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Entire DC voters’ list may have been breached
The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) said that attackers may have accessed a copy of the DCBOE voter roll, a list encompassing everyone registered to vote in Washington, DC.
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Web Summit CEO resigns after commenting on Israel-Hamas war
Web Summit Chief Executive and founder Paddy Cosgrave resigned on Saturday after comments he made on the Israel-Hamas war prompted some technology companies and investors to withdraw plans to attend the conference in Portugal next month.
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US facial recognition firm Clearview AI wins GDPR appeal in UK
Clearview AI, a controversial US facial recognition company, has won a court case against the United Kingdom’s privacy watchdog and overturned a massive fine imposed on the firm.
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Fake Amazon and Microsoft call centers busted
In a nationwide crackdown against cybercrime, Indian authorities raided 76 illegal call centers impersonating Amazon and Microsoft tech support.
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North Koreans using false identities to get US jobs and send millions home
IT workers from North Korea have for years secretly worked at American companies and sent millions of dollars to the regime back home. Now, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is acting.
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German authorities want to ban adult sites at the ISP level
Internet companies in Germany may soon block sites like Pornhub or require a personal ID number for users to access adult content. Some adult games and websites are already being outlawed.
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Privacy not included: Nissan cars tracking drivers’ intimate lives
Research by the Mozilla Foundation, covering 173 gadgets, apps, and cars, reveals that digital privacy is not the case in 2023.
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Netflix shares jump as results show resilience despite Hollywood strikes
Streaming pioneer Netflix showed resilience by gaining more quarterly subscribers than in the past three years despite strikes by Hollywood's writers and actors.
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Millions more 23andMe users exposed online
More than four million people have had their ancestry data leaked in a fresh cyber blow to 23andMe, one of the most popular direct-to-consumer genetic testing services.
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Five Eyes intelligence chiefs warn China is using AI to steal intellectual property
The Five Eyes countries' intelligence chiefs came together on Tuesday to accuse China of using artificial intelligence for hacking and spying against the nations, in a rare joint statement by the allies.
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X to test $1 annual subscription
Social media platform X will test a new subscription model under which it will charge $1 annual fee for basic features.
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Former Navy IT manager sentenced for stealing 9,000 identities
Marquis Hooper, a 32-year-old former Navy IT Manager from Selma, California, was sentenced to five years and five months in prison for hacking a computer database that contained personally identifiable information (PII) and selling it on the dark web for $160,000 in Bitcoin.
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ServiceNow leak: thousands of companies at risk
Digital business platform ServiceNow has a data vulnerability that could have compromised its users for years, a cybersecurity expert warns.
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Signal denies rumors of zero-day bug
After rumors about an alleged zero-day security vulnerability spread online over the weekend, Signal, the privacy-oriented messenger, has declared it’s found no evidence that the threat is real.
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Fairfax data breach exposes medical records
US healthcare company Fairfax has disclosed a data breach that may have exposed the medical records of up to nearly a quarter of a million patients.
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EU opens probe into X in test of new tech rules
EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Thursday opened an investigation into Elon Musk's X, the first under new EU tech rules.
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Tony Parker’s ASVEL allegedly breached, player data stolen
ASVEL Basket, a French basketball team owned by the former NBA star Tony Parker, has been claimed by a ransomware cartel. The attackers say that they’ve taken player data and confidential agreements.
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MOVEit saga drags on as credit union discloses 100K victims
University Federal Credit Union has admitted a data breach related to this year’s hack of the third-party MOVEit software.
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Israel’s government and media websites hit with cyberattacks
Hacktivists, including cyber gangs such as the infamous Killnet, a Russian hacker group, are targeting various Israeli organizations following deadly attacks by Hamas militants.
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Global scam on WhatsApp and Telegram costs job seekers over $100M
Scammers allegedly linked to China are impersonating thousands of companies to steal money from job seekers.
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