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30 Aug 2021

Google, Amazon, Microsoft unveil massive cybersecurity initiatives after White House meeting

The heads of Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and IBM are among the business leaders that met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss how the government and private sector can work together to improve the nation's cybersecurity, according to a senior administration official.

"Most of our critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector, and the federal government can't meet this challenge alone," Biden said during a brief comment at the start of the meeting. "I've invited you all here today because you have the power, the capacity and the responsibility, I believe, to raise the bar on cybersecurity."

At the meeting, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the search giant will invest more than $10 billion over the next five years in cybersecurity. The effort will include helping to secure the supply chain and strengthening open-source security. The investment will also expand "zero-trust" programs, in which organizations don't automatically trust any person or device when it comes to cybersecurity.

 

T-Mobile CEO: Hacker brute-forced his way through our network

T-Mobile's CEO Mike Sievert said that the hacker behind the carrier's latest massive data breach brute forced his way through T-Mobile's network after gaining access to testing environments.

The attacker could not exfiltrate customer financial information, credit card information, debit or other payment information during the incident.

However, T-Mobile says that he stole records belonging to 54.6 million current, former, or prospective customers, containing Social Security numbers, phone numbers, names, addresses, dates of birth, T-Mobile prepaid PINs, and driver license/ID information.

 

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