Microsoft’s Layoffs and Windows TCO
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‘Stop firing my friends, damn it,’ developer attacks mass layoffs
The video game industry is having one of its best years in 2023 for consumers. The good momentum of great games will continue in 2024, but with it comes problems. While players are enjoying a great title, there’s a lot of tension going on behind the scenes.
In early 2024, Unity announced plans to lay off 25% of its employees, while Riot Games revealed that it would lay off 530 employees. Soon after, Microsoft’s video game division announced that 1,900 employees would lose their jobs, which affected Microsoft’s employees. Bethesda, Activision Blizzard and Xbox.
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Windows TCO
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Data Breaches ☛ Yes, Change Healthcare breach was us — BlackCat
Zack Whittaker reports that the ongoing cyberattack at Change Healthcare has been confirmed as a ransomware attack, with executives of the firm linking it to AlphV (BlackCat). Reuters was the first to report the claimed attribution to BlackCat, but until now, there has been no confirmation from BlackCat.
Minutes ago, BlackCat informed DataBreaches that yes, they are responsible for the attack. DataBreaches has asked them if they are willing to share any additional details and will update this post if any are received.
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TechCrunch ☛ Ransomware attack blamed for Change Healthcare outage stalling US prescriptions
An ongoing cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare that sparked outages and disruption to hospitals and pharmacies across the U.S. for the past week was caused by ransomware, TechCrunch has learned.
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