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Scammers by force: electrocuted for missing quotas
Nearly 900 victims of human trafficking have been freed from a romance scam factory disguised as a gambling company in the Philippines. The UN warns that cyber fraud and tech slavery is booming in Southeast Asia.
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Hacker gives out 70 million stolen AT&T user records
A leaked database with more than 70 million records, allegedly stolen from AT&T, is on sale on the illicit marketplace BreachForums. Some researchers confirm that the data is legitimate, but it's unclear how the hackers got their hands on it.
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Apex Legends pro match ruined by unique live hack
Hackers have compromised the North American Finals of Apex Legends, an online shooter game, by inserting unsolicited cheats into gameplay and ruining the integrity of the event.
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McDonald's addresses system outage, blames third-party provider
Fast food giant McDonald’s says a third-party provider was to blame for a worldwide system outage that knocked thousands of McDonald’s franchisees offline, from Hong Kong to the USA.
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MarineMax yachts latest luxury retailer to suffer cyberattack
MarineMax, a US luxury yacht dealer and boating lifestyle brand, fell victim to a third-party cyberattack this week, the latest in a series of attacks targeting high-end retailers.
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FCC sets a new standard for broadband internet: no less than 100 Mbps
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has scrapped the old benchmark for measuring broadband internet and increased it four-fold. Instead of 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload, Americans are now supposed to get at least 100/20 Mbps.
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NHS health board breach may include patient data
Attackers have breached NHS Scotland’s Dumfries and Galloway health board – the public organization operating hospitals – possibly obtaining sensitive patient data.
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Pro-Palestinian hackers claim to have hacked Viber
Handala Hack, a pro-Palestinian hacktivist group, claims to have breached the Viber instant messaging service. It wouldn’t be the first time – Viber is much easier to hack compared to similar apps.
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McDonald’s IT outage leaves thousands hungry, restaurants closed
McDonald’s restaurants across Australia can’t serve customers because of an IT outage, with some locations shutting down completely.
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Pornhub no longer available to Texas residents without VPN
As of Thursday night, people of Texas now see a detailed message explaining Pornhub’s opposition to the state’s age verification laws when they try to access the website.
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Italy opens up probe into OpenAI’s Sora
The Italian Data Protection Authority has launched an investigation into Sora
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Senate divided over TikTok divest bill, vote on pause
The US Senate will pause its vote on a fast-track bill that would force Chinese-owned TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to divest or face a ban in the US.
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EU opens probe against AliExpress over illegal content
The European Commission has started formal proceedings against AliExpress, an online marketplace owned by China’s tech giant Alibaba, for potentially violating its new Digital Services Act (DSA).
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Massive cyberattack affects 43 million French workers
The French governmental employment agency has announced a cyberattack during which hackers were likely to extract information about 43 million people – more than two-thirds of the total population.
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Akira’s breach of Nissan impacts 100K people
Japanese auto giant Nissan said the attack on the company’s Australian and New Zealand businesses has affected thousands of customers, dealers, and current and former employees.
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US gov opens probe into UnitedHealth hack as systems come back online
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is opening an investigation into last month's cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group’s health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare. This is as UnitedHealth announces that 99% of Change's pharmacy and payment platforms are back online.
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Canada jails LockBit affiliate for four years
Mikhail Vasiliev, a Russian-Canadian national, was sent to years in prison after pleading guilty to cyber extortion, local media reports.
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AI Act gets final nod in European Parliament: does it go far enough?
The European Parliament passed the AI Act on Wednesday, with the landmark ruling setting the standards for AI governance in the European Union. But does it go too far, or not far enough?
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ChatGPT plugins prone to threat actors, says study
Plugins that allow the OpenAI chatbox to interact with other programs have vulnerabilities that could be exploited during a cyberattack.
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Duvel and Boulevard Brewing attackers post passports
Attackers claim to have stolen over a terabyte of data from Belgium’s Duvel and Duvel-owned Boulevard Brewing Company. The data allegedly exposes dozens of US-issued passports.
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