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Cheerleading behemoth suffers hacker attack, data exposed
Varsity Brands, a US-based academic garment maker, has reported a breach of its systems. Attackers were able to access the details of tens of thousands of people.
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Pokemon developer discloses breach, extent of leak remains a mystery
Game Freak recently released a statement announcing a data breach, which revealed the personal data of over 2,500 employees.
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Streaming industry snooping on users on industrial scale
A new report has accused the streaming TV industry of operating a huge data-driven surveillance apparatus and further undermining privacy and consumer protection online.
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After breach of billions of records, National Public Data files for bankruptcy
The breach may have impacted hundreds of millions of people. State prosecutors across the US are demanding civil penalties. No wonder National Public Data, a company responsible for a massive leak of Social Security numbers, has filed for bankruptcy.
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Dutch government will replace hackable traffic lights to avoid movie-like carnage
The Dutch government will replace thousands of road traffic lights after a researcher found a serious vulnerability that could be easily exploited by threat actors.
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Hacked Ecovacs robot vacuums go berserk yelling racial slurs and chasing dogs
Robot vacuum owners in multiple US cities have reported their devices being hacked. Strangers are accessing live camera feeds and remote control features, yelling slurs through the onboard speakers. Some robots went rogue, chasing dogs around the home, according to an investigation by ABC.
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American Water starts to reactivate systems after Oct 3rd cyberattack
American Water Works said it has begun the slow and methodical process of bringing its IT systems back online after suffering a massive cyberattack last week.
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Launch of biometric entry checks at EU borders delayed for third time
New biometric entry-check systems for non-EU citizens – set to debut on November 10th – will be delayed for the third time this year after three EU nations announce on Wednesday their IT infrastructure is not ready to handle the new systems.
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Researchers create an algorithm that slashes AI energy use by 95%
Multiplying tensors is so 2023 – why not add integers instead? Researchers from BitEnergy AI propose a 95% less computationally intensive method to run large language models (LLMs). Established graphics processor unit (GPU) vendors may not be happy.
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Customer data of major US asset managers exposed: over 70k investors affected
Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest asset managers, has exposed a significant amount of its clients’ data after “access without authorization.”
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Marriott settles over data breach that exposed millions of guests
Marriott International has agreed to pay $52 million as part of a settlement agreement over a data breach that exposed the information of more than 344 million guests worldwide.
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Internet Archive, Wayback Machine suffer 'catastrophic breach' of 31M users
The non-profit Internet Archive digital library announced on social media Wednesday its website is still suffering the effects of a DDoS attack that apparently started sometime on Tuesday, but users on social media are telling a different story with some claiming their personal information has been exposed. Cybernews has the full story.
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Google DeepMind scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for AI-assisted research into proteins
Scientists at Google DeepMind, an AI research laboratory, and an American biochemist have been awarded the 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry for “enormous” breakthroughs in predicting and designing the structure of proteins.
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Outcry after Russia bans Discord
The Russian government has blocked Discord after the platform ignored demands to remove content that it deems illegal. Critics said the move was yet another attack on free speech.
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Major data breach claims mostly untrue, Dr.Web says
A Russian cybersecurity firm has denied reports that hackers stole ten terabytes of company and customer data.
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DOJ indicates Google breakup, tech giant fumes
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicated that it’s considering a possible breakup of Google as an antitrust remedy. The tech corporation immediately called the proposals “radical.” And so, the battle begins.
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13 states sue TikTok for operating like a ‘virtual strip club' for kids
TikTok responds to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by over a dozen US state attorneys general accusing the Chinese-owned video platform of harming children by promoting excessive, compulsive, and addictive use – one state even comparing the app to "a virtual strip club" for kids.
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Microsoft Word bug sometimes deletes file when user clicks ‘save’
In some cases, the current version of Microsoft Word deletes files when users try to save them. The bug affects documents that contain capitalized file extensions, such as ‘.DOCX’ instead of ‘.docx.,’ or the symbol #.
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AI kaboom: Samsung falls behind rivals, issues rare apology
Samsung Electronics can surely feel a crisis is on the horizon. Why else would a tech giant issue a rare apology for disappointing results in Q3 2024?
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American Water Works cyberattack forces company to pause billing
American Water Works, the nation's largest water and wastewater utility, confirms to Cybernews it has been forced to shut down its customer billing portal on Monday after a cyberattack hit the services company last week.
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