Twitter stepped up search to complete top security job before hacking

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) had intensified its search for an information security chief in recent weeks, two people familiar with the effort told Reuters, before the high-profile account breach on Wednesday raised alarm about the platform’s security. The FBI’s San Francisco division is leading an investigation into Twitter’s hacking, …

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Increased COVID-19, test delays, stress contact tracking efforts

Tracking contacts, a key part of the public health strategy to control the coronavirus pandemic, strives to keep up with California’s summer spike in COVID-19 cases. The time-tested tactic of asking newly infected people about family, friends, and acquaintances they might have been exposed to so that they can be …

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COVID-19 Yellowstone County “Epicenter” in Montana

BILLINGS Yellowstone County Health Officer John Felton urged everyone on Thursday to do their part to curb the spread of Covid-19, which has affected Yellowstone County in recent weeks with 14 deaths and an increasing number of positive cases. At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Felton spoke about the increasing …

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