The Record

Japanese beverage giant Asahi is struggling to restore operations following a cyberattack that has disrupted its business for most of the week, raising fears of shortages of the country’s top-selling beer.

The Georgia Institute of Technology is paying $875,000 to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit with the federal government, which accused an office at the school of not following cybersecurity rules on some defense contracts.

Car dealership software developer Motility said it suffered from a ransomware attack where the hackers encrypted servers that support the company’s business operations.

Canadian airline WestJet disclosed to regulators that a data breach earlier this year exposed the information of about 1.2 million people.

Espionage hackers aligned with China are targeting foreign ministries, embassies and telcos across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, researchers have found.

The scam originated in Australia in August but has since been seen in several countries around the globe.

Okta said their new research into the scheme revealed that North Korea has honed its skills on U.S.-based companies and has expanded into dozens of different countries and industries.

The vulnerability carries a severity score of 10 out of 10 and has caused alarm among cybersecurity experts who have criticized Fortra for not saying whether it has seen the bug being exploited.

Tractor Supply Company allegedly failed to publish a privacy policy, notify job applicants of their privacy rights and shared personal data with third parties without permission.

Congress is unlikely to move this week to renew two key cybersecurity efforts that were expected to hitch a ride on legislation to keep the government running.

A civil complaint filed by the federal government alleges that the Sendit app illegally collected data from users under 13 and tricked people into paying for subscriptions.

The shutdown, confirmed by internet monitoring groups NetBlocks, Kentik and Proton VPN, began late Monday and continued into Tuesday, affecting both mobile and fixed-line services. Telephone networks were also disrupted.

A Chinese national accused of running a fraudulent investment scheme pleaded guilty after U.K. police seized nearly $7 billion worth of Bitcoin during a raid of her home in north London.

The digital privacy nonprofit noyb says a Lithuania-based data broker has a "very shady business model" that runs afoul of European data privacy laws.

Ukraine's deputy prime minister is betting big on artificial intelligence's ability to shape governance, education and even the battlefield.

JLR itself is responsible for repaying the £1.5 billion ($2 billion) five-year loan from an unnamed commercial bank, but the lender has received a guarantee that the British government would step in if JLR fails to repay it.

Busy law enforcement agencies are trying out AI platforms that process large amounts of evidence to help officers build cases. Experts say there are potential dangers for everyone involved.

Leaders in Moldova described an environment of "massive pressure from Russia and its proxies" to undermine and disrupt voting in Moldova's parliamentary elections, in which voters favored the pro-European Union ruling party.

The hackers stole documents that had names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial account information, fingerprint data, medical information, passport numbers and more.

Several African countries targeted transnational criminal networks that used social media and other digital platforms to run romance and sextortion scams, Interpol said.