Hello. What's more important than being a good employee right now? Looking like a good employee in the eyes of AI productivity trackers that more managers are using to evaluate their teams.
Employee-surveillance systems are especially popular at tech providers and are also used by other firms that want to probe how people spend company time. Oversight has escalated and tensions are rising. Read more from WSJ .
Also today: This week's Dow Jones Risk Journal podcast tackles the high-risk, low-reward prospect of companies helping the U.S. government with offensive cyber operations against foreign cybercriminals. Scroll down for podcast links, and more news.
More Cyber News
Asset-management firm Apollo Global Management is notifying an unspecified number of clients that their personal data was exposed in a hack of "certain cloud platforms." Apollo said in a letter to state regulators that it was among several financial companies targeted last month in a social-engineering campaign. Apollo is offering 24 months of free credit monitoring to affected customers.
Ratings agency Fitch warns water and healthcare providers that cyberattacks that amplify existing financial challenges can lead to ratings downgrades. (Cybersecurity Dive)
🎧 New episode: Should Private Companies Be Fighting Cybercriminals? A new White House initiative could allow cybersecurity firms help the government hack foreign criminal groups. Also: warehouses are ramping up automation.
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A crash cart for hospital cyberattacks: A team of cybersecurity and healthcare experts at the University of California, San Diego, has created a mobile tech system for hospitals to deploy when a hack takes down key applications and networks. A cargo van filled with computer gear can create a 5G cell network via satellite to support communications and access to patient records as a hospital works recover from a cyberattack. The team's Project Crashcart is designed to support a 20-bed emergency department, or a small rural hospital. (UC San Diego Today)
A bankruptcy court delayed approval of Google's $10 million purchase of Spirit Airlines' data after former flight attendants objected, warning the deal could violate worker privacy to feed AI models. Google last week won the auction of Spirit's digital archives that include decades of payroll, travel and recruiting files, along with about 100 million emails, 80,000 email accounts and millions of other digital items. Google said personal customer data wouldn't be included. (WSJ Pro Bankruptcy)
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