April rundown: Ransomware revenants and ‘open source’ AI

What this episode covers

April has been a month of both highs and lows. At the start of the month, AWS was ordered to pay $525 million in damages, after it was found to have infringed US patent law through some of its core cloud offerings.The month has also seen a high-profile cyber incident – a ransomware attack against Change Healthcare in which personal information was stolen.All of this has unfolded against the backdrop of more innovation in the AI space, with the launch of Llama 3 and news from Google Cloud Next having buoyed market interest.In this episode, Jane and Rory speak once again to Ross Kelly, ITPro’s news and analysis editor, to explore some of the month’s most notable news items.Read more:https://www.itpro.com/cloud/cloud-storage/aws-fined-dollar525-million-after-us-court-rules-amazon-s3-storage-dynamodb-services-infringed-patents (AWS fined $525 million after US court rules Amazon S3 storage, DynamoDB services infringed patents) https://www.itpro.com/security/ransomware/change-healthcare-hit-with-second-ransomware-attack-of-2024 (Change Healthcare hit with second ransomware attack of 2024) https://www.itpro.com/security/ransomware/unitedhealth-group-admits-to-paying-ransom-after-change-healthcare-cyber-attack (UnitedHealth Group admits to paying ransom after Change Healthcare cyber attack) https://www.itpro.com/security/citrix-vulnerability-behind-change-healthcare-cyber-attack-ceo-claims (Citrix vulnerability behind Change Healthcare cyber attack, CEO claims) https://www.itpro.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/metas-llama-3-will-force-openai-and-other-ai-giants-to-up-their-game (Meta's Llama 3 will force OpenAI and other AI giants to up their game) https://www.itpro.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/just-how-open-are-the-leading-open-source-ai-platforms (Just how open are the leading open source AI models?)