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Google employee charged with stealing AI trade secrets
Chinese national Linwei Ding has been charged with four counts of theft for stealing trade secrets relating to Google’s artificial intelligence technology.
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LinkedIn down for thousands of users
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn was reported down for thousands of users Wednesday – just one day after Meta's Facebook and Instagram left hundreds of thousands of users locked out of their accounts for hours.
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US gov to pay hospitals struggling in UnitedHealth hack, advocates want more
US hospitals and providers struggling to pay bills since the cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group's (UHG) technology division will now receive accelerated payments from the US government to help keep them afloat – but medical advocates say more needs to be done.
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Prompt engineer highest-paying AI job
Prospective prompt engineers can expect an annual salary of $300,000 on average, an analysis of job listings has shown.
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Cyber workers turning to crime, warns study
Disgruntled cybersecurity workers, including code developers and AI experts, are offering their services on the dark web for extra cash.
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US sanctions spyware vendor for targeting officials, journalists, dissidents
The US Treasury has slapped Intellexa Consortium with “first-of-its-kind” sanctions over unauthorized data extraction and development of Predator spyware.
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Meta says technical issue behind recent outage
Global Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and other Meta service outages was caused by a "technical issue," the company claims.
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Northeast Orthopedics suffers data breach
New York healthcare provider suffered a cyberattack, jeopardizing more than 177,000 people.
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ALPHV/BlackCat ransom gang fakes own takedown, fact or fiction?
The notorious ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang and its dark website appear to have been seized, yet again, by law enforcement – but now rumors are surfacing that the Russian-linked cartel may have faked its own takedown.
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Facebook and Instagram back online after major outage
Back up and running, Meta’s Facebook and Instagram logged out tens of thousands of social network users all over the world Tuesday, including the US, Europe, and India. The company points to an undisclosed "technical issue."
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Madonna's tour includes AI content – report
Madonna has embraced a text-to-video tool to create some visuals for her ongoing Celebration Tour.
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Following Taurus leak, Bundeswehr issues a statement using 1234 as password
After the wiretapping incident in the German Air Force, journalists received a link to the press statement from the Federal Minister of Defense, Boris Pistorius, protected with the password 1234. It may be a weird joke, as the shared information is public.
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Publishers seeking to paralyze pirate library LibGen
In a copyright infringement lawsuit, several large textbook publishers want Library Genesis (LibGen), a major illegal web library, to be fined $30 million in piracy damages and closed down. Collecting the money might be complicated.
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Discord military leaker pleads guilty, gets 16 years
Former US airman Jack Teixeira has pleaded guilty to leaking US military secrets on a Discord group to impress his fellow gamers.
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UnitedHealth rumored to have paid $22M to ALPHV/BlackCat hackers
Rumors that UnitedHealth Group (UHG) has forked over a $22 million ransom payment to the ALPHV/BlackCat hackers are being circulated on the dark web.
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American Express says customer data exposed in third-party breach
American Express (Amex) credit card holders may have had some of their account information exposed via a third party breach, the company has disclosed.
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Apple hit with over 1.8 billion euro EU antitrust fine in Spotify case
Apple was hit with an EU antitrust fine of over 1.8 billion euros ($1.95 billion) on Monday, its first ever, for preventing Spotify and other music streaming services from informing users of payment options outside its App Store.
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Apple explains how it will comply with EU laws and how bad they are
Prior to the release of iOS 17.4, Apple has published a detailed whitepaper that explains what changes the company has rolled out to comply with the new EU Digital Markets Act (DMA).
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Russian spies record secret German military talks by simply joining Webex call
Russian spies recorded top German military officials discussing possible deliveries of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine and potential targets. The Bundeswehr’s information security practices are now being called into question after the leaked 38-minute audio file was obtained by simply joining in on a Webex conference.
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Virgin Hotels breach exposes thousands
Attackers have penetrated Virgin Hotels North America’s systems, obtaining sensitive personal details such as Social Security numbers (SSNs).
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