People involved in financial tech, software programming, cyber security, and cryptocurrencies have been talking about the Lastpass data breach that was disclosed two days ago. The password management company detailed that a breach, committed earlier this year, allowed hackers to obtain a “backup of customer vault data.” Lastpass Reveals ‘Threat Actor Was Also Able to
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board defended its latest actions in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bankruptcy and rejected bondholder and unsecured creditor challenges to its proposals. The urgent motion filed Dec. 16 was “purely administrative in nature,” requesting the scheduling of a disclosure statement hearing, deadlines for briefing on the disclosure statement and the
Mortgage interest rates dropped again last week, and while that did little to bolster demand from homebuyers, it did send homeowners looking for savings on their monthly payments. Applications to refinance a home loan jumped 6% last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Volume, however, was still
Todd Bunton, CFA, Growth & Income Stock Strategist at Zacks Investment Research, discusses a stock that might be worth a closer look by investors: DineEquity (DIN). This restaurant company recently delivered solid second quarter results, driven by the strongest same-store sales growth at its IHOP brand in over a decade. Analysts revised their estimates higher
The UK faces a fresh wave of strike action in the new year, as nurses, ambulance staff and rail workers prepare to walk out over pay. The PCS union, which represents striking civil servants including Border Force staff, on Friday warned industrial action would be ramped up even further if the government continued to refuse
Password management service LastPass was hacked in August 2022, and the attacker stole users’ encrypted passwords, according to a Dec. 23 statement from the company. This means that the attacker may be able to crack some website passwords of LastPass users through brute force guessing. Notice of Recent Security Incident – The LastPass Blog#lastpasshack #hack
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders objected to the Oversight Board’s proposed plan of adjustment and asked that the discovery process begin immediately. “There is no conceivable benefit to interested parties or the court from forcing all parties to sit on their hands for more than two months before plan-related discovery begins, only then to