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MGM Resorts agrees to settle data breaches for $45M
MGM Resorts International has agreed to financially compensate victims of a data breach in 2019 and a ransomware attack in 2023 for a total of $45 million.
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Italian DPA: ‘data of millions of Italians at risk because of DeepSeek’
Many praise the potential of DeepSeek; the Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali (GPDP) is concerned that the newest AI chatbot may pose a risk for millions of Italians.
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Google asks court to annul EU antitrust fine of €4.1 billion
Google has objected to a €4.1 billion fine at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), asking the judges to annul the decision.
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CNIL: ‘Data breaches are often caused by recurring security flaws’
Most data breaches occur because attackers follow similar operating procedures and exploit the same security flaws.
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Noyb: ‘Strict GDPR enforcement only exists on paper’
When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, Brussels promised us a new era of data protection. Truth is that data protection authorities (DPAs) are highly inefficient and hardly impose fines on companies that violate our privacy.
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TalkTalk investigating data breach at third-party supplier
UK telecommunications company TalkTalk is looking into a data breach at a third-party supplier after a threat actor posted a message on the dark web.
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US wants to ban TP-Link routers due to risk of cyberespionage
United States government officials are worried that TP-Link routers could be used to launch attacks on the US infrastructure.
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Former IT employee forces British Museum to partially close its doors
The British Museum in London was forced to partially close its doors last weekend after a former employee tempered with its IT infrastructure.
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Meta plans to invest $65B in expanding its AI infrastructure
Meta is planning to spend between $60 and $65 billion this year in the United States to enlarge its artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
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Former Disney employee pleads guilty to conducting series of cyber intrusions
39 year old Michael Scheuer, who used to work at Walt Disney World, has pleaded guilty to hacking into his former employer’s menu system after he was fired last year and changing allergy information.
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PayPal fined for $2 million for exposing social security numbers
New York state’s Department of Financial Services has ordered PayPal to pay a $2 million fine for the exposure of customers’ social security numbers due to faulty cybersecurity measures.
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BEUC: ‘Meta’s revised ‘pay or okay’ policy still ignores fundamental problems’
The Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC) isn’t happy with Meta’s revised ‘pay or okay’ business model, because it still doesn’t offer a fair choice for European Facebook and Instagram users that complies with EU law.
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US private sector announces $500 billion investment in AI infrastructure
Numerous American tech companies are going to invest $500 billion over the next four years, building new artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the United States.
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President Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht
On his second day in office, president Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, founder of one of the largest illicit marketplaces on the dark web Silk Road.
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Cloudflare mitigated record-breaking DDoS attack of 5.6 Tbps
Cloudflare’s DDoS defense systems successfully detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabits per second (Tbps) DDoS attack.
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UK introduces AI assistant Humphrey to put AI to work
The United Kingdom government has announced ‘Humphrey’, an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant designed to streamline day-to-day work of civil servants.
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Hewlett-Packard investigating potential security breach
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) has launched an investigation into a potential data breach after a well-known hacker claimed that he stole sensitive corporate information from the company.
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Big Tech promises to do more against online hate speech in EU
Several tech companies, including Facebook, X, and YouTube, have agreed to increase their efforts to combat illegal hate speech online.
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FTC: ‘Personal consumer data can lead to higher prices for consumers’
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), personal data from consumers is frequently used to target individual customers, leading to different prices for the same set of goods and services.
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TikTok is back in business in the US after several hours of going dark
TikTok is restoring its video platform in the United States. Over 170 million Americans will soon be able to watch and upload new videos.
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