The Swiss government has disclosed that a ransomware attack on an IT supplier might have impacted its data, while warning of ongoing DDoS attacks by the pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName. The ransomware attack on Xplain, a Swiss technology provider, resulted in the theft of various documents containing private and confidential data, financial and taxation details, etc. The Play ransomware group published the entire dump after failing to extort Xplain into paying a ransom. The Swiss government is investigating the contents and validity of the leaked data, which is likely to include data belonging to the Federal Administration.
Spirit Airlines and Air Canada experienced separate IT issues causing major delays and cancellations. Spirit Airlines blamed a "network issue between third party services" while Air Canada did not provide details. More than half of Spirit Airlines' scheduled flights were delayed, with 35 flights cancelled. Air Canada had over 190 delayed flights and 28 cancellations. The cancellations affected flights to and from Toronto Pearson International, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Montreal.
OpenAI has released 86 ChatGPT plugins to the public, which allow users to access the latest information, run computations, or use third-party services. These plugins cover a wide range of categories, including news, travel, finance, education, and more. Users can install these plugins by turning on the 'Web browsing' and 'Plugin' features in ChatGPT settings and choosing a plugin from the plugin store.
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT plugins, which allow its chatbot language model to access bespoke business information beyond internet training data. The plugins enable people to enter text commands, via typing or speech recognition, and have ChatGPT formulate a response using data from third-party services. Companies testing the ecosystem include Expedia, FiscalNote, Instacart, Kayak, Klarna, Milo, OpenTable, Shopify, Slack, Speak, Wolfram, and Zapier.
