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Security arteries burst: 446K exposed in vein treatment center breach
Attackers stole extremely sensitive personal data such as lab results and health insurance information.
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Survey: people don’t care about data breaches, but they should
Everyone should be on high alert regarding their information, especially because data breaches are happening more frequently than ever. But do people actually care? Not so much, it seems.
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Operation PowerOFF: 27 DDoS platforms taken down just before the holidays
Law enforcement agencies worldwide have joined forces this holiday season to take down 27 distributed denial-of-service platforms used by hackers during the festive period.
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French telecom Orange fined 50 million euros for inserting ads in inboxes
Displaying ads between emails in users’ inboxes without consent can be costly. The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has fined telecommunications operator Orange 50 million euros for doing just that.
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Breach of booking giant Sabre exposes tens of thousands
A ransomware attack on Sabre has led to the sensitive personal details of a number of its employees appearing on the dark web.
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Russia testing ‘sovereign internet’ on Muslim minority
Russia has disrupted access to popular websites and messaging apps in several Muslim-majority regions as it continues testing a national alternative to the global internet.
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Frustration sparks over US healthcare as netizens copy UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter’s look
Internet sleuths aren’t on the hunt for the person who assassinated the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Instead, they’re more interested in finding out where he got his jacket.
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Team Trump wants to talk online drug sales with big tech
Representatives of five major tech companies have been invited to meet with US President-elect Donald Trump’s team in mid December and discuss ways to curb online sales of drugs.
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One email to expose them all: single user breach exposes data of 11K children
While few fell for the trick, it took only one compromised email to expose the sensitive records of thousands of minors.
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OpenAI’s new model pursues survival at all costs, tests show
OpenAI’s new large language model, o1, seems to be quite smart indeed. Recent third-party tests showed that o1 resisted efforts to try to shut it down – it lied and schemed in order to survive.
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OnlyFans unblocked in China
Users in China have been able to access OnlyFans, a subscription-based website best known for adult content, for over a week.
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Meta onboards James Cameron to create “mind-blowing” media for Quest headsets
Meta has onboarded James Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision to create 3D entertainment for its Quest virtual reality headsets.
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US hospital reveals Christmas breach that exposed hundreds of thousands
Massachusetts-based Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH) fell victim to a cyber gang last year, leading to hundreds of thousands of patients having their data exposed.
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Altman says AGI is closer than we think: but it’s no big deal
Humanity-saving OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is stepping back from his previous claims that artificial general intelligence (AGI) will basically save planet Earth.
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From check-in convenience to check-out chaos: Italy’s Airbnb crackdown
Italy’s new law means no more late-night check-ins at Airbnb properties. With tighter regulations looming, is this the end of an era for automated stays?
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OpenAI planning 12 days of shipmas
Festive time is indeed artificial, so what better way to celebrate than OpenAI’s announcement of a daily product or service being launched?
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Billionaire space enthusiast will lead NASA: but it’s not Musk
Incoming US president Donald Trump has nominated a billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut as his pick to lead NASA. The next few years seem set to be some of the most consequential in the agency’s history.
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Massive breach exposes major USAID contractor
Chemonics International had attackers roaming its systems for months, leading to hundreds of thousands of individuals having their personal details revealed.
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Zero screen time for kids under six, experts tell Spanish government
The report isn’t official yet, and it’s not clear what the Spanish government will decide. However, a panel of experts has told the cabinet that it should drastically limit minors’ exposure to digital devices such as smartphones.
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Unidentified flying object spotted near Trump’s golf course
Mysterious, car-sized drones have been spotted soaring over Morris County, New Jersey, sparking fear and curiosity among locals.
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