Amazon’s cloud computing business is slowing down

The company posted its second-quarter earnings today (July 25), and Amazon Web Services (AWS), its cloud-computing division, generated $8.3 billion in the quarter, a jump of more than 35% over the same quarter last year. Cloud services, a business Amazon originally entered to support its own infrastructure, has become incredibly fruitful for the online retailer. …

Hacker breach Tesla public cloud environment, Make away with ‘non-public’ company data

Hackers broke into Tesla’s public cloud environment, gaining access to non-public Tesla data and stealing compute resources within the company’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment for cryptojacking, according to a new report from security firm RedLock. RedLock researchers immediately informed Tesla of the hack, and the vulnerabilities have been addressed, the report noted. The cybercriminals …