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UK police data lapse exposed highly sensitive records, watchdog says
Poor patch management and bad monitoring exposed over 10,000 people.
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Data of 180,000 exposed in South Korean university hack, including ex-president
Former President Park Geun-hye appears to be among those affected.
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Four arrested after hackers siphoned €30M from Commerzbank accounts
Nearly three years are the heist, police have caught up with the alleged cybercriminals.
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Hackers impersonate PayPal and Apple with new real-time phishing kit
You only need to start typing for JWR to steal your information.
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Amazon blocks customers from taking most disputes to court
Customers agree to the updated terms by continuing to use Amazon services.
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France confirms taxpayer data stolen as hacker boasts of 2M records
The intrusion led to the theft of data belonging to 678,000 individuals and professionals.
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French court blocks Macron’s social media ban for under-15s
Macron is now looking to propose a new draft "as quickly as possible".
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Pet parents furious as smart feeders go offline – dogs and cats go hungry
Some owners say their feeding schedules failed when Petlibro’s servers went down.
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Selena Gomez accused of fraud by investors who put $1.2M into her mental health app
Wondermind executives kept the company’s collapse a secret.
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Tools to evade AI-powered surveillance: Are they effective?
You might cover or obscure your face, but that can get you in trouble with the cops.
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EU data protection watchdog raises red flags over expanding Europol’s powers
Critics warn the proposal could weaken privacy and fundamental rights.
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Meta deletes over 750K accounts under Australia’s social media ban
Data suggests teens are still accessing social media.
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Instagram changes its text logo for the first time in a decade – and the socials are going wild
Some fans love the refresh, while others say the new logo reads “InstagZam” – or shall we say, InstagZam-ic?
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Carhartt hackers claim millions of customers exposed in 50GB data breach
ShinyHunters is now blaming Carhartt’s “incompetent” negotiator for failed extortion talks.
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Discord ordered to block live streams after teenager dies in Brazil
Discord has 3 days to comply.
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Signal automates encryption key verification to hinder man-in-the-middle attacks
The new security feature makes it easier to verify whether chats are secure.
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German advocacy group lodges criminal complaint over Meta AI glasses
“There's no place to escape from smart glasses.”
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Russia’s Operation Matryoshka uses fake videos to target German election
A doll’s house of lies.
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Publishers accuse Google of unfair AI use, seek regulator to intervene
French publishers take aim at Google over the company’s AI news summaries.
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Delta flight carrying DEF CON “hackers” hit by Wi-Fi attack mid-air
Delta confirms “unauthorized” Wi-Fi network, but says no airline systems were compromised.
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