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UK military personnel data accessed in hack
Personal information from the British armed forces has been accessed in a significant data breach, with China suspected to be the culprit behind the attack.
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Katy Perry's AI-generated image at the Met Gala confuses her own mother
Deepfake images of Katy Perry at this year's Met Gala are gaining a lot of attention online, and people are falling for it.
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Deutsche Telekom claimed by LockBit, dozens more ransom victims
Deutsche Telekom was one of dozens of companies from around the globe posted on the infamous LockBit ransomware leak list of victims on Monday.
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Customer data from major Chinese banks allegedly up for sale
A threat actor has posted files for sale on a cybercriminal forum, claiming that they include the personal and financial data of Chinese bank customers.
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Paris 2024 preparing for unprecedented cyberthreats
The Paris 2024 Olympics is getting ready to face an unprecedented challenge in terms of cybersecurity, with organizers expecting huge pressure on the Games this summer.
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Meta and Georgia Tech use AI to advance carbon capture solutions
Tech giant Meta has teamed up with the Georgia Institute of Technology to create a massive open dataset to advance AI solutions for carbon capture, a technology with great potential to help solve the problem of global warming.
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Android malware is wiping out bank accounts in Finland
An ongoing Android malware attack is targeting online banking accounts, say Finnish authorities.
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Police resurrect LockBit’s leak site to mock criminals and tease more info
Law enforcement agencies have updated the seized LockBit leak site again to troll the gang’s leaders and tease new information from the ongoing investigation into its operations.
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German military Bundeswehr found leaking classified meetings
Security gaps in Germany’s military left more than 6,000 meetings, some of them classified, leaking online.
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MedStar suffers data breach,183K patients exposed
The American healthcare service MedStar has suffered a breach, with attackers gaining access to the personal information of 183,000 patients.
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Darknet 'BenzoBoys' gets prison selling millions counterfeit Xanax
A Missouri man – online username ‘BenzoBoys’ – was sentenced to prison for peddling millions of fake Xanax pills on the dark web in what the FBI calls a “prolific” drug operation.
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You’ll soon be able to see less of your ex on Google Photos
Google Photos is testing an upgrade that’ll allow users to control which faces they want to see in their Memories recaps.
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Germany summons Russian envoy over Fancy Bear hacking
Germany summoned the acting representative of the Russian embassy over a sweeping cyberespionage campaign dating back to 2022 that Berlin blames on Moscow's GRU military intelligence service.
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New streaming study: show chasers even worse than serial churners
A subset of streaming subscribers is becoming a huge headache for major platforms, a new study has found. So-called show chasers subscribe, watch a series or a movie, and then cancel immediately.
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Microsoft goes passwordless on all consumer accounts
Microsoft has launched passkeys enabling users to drop passwords to access the company’s accounts.
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Sam Altman calls GPT-4 “the dumbest model”
At a question-and-answer session at Stanford University, Sam Altman slammed his own creations, ChatGPT and GPT-4, calling them dumb and not phenomenal.
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Rumor: OpenAI could announce Google Search alternative in May
According to a well-informed OpenAI insider, the company behind the viral ChatGPT bot is likely to soon announce a new search engine that will rival Google.
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Man sentenced for possession of deepfake abuse materials
A recidivist sex offender has been sentenced to almost 15 years in prison for possession of deepfake child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting child celebrities.
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LastPass attempts to open a new chapter by separating from its parent company
The password manager has announced the completion of its planned separation from GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) in an attempt to establish itself as an independent cloud security company.
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Cisco fraudster will pay $100M restitution, serve prison time
The CEO busted last June for running a $100 million counterfeit scheme selling fake Cisco networking products to companies all over the US – including the US military – has been sentenced in federal court.
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