says government-backed hackers had “long-term, persistent access” to its network, which allowed them to steal the company’s source code and customer information. In a ...
Wired

DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data

Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has plans to stage a “hackathon” next week in Washington, DC. The goal is to create a single “mega API”—a bridge that lets software ...
The New York Times

Appeals Court Allows DOGE Access to Sensitive Data at Several Agencies

The decision cited a Supreme Court order in June granting DOGE analysts sweeping access to other data stored at the Social Security Administration. By Zach Montague Reporting from Washington A federal ...
Forbes

Banks Are Gaining Access To A Growing Amount Of Data: Here’s How To Use It

Eric Bierry is CEO at SBS, a global financial technology company. He covers topics at the intersection of finance, banking and technology. As banks have scaled their digitization initiatives over the ...
TechCrunch

For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data

AI is being forced on us in pretty much every facet of life, from phones and apps to search engines and even drive-throughs, for some reason. The fact that we’re now getting web browsers with baked-in ...
American Banker

How much control do banks have over access to their customers' data?

Who owns bank customers' data? It's a murky legal question, and answering it will determine the relationship between banks and fintechs in a future of open banking, writes Gene Ludwig. Whose data is ...