DETROIT - Sergio Marchionne, Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Group LLC and CEO, Fiat S.p.A., kicks off Inforum's New Year at its Annual Auto Showcase breakfast Jan. 18. At the helm of Chrysler's dramatic turnaround, Marchionne is bringing together two companies with cultures as different as its global brands Alfa Romeo and Jeep. Hear from Marchionne
SAN FRANCISCO - The insurance company reports a hack from October that compromises the personal information of 1.1 million people. Hackers broke into insurance company Nationwide's network in early October, stealing the personal information of more than a million customers across the country, the insurance company recently revealed by CNET New.Com. The company said the
TRAVERSE CITY - Ninety-four percent of healthcare organizations surveyed suffered at least one data breach during the past two years, while 45 percent of organizations experienced more than five data breaches, a new study shows. This information comes from the Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security by Ponemon Institute, sponsored by
DETROIT ? A crowd funding site aimed at buying Hostess company back from liquidaters has raised $2 million in pledges since it was launched at Thanksgiving. Once the SEC releases its final rules for Title II crowdfunding, DoughforHostess will begin legal pursuit of turning those pledges into actual dollars. "These early results show that not
LANSING - A bill that would allow a governmental unit to enter into an energy performance contract to produce savings in utility or operation and maintenance costs cleared the Senate Energy and Technology Committee on Tuesday with few no changes as it came over from the House. The bill was reported 7-0 with Sen. Rick
LANSING - A right-to-work bill is "on the agenda" for "thoughtful discussion," Governor Rick Snyder told reporters Tuesday night as he emerged from a closed-door meeting with legislative leadership. While making the comments raised the likelihood that a right-to-work bill could be passed during the lame-duck session, Snyder still refused to commit to supporting such
WASHINGTON DC - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pursuing Chinese hackers who targeted the computers of retired Adm. Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the latest example of what current and former officials call a pattern of attacks on computers of former high-ranking U.S. officials. The hackers targeted
WASHINGTON DC - Former NSA director tells the Financial Times that a cyberattack could cripple the nation's banking system, power grid, and other essential infrastructure. The United States faces "the cyber equivalent of the World Trade Center attack" unless urgent action is taken. John "Mike" McConnell, who served as director of the National Security Agency
REDMOND - In a month of uneven Windows 8 news and reviews, Microsoft is taking another hit. This time, its freeware Security Essentials finds itself in the crosshairs. Independent German security suite evaluators AV-Test.org publish bimonthly tests that rate the effectiveness of the biggest Windows security suites out there, and the recently published results showed
SAN FRANCISCO - A massive bug swept Tumblr Monday and infected some of the biggest blogs - including USA Today, Reuters, The Verge, and CNET - until Tumblr resolved the issue shortly before 10:30 a.m. PT. GNAA, a hacker group, claimed responsibility for the attack. The group's Twitter profile earlier today said 8,600 unique Tumblr