One of the tallest structures in the state, the Comcast Center in Philadelphia is a glass tower that can be seen from a great distance. In October 2023, a patch for a critical software vulnerability was sitting uninstalled inside the company’s massive technical infrastructure. The fix was made available by Citrix on October 10. It fixed a vulnerability in the NetScaler software that allowed attackers to take over authenticated user sessions without requiring credentials, a flaw that researchers would later refer to as Citrix Bleed. Hackers used it to gain access to Xfinity’s systems six days later. They spent four…
Author: Sierra Foster
Sierra Foster
Born in Kansas City, Sierra Foster writes about politics and serves as Senior Editor at kbsd6.com. She was raised paying attention to this city, not just living in it. Sierra has a strong, deep connection to Kansas City, from the neighborhoods east of Troost to the discussions that take place in the city hall halls. Sierra, who is presently enrolled at the University of Kansas to pursue a degree in Political Science, applies the rigor of academic study to her journalism. She writes about politics in Missouri and Kansas as someone who genuinely cares about what happens to the people in these communities—the policies that impact them, the leaders who represent them, and the civic forces influencing their futures—rather than as an outsider watching from a distance. Her editorial coverage encompasses state-level policy, local government, and the national political currents that permeate bi-state regional life. Whether it's a city council vote or a Senate race, she has a special gift for turning complex policy language into writing that feels urgent, relatable, and worthwhile. Sierra seldom sits still off the page. She claims that playing soccer on a regular basis has sharpened her instincts for political reporting because of the sport's teamwork, strategy, and requirement to read a changing game in real time. She's probably somewhere in Kansas City with her friends when she's not writing or on the pitch, discovering new reasons to adore a city she already knows so well.
Although Hub International Limited is not as well-known as some other businesses, it has gained notoriety among the approximately 500,000 individuals whose personal information was compromised in a cyberattack that occurred between December 2022 and January 2023. One of the biggest insurance brokerage operations in North America, Hub is the type of company that quietly operates in the background of people’s personal and professional lives, handling insurance arrangements for individuals, carriers, and employers across a variety of coverage types. A remarkably extensive collection of personal data, including full names, Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, passport numbers, financial account information, health…
Fumiko Lopez was having what she thought was a private conversation somewhere in California, most likely in a kitchen, living room, or car. Her iPhone was close by, as they usually are, charging on nightstands, sitting on countertops, riding in pockets, and being the silent constant companions of modern life. Then Siri activated, according to the lawsuit she ultimately filed. It wasn’t because she meant to say “Hey Siri.” Just keep going. paying attention. Furthermore, the lawsuit claimed that what it heard was not limited to Lopez’s Apple device. The central allegation in Lopez v. Apple, Inc. was straightforward but…
A patch for a serious flaw in Citrix’s NetScaler software was made available on October 10, 2023. The vulnerability, identified by security researchers as CVE-2023-4966 and subsequently dubbed Citrix Bleed, gave hackers the ability to take over authenticated user sessions, effectively using the digital equivalent of a stolen key to enter a door that should have been locked. Before hackers showed up, Comcast had six days to implement the fix. They were unable to complete it in time. Attackers gained access to Xfinity’s systems for four days between October 16 and October 19, during which time they extracted customer data…
Millions of patients had divulged the most private information possible in the waiting areas and exam rooms of one of the biggest medical networks in Southern California. their diagnoses. their prescription drugs. their laboratory findings. their Social Security numbers. The type of data that appears in a medical file and seems to belong only to you and your physician. Regal Medical Group, a member of the Heritage Provider Network, was the target of a ransomware attack in early 2023, and all of that data, which belonged to an estimated 3.3 million people, ended up in the hands of criminals. 26…
The Bellagio. Mandalay Bay’s MGM Grand. The shimmer of Las Vegas at night, the sound of slot machines, and the scent of recycled air and carpet that hasn’t seen sunlight in years are all associated with these names. One of the biggest hospitality corporations in the world, MGM Resorts International runs establishments that millions of tourists visit annually, giving their names, addresses, passport numbers, and credit card information as casually as they tip a dealer. That information ended up somewhere it shouldn’t have for over 10 million Canadian visitors. A proposed $4 million Canadian settlement for impacted Canadians has been…
Hansons Supermarket has long been a mainstay of daily shopping life in the Nasinu area east of Suva, where a number of suburban commercial strips serve some of Fiji’s most densely populated neighborhoods. It’s the kind of place where families load up trolleys on Saturday mornings, where the freezer aisles hum with the distinct chilly silence of commercial refrigeration, and where regular people assume, without giving it much thought, that the meat they purchase has been stored correctly and is safe to consume. As it happened, that trust wasn’t always justified. Additionally, the Consumer Council of Fiji made a public…
One of the busiest airports in the world, Chicago O’Hare International Airport is constantly in motion, with security cameras everywhere and thousands of travelers passing through secondary screening and customs each day. Sundas Naqvi, a 28-year-old woman known to friends as Sunny, returned to O’Hare on March 5, 2026, after visiting Istanbul. She was taken aside for a follow-up examination. There is no question about that part. A $1 million federal defamation lawsuit centers on what happened next, or more accurately, what didn’t happen next. This lawsuit has put a Cook County commissioner in legal hot water and raised unsettling…
On a weekend afternoon, there’s a good chance you’ll come across a HexClad display in the cookware section of any Costco, surrounded by people picking up the pans, flipping them over, and reading the packaging. Even those who don’t follow cookware trends are likely to have seen the cooking surface’s hexagonal pattern somewhere—in a Gordon Ramsay advertisement, on social media, or in a friend’s kitchen. The performance of stainless steel, the convenience of non-stick, and the absence of any harmful chemicals you’re trying to avoid were the brand’s straightforward but persuasive selling points. High-end pricing, high-end claims, and Gordon Ramsay’s…
It seems like the Hasbro headquarters building in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, ought to be happier than it is. For more than a century, the company that created GI Joe and Monopoly and kept kids busy on rainy afternoons has had its headquarters in that tiny Rhode Island city. It is an authentic piece of American business history with roots in a location that most people outside of New England couldn’t find on a map. The business declared this year that it was moving to Boston. A cyberattack struck its systems before it was done packing. Additionally, a federal lawsuit was…