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Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in connection with an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations.
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The European Union unveiled new proposals to help its armies move faster in times of conflict and to boost cyber security, saying that Russia’s war on Ukraine is a wake-up call to bolster Europe’s defenses.
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There were no digital intrusions known to have affected the counting of the U.S. midterm vote Wednesday after a tense Election Day in which officials were closely monitoring domestic and foreign threats.
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Ukraine and Russia are fighting “a new type of war,” with cyberweapons and other types of digital technology playing a pivotal role, Microsoft's Brad Smith said.
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Twitter’s unending fight against spam accounts is now a problem for new owner Elon Musk, who pledged in April to defeat the bot scourge or “die trying!”
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The White House is set to host a second international conference on combatting ransomware, with 36 nations and representatives from some of the world's biggest companies in attendance.
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Alcohol delivery app Drizly has agreed to tighten its data security and limit data collection to resolve federal regulators’ allegations that its security failures exposed the personal information of some 2.5 million customers.
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Two people whose personal information was compromised in a data breach at Rhode Island’s public bus service that affected about 22,000 people sued the agency and a health insurer on Tuesday seeking monetary damages and answers.
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Australia has proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions vulnerable to criminals.
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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's visit in Israel will include a meeting with Israeli cyber defense officials, after a cyberattack blamed on Iran.
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A 19-year-old Sydney man was arrested and charged with using the dumped data in a text message blackmail scam, police said in a statement.
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A major nonprofit health system with 140 hospitals in 21 states, CommonSpirit Health, is reporting an “IT security issue” that has disrupted operations in multiple states.
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A former Seattle tech worker convicted of several charges related to a massive hack of Capital One bank and other companies in 2019 was sentenced Tuesday to time served and five years of probation.
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The Biden administration unveiled a set of far-reaching goals aimed at averting harms caused by the rise of artificial intelligence systems, including guidelines for how to protect people’s personal data and limit surveillance.
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The Mexican government or army has allegedly continued to use spyware designed to hack into the cellphones of activists, despite a pledge by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to end such practices.
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A massive trove of emails from Mexico’s Defense Department is among electronic communications taken by a group of hackers from military and police agencies across several Latin American countries.
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Australia could have tough new data protection laws in place this year in an urgent response to a cyberattack that stole the personal data of 9.8 million Optus wireless customers.
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Facebook says it has identified and stopped a sprawling network of fake accounts that spread Russian propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine throughout Western Europe.
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Civil rights lawyers and senators are pushing for legislation that would limit U.S. law enforcement agencies’ ability to buy cellphone tracking tools to follow people’s whereabouts.
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Australian police are investigating a purported hacker’s release of the stolen personal data of 10,000 Optus customers and demand for a $1 million ransom in cryptocurrency.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed Monday by the Russian leader.
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The Australian government is considering tougher cybersecurity rules for telecommunications companies and blamed wireless carrier Optus, for a massive breach of personal data from 9.8 million customers.
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Portugal’s national airline TAP Air Portugal says hackers obtained the personal data of some of its customers and have published the information on the dark web.
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NATO sent a senior-level delegation to Albania to help the tiny Western Balkan country cope with the consequences of recent cyberattack that the government blamed on Iran.
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European Parliament members investigating the use of surveillance spyware by European Union governments sharply criticized Israel for a lack of transparency in allowing the sale of powerful Israeli spyware to European governments.
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