Blackcat claims responsibility for cyberattack at UnitedHealth

Blackcat claims responsibility for cyberattack at UnitedHealth

Change Healthcare on Thursday confirmed that ransomware group Blackcat is behind the ongoing cybersecurity attack that’s caused widespread disruptions to pharmacies and health systems across the U.S. “Our experts are working to address the matter and we are working closely with law enforcement and leading third-party consultants,” Change Healthcare told CNBC in a statement Thursday. … Read more

Snowflake shares drop 19% on CEO’s retirement, weak guidance

Snowflake shares drop 19% on CEO’s retirement, weak guidance

Snowflake Chairman and CEO Frank Slootman attends the Snowflake Summit 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevasa, U.S., June 14, 2022.  Snowflake | Via Reuters Shares of Snowflake dropped 19% in Thursday morning trading, a day after the cloud software company announced that billionaire CEO Frank Slootman will retire and be replaced by Sridhar Ramaswamy, former Google … Read more

Markets brace for Fed’s key inflation gauge

Markets brace for Fed’s key inflation gauge

A trader works during the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 17, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City.  Johannes Eisele | Afp | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they … Read more

Wall Street on edge over Fed’s key inflation gauge

Wall Street on edge over Fed’s key inflation gauge

A trader works, as a screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 13, 2023.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets … Read more

Investors get more reasons to like Apple after scrapping EV plans, AI update

Investors get more reasons to like Apple after scrapping EV plans, AI update

Apple offered investors more reasons to like its stock after the company reportedly canceled its decadelong electric, self-driving car project and CEO Tim Cook talked up the iPhone maker’s artificial intelligence vision. The tech giant announced the end to its autonomous EV pursuits internally Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported , citing people with knowledge of the … Read more

Google CEO tells employees Gemini AI blunder ‘unacceptable’

Google CEO tells employees Gemini AI blunder ‘unacceptable’

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks in conversation with Emily Chang during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West on November 16, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images In a memo Tuesday evening, Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed the company’s artificial intelligence mistakes, which led to Google taking … Read more

Cramer says Alphabet needs to streamline its business like Apple did

Cramer says Alphabet needs to streamline its business like Apple did

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday told investors he’d like to see more transparency about Google-parent Alphabet‘s various ventures, saying a more streamlined approach to businesses would help the stock. “It’s time for Google, Alphabet — whatever, I don’t even care — to stop running as a skunkworks for all sorts of ideas that may or … Read more

350 employees, or about 37% of workforce

350 employees, or about 37% of workforce

The Bumble app is displayed on a smartphone in New York on Nov. 6, 2023. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bumble on Tuesday announced plans to lay off about 350 employees, or about 37% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring plan. The company said the layoffs will help drive stronger operating … Read more

Fraudster impersonated Mansour family to peddle fake Airbnb equity

Fraudster impersonated Mansour family to peddle fake Airbnb equity

The Airbnb logo is displayed on the Nasdaq digital billboard in Times Square in New York on December 10, 2020. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images When prosecutors announced the plea deal late last week of Shamoon Rafiq, who ran a $10 million scheme that duped investors into buying into pre-IPO tech companies like … Read more

UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare cyberattack outages continue, pharmacies deploy workarounds

UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare cyberattack outages continue, pharmacies deploy workarounds

Change Healthcare’s systems are down for the seventh day after a cyber threat actor gained access to its network last week. Parent company UnitedHealth Group said most U.S. pharmacies have set up electronic workarounds to mitigate the impact. UnitedHealth discovered that a “suspected nation-state-associated” threat actor breached part of Change Healthcare’s information technology network on … Read more