The UK government is to list data centres as vital national infrastructure, but will not assign new regulations, nor add further reviews to existing contingency measures. While sourcing coordination and cooperation in shielding against cyber threats and accidental incidents will flourish, environmental concerns arise about data centres’ ongoing demand for large volumes of energy and water for cooling. The country anticipates a six-fold increase in data centre power usage over the next decade.
Change Healthcare data breach victim count rises to 190M
UnitedHealth Group announces that the number of victims in the Change Healthcare data breach has risen to 190 million, almost twice the reported figure in