Notices by Carly Page (carlypage@mastodon.social)

some ✨personal news✨

i have been made redundant and it's my last week at TechCrunch. it has been an absolute dream working with @zackwhittaker and @lorenzofb on the cybersecurity desk, but i’m super excited for what’s next!

i’m going to be returning to the world of freelance, so if you need an experienced tech journalist / copywriter / editor / or a mix of the above, please get in touch at carlypagewrites@gmail.com

The UK government appears to have quietly scrubbed encryption advice from government web pages.

The change comes just weeks after demanding backdoor access to encrypted data stored on Apple’s cloud storage service https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/uk-quietly-scrubs-encryption-advice-from-government-websites/

Employee screening giant DISA Global Solutions has confirmed a data breach affecting 3.3 million people.

The Texas-based company, which provides services including drug and alcohol testing and background checks, said the stolen data includes individuals' SSNs, ID documents, and financial information https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/us-employee-screening-giant-disa-says-hackers-accessed-data-of-more-than-3m-people/

US government contractor ENGlobal says hackers accessed “sensitive personal information” from its systems during a November cyberattack https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/englobal-says-hackers-accessed-sensitive-personal-data-during-cyberattack/

A ransomware attack on Blue Yonder, one of the world’s largest supply chain software providers, is causing ongoing disruption to operations at a number of major US and UK retailers. The company says it does not have a timeline for recovery https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/26/major-uk-us-stores-face-ongoing-disruption-after-ransomware-attack-hits-supply-chain-giant-blue-yonder/

Fidelity says the personal data of 77,000 customers has been compromised after an August breach. It said a third party accessed its systems “using two customer accounts that they had recently established" but did not disclose what data had been breached https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/10/fidelity-says-data-breach-exposed-personal-data-of-77000-customers/

The UK's ICO has confirmed it's investigating U.S.-based money transfer giant MoneyGram after receiving a data breach report from the company https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/27/uk-data-watchdog-confirms-investigating-moneygram-data-breach/

US money transfer giant MoneyGram has blamed an unspecified “cybersecurity issue” for an ongoing days-long outage affecting the company and its users. The company says it doesn't yet have a timeline for a fix https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/24/moneygram-blames-cybersecurity-issue-for-ongoing-days-long-outage/

some personal news: I’m now on maternity leave, returning to TechCrunch later this year. please don’t email me 😊

U.K.-based water utility Southern Water says hackers stole the personal data of as many as 470,000 customers during a January cyberattack. Black Basta claimed responsibility for the attack, but no longer has Southern Water listed on its dark web leak site https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/uk-utility-giant-southern-water-says-hackers-stole-personal-data-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-customers/

AnyDesk confirmed late Friday that hackers gained access to its production systems. The company says it has reset passwords and revoked certificates, but hasn’t said how or when it was compromised or whether any customer data was accessed https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/05/remote-access-giant-anydesk-resets-passwords-and-revokes-certificates-after-hack/

HPE says it was hacked by Midnight Blizzard, the Russia-backed group behind the recent Microsoft email breach. HPE tells TechCrunch the hackers “leveraged a compromised account" to access a "small number" corporate Office 365 inboxes https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/25/hpe-says-it-was-hacked-by-russian-group-behind-microsoft-email-breach/

Security researchers say they have observed the 'deliberate' takedown of the prolific Mozi botnet that infiltrated more than a million Internet of Things devices worldwide https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/01/mozi-botnet-take-down-china/