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22:57 Google opts out of standalone prompt for third-party cookies

Alphabet's Google said on Tuesday it will not be rolling out a new standalone prompt for third-party cookies and will retain the tiny packets of code in its Chrome browser.

21/04 Shopify must face data privacy lawsuit in US

A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a proposed data privacy class action against Shopify , a decision that could make it easier for American courts to assert jurisdiction over internet-based platforms.

18/04 Judge extends ban on Musk's DOGE access to private Social Security data

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday that extends a ban on billionaire Elon Musk's aides from accessing private information on millions of Americans held in the Social Security Administration's computer systems.

17/04 Nearly 50 House Democrats say no to unauthorized AI in Trump administration

Members of Congress have called on the Trump administration to cease applying any unauthorized artificial intelligence system toward its effort to slash government spending, according to a letter they sent on Wednesday.

16/04 In last minute reversal, US agency extends support for cyber vulnerability database

U.S. officials will extend support for 11 months for a database of cyber weaknesses that plays a critical role in fighting bugs and hacks, a spokesperson said on Wednesday - just as the funding was due to run out.

15/04 Whistleblower org says DOGE may have caused 'significant cyber breach' at US labor watchdog

A whistleblower complaint says that billionaire Elon Musk's team of technologists may have been responsible for a "significant cybersecurity breach," likely of sensitive case files, at America's federal labor watchdog.

15/04 Meta to use public posts, AI interactions to train models in EU

Meta Platforms said on Monday it would use interactions that users have with its AI, as well as public posts and comments shared by adults across its platforms, to train its artificial intelligence models in the European Union.

10/04 Fired US Federal Trade Commissioners concerned about DOGE data access

Elon Musk's government cost-cutting campaign at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission raises concern about exposure of confidential corporate data, say two Democratic commissioners at the agency who were fired last month by President Donald Trump.

09/04 US IRS chief quits after immigration data-sharing deal

The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service plans to resign, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday, a move that comes after the agency struck a controversial deal to share tax data on undocumented immigrants with federal agents.

09/04 Western intelligence agencies warn spyware threat targeting Taiwan, Tibetan rights advocates

Western intelligence agencies warned on Tuesday of an increasing threat from Beijing's security services to use malicious mobile phone applications to surveil Taiwanese independence activists, Tibetan rights advocates and others opposed by the Chinese government.

07/04 Musk's DOGE team can access sensitive data for now, appeals court rules

A divided federal appeals court on Monday put on hold a preliminary injunction that had blocked the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Education from turning over sensitive data toElon Muskand his Department of Government Efficiency.

07/04 Apple appealing against UK 'back door' order, tribunal confirms

Apple is appealing against a British government order to create a "back door" to its encrypted cloud storage systems, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) confirmed on Monday.

04/04 Hackers strike Australia's largest pension funds in coordinated attacks

Hackers targeting Australia's major pension funds in a series of coordinated attacks have stolen savings from some members at the biggest fund, according to a source with knowledge of the matter, and compromised more than 20,000 accounts.

02/04 Waltz did not send classified material, White House says after reported Gmail use

U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser has never used his personal email account to send classified material, the White House said, following a report that Mike Waltz and other National Security Council members used Gmail for government work.

31/03 FTC concerned about privacy protections in 23andMe bankruptcy

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is concerned about the potential sale or transfer of Americans' personal information by 23andMe ancestry testing company which recently filed for bankruptcy, the agency's chairman said on Monday.

27/03 Trump says he may give China reduction in tariffs to get TikTok deal done

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs to get a deal done with TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the short video app used by 170 million Americans.

26/03 Exclusive: Secretive Chinese network tries to lure fired federal workers, research shows

A researcher identified a "network of fake consulting and headhunting firms."

20/03 Judge stops Musk's team from accessing millions of Americans' data, cites privacy breach

A federal judge said on Thursday the Social Security Administration likely violated privacy laws by giving tech billionaire Elon Musk's aides "unbridled access" to millions of Americans' private data, and ordered a halt to any further record sharing.

10/03 Court-martial for Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira begins, with plea deal looming

Court-martial proceedings began on Monday for Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard who is facing military charges after already being sentenced to 15 years in prison for leaking classified U.S. national security documents online.

06/03 Mass federal layoffs will hurt cybersecurity, former top US security official says

The mass culling of workers from federal payrolls will have a "devastating" impact on cybersecurity and national security, a top former National Security Agency official said on Wednesday.

06/03 US congressional panel urges Americans to ditch China-made routers

A U.S. congressional committee on Wednesday urged Americans to remove Chinese-made wireless routers from their homes, including those made by TP-Link, calling them a security threat that opened the door for China to hack U.S. critical infrastructure.

19/02 US judge will not block Elon Musk from firing federal workers, accessing data

A judge declined to immediately block Elon Musk's government efficiency department but said the case raises questions about Musk's apparent unchecked authority as a top deputy to President Donald Trump.

25/01 UnitedHealth says hack at tech unit impacted 190 million people

The cyberattack at UnitedHealth Group's tech unit last year affected the personal information of 190 million people, the health conglomerate said on Friday, making it the largest healthcare data breach in the United States.

22/01 Murdoch deal is victory for Prince Harry, but doesn't get him everything he wanted

Six years ago, as he and his American wife Meghan were seemingly enjoying a hugely successful royal tour to Africa, Prince Harry issued a surprise, stinging rebuke to the British press, accusing papers of waging a ruthless campaign against them.

22/01 Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for disclosing customer information to train AI models

Microsoft's LinkedIn has been sued by Premium customers who said the business-focused social media platform disclosed their private messages to third parties without permission to train generative artificial intelligence models.

22/01 Prince Harry's battles with the British press

Prince Harry has described his mission to rid the British press of senior executives and editors he accuses of abusing their power.

21/01 Facebook, X, YouTube to do more against online hate speech, EU says

Meta's Facebook, Elon Musk's X, Google's YouTube and other tech companies have agreed to do more to tackle online hate speech under an updated code of conduct that will now be integrated into EU tech rules, the European Commission said on Monday.

21/01 Trump signs TikTok order delaying ban of app

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of a ban of popular short-video app TikTok that was slated to be shuttered on Jan. 19.

18/01 WHO makes last-ditch effort to keep America from leaving as Trump takes over

The World Health Organization is drawing up a list of reasons why the U.S. should remain in the WHO for its own good, two sources familiar with the process told Reuters, as part of an attempt by its supporters to lobby incoming President Donald Trump.

17/01 US TikTok ban could echo India chaos as users seek options

TikTok fans in the U.S. are racing to secure alternatives and safeguard their digital empires ahead of a looming shutdown, evoking the chaos of India's 2020 ban that erased the app from the lives of 200 million users overnight.

17/01 Senate Democrats ramp up pressure on Biden to delay TikTok ban

A growing number of lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to grant a reprieve to prevent TikTok from going dark in the United States as soon as Sunday, warning millions of creators and businesses could be hurt.

16/01 Trump will keep TikTok from 'going dark' if deal is on table, adviser says

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's incoming national security adviser said on Thursday the new administration will keep TikTok alive in the United States if there is a viable deal.

16/01 TikTok, 5 other Chinese firms hit by EU privacy complaints

TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb which claimed the firms were unlawfully sending European Union user data to China.

12/01 India set for Maha Kumbh Mela, the world's largest gathering of humanity

A six-week Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India on Monday, a Hindu sacred event that will be the world's largest gathering of humanity as it showcases religion, spirituality, tourism and crowd management.

09/01 Apple clarifies Siri privacy stance after $95 mln class action settlement

Apple clarified on Wednesday that it has never sold the data collected by its Siri voice assistant or used it to create marketing profiles, just days after settling a case in which it faced such accusations.

08/01 Google must face mobile phone privacy class action, possible trial

Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking, paving the way for a possible August trial.

08/01 We do not censor social media, EU says in response to Meta

The European Commission rejected on Wednesday Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg's assertion that European Union data laws censored social media and said they only required large platforms to remove illegal content.

08/01 Spain's Sanchez says Musk attacks Europe's institutions, incites hatred

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday attacked billionaire Elon Musk for interfering in European politics, accusing him of undermining democracy.

08/01 In a first, EU Court fines EU for breaching own data protection law

The EU General Court ruled that the European Commission must pay damages to a German citizen for failing to comply with its own data protection regulations.

08/01 UN aviation agency probe involves alleged release of recruitment data

A recent U.N. aviation agency information security incident involved the alleged release of thousands of recruitment application data records from April 2016 to July 2024, the Montreal-based body told Reuters on Tuesday.

07/01 Spain says social media platforms such as Musk's X must be neutral, not interfere

The statement came after Elon Musk commented on statistics about foreigners jailed for rape in Spain.

05/01 Chinese hack of US telecoms compromised more firms than previously known, WSJ says

A Chinese hack compromised even more U.S. telecoms than previously known, including Charter Communications , Consolidated Communications (CCII.UL) and Windstream, the Wall Street Journal reported late on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.

02/01 Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri privacy lawsuit

Apple agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users' privacy.

30/12 US Treasury says Chinese hackers stole documents in 'major incident'

Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the U.S. Treasury Department earlier this month and stole documents from its workstations, according to a letter to lawmakers that was provided to Reuters on Monday.

29/12 AT&T targeted by Salt Typhoon cyberespionage operation, but networks secure

The Chinese-linked Salt Typhoon cyberespionage operation targeted AT&T's systems, but the wireless carrier's U.S. networks are now secure as it works with law enforcement and government officials, the company said on Saturday in its first acknowledgment of the attacks.

28/12 Cyber attack on Italy's Foreign Ministry, airports claimed by pro-Russian hacker group

Hackers targeted around ten official websites in Italy on Saturday, including the websites of the Foreign Ministry and Milan's two airports, putting them out of action temporarily, the country's cyber security agency said.

27/12 Hackers hijack a wide range of companies' Chrome extensions, experts say

Hackers have compromised several different companies' Chrome browser extensions in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December, according to one of the victims and experts who have examined the campaign.

20/12 Italy fines OpenAI over ChatGPT privacy rules breach

Italy's data protection agency said on Friday it fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI 15 million euros ($15.58 million) after closing an investigation into use of personal data by the generative artificial intelligence application.

20/12 Russia conducted mass cyberattack on Ukraine's state registries, deputy PM says

Russia has carried out a mass cyberattack on Ukraine's state registries, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said late on Thursday, resulting in a temporary suspension of services.

19/12 Worldcoin must delete all iris scan data, watchdog says

Sam Altman's company Worldcoin must delete all iris scanning data collected since the start of the project that has sparked privacy concerns in several countries, Spanish data protection watchdog AEPD said on Thursday.

19/12 Apple hits out at Meta's numerous interoperability requests

Apple on Wednesday hit out at Meta Platforms , saying its numerous requests to access the iPhone maker's software tools for its devices could impact users' privacy and security, underscoring the intense rivalry between the two tech giants.

18/12 Chinese national cyber centre says U.S. hacks stole trade secrets from tech firms

China's national internet emergency response centre said on Wednesday it had found and dealt with two incidents of U.S. cyber attacks on Chinese tech firms to "steal trade secrets" since May 2023.

18/12 US cyber watchdog wants immediate switch to encrypted apps following 'Salt Typhoon' hacks

The U.S. cybersecurity watchdog CISA is telling senior American government officials and politicians to immediately switch to end-to-end encrypted messaging following intrusions at major American telecoms blamed on Chinese hackers.

16/12 US needs to do more make cyber attackers pay, Trump adviser says

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's administration will examine ways to impose higher costs on private actors and U.S. adversaries who wage cyber attacks on America, Trump's pick for national security adviser, Representative Mike Waltz, said on Sunday.

16/12 Serbia used Israeli firm’s tech to enable spy campaign, Amnesty says

Serbian officials installed homegrown spyware on the phones of dozens of journalists and activists, Amnesty International said in a report released on Monday, citing digital forensic evidence and testimony from activists who said they were hacked in recent months.

15/12 Rhode Island hit by data breach as hackers demand ransom

Hundreds of thousands of Rhode Island residents' personal and bank information, including Social Security numbers, were very likely hacked by an international cybercriminal group asking for a ransom, state officials said on Saturday.

13/12 Exclusive: Major cloud providers could get key role in AI chip access outside the US - sources

In its latest jab at Beijing, the U.S. will empower companies like Google and Microsoft to act as gatekeepers worldwide for highly sought-after access to AI chips, two people familiar with the draft plan said.

12/12 Human Rights Watch warns of new threats to privacy, press freedom in El Salvador

Human Rights Watch expressed concerns on Thursday about two new laws in El Salvador related to cybersecurity and data protection, which the group said could threaten freedom of speech and of the press, as well as privacy.

12/12 US senators, green groups call for accountability over hacking of Exxon critics

Two Democratic senators and a host of environmental groups have called for investigations and accountability following a report that a lobbyist for Exxon Mobil had been investigated for its alleged role in a sweeping hack-and-leak operation that targeted prominent critics of the oil company.

05/12 EU orders TikTok to freeze Romanian elections data

The European Union has ordered social media firm TikTok to freeze data linked to the Romanian elections, it said in a statement on Thursday.

05/12 'Large number' of Americans' metadata stolen by Chinese hackers, senior official says

A large number of Americans' metadata has been stolen in the sweeping cyberespionage campaign carried out by a Chinese hacking group dubbed "Salt Typhoon," a senior U.S. official told journalists on Wednesday.

04/12 US senators to receive secret briefing on Chinese Salt Typhoon telecom hacking

U.S. government agencies will hold a classified briefing for all senators on Wednesday on China's alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to burrow deep into American telecommunications companies and steal data about U.S. calls, according to officials and a notice seen by Reuters.

03/12 US official fighting Chinese telecom intrusions urges more encryption

A senior U.S. official who is among those working to evict alleged Chinese hackers from American telecom companies has a word of advice for his fellow Americans:

02/12 Apple accused of silencing workers, spying on personal devices

Apple has been accused in a new lawsuit of illegally monitoring its workers' personal devices and iCloud accounts while also barring them from discussing their pay and working conditions.

30/11 Vietnam approves data, electricity laws, $67 bln rail plan

Vietnam's parliament approved laws on data protection and electricity, as well as a resolution supporting a $67 billion high-speed rail project on Saturday, the last day of its twice-yearly regular session.

29/11 Meta faces trial in October on unfair competition case lodged by Spanish media

Facebook owner Meta Platforms will face a trial in October 2025 in Spain over a 551 million euro ($582 million)complaint lodged by more than 80 media companies accusing it of unfair competition in advertising, a Madrid court said on Friday.

29/11 Canadian news companies challenge OpenAI over alleged copyright breaches

Five Canadian news media companies filed a legal action on Friday against ChatGPT owner OpenAI, accusing the artificial-intelligence company of regularly breaching copyright and online terms of use.

29/11 Mexican senate passes proposal to abolish autonomous bodies

Mexico's Senate on Thursday passed a measure to abolish the autonomous bodies that regulate some economic sectors and ensure government transparency, a reform that has sparked outcry from the opposition and industry.

28/11 LVMH chief Bernard Arnault to testify in France spy trial

LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault is set to testify at a Paris court on Thursday in the trial of France's former spy chief Bernard Squarcini, a case that has cast light on the lengths to which the world's biggest luxury group has allegedly gone to protect its image.

27/11 New Ohio law restricts bathroom access for transgender students

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law on Wednesday a measure prohibiting students from kindergarten through college from using school single-sex bathrooms and locker rooms other than ones of their biological gender.

27/11 Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say

The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter.

23/11 White House officials meet with telecoms execs on suspected China hack

Senior White House officials met on Friday with telecommunications executives to discuss China's "significant cyber espionage campaign targeting the sector," the White House said.

21/11 X's former top policy chief takes job with Elon Musk rival, Sam Altman

Nick Pickles, the former head of global affairs at Elon Musk's social media platform X, is joining forces with one of Musk's rivals, his fellow OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman.

21/11 US watchdog issues final rule to supervise Big Tech payments, digital wallets

Silicon Valley tech giants and others who together process more than 13 billion financial transactions annually through digital wallets and payment apps will be subject to government supervision, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.

20/11 Australia critical infrastructure faces cyber threats, report says

Australia said it was concerned that one in ten cybersecurity incidents last year involved critical infrastructure, with state-sponsored actors targeting the country's government, infrastructure and businesses using evolving tradecraft.

19/11 Senator says Trump cannot ignore law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok by next year

The chair of a U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee said on Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump cannot ignore a law requiring Chinese-based TikTok to divest the short video app used by 170 million Americans by early next year.

19/11 Meta to appeal Indian order that curbs data-sharing between WhatsApp, other apps

Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it plans to appeal an order by India's competition watchdog that restricts the U.S. tech firm from sharing data for advertising between WhatsApp and its other applications and also imposed a $25.4 million fine.

16/11 T-Mobile hacked in massive Chinese breach of telecom networks, WSJ reports

T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that gained entry into multiple U.S. and international telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter.

13/11 Senior Russian naval officer killed in car bomb hit claimed by Kyiv

A bomb planted under a car blew up and killed a Russian serviceman in occupied Crimea's city of Sevastopol.

12/11 Pentagon leaker Teixeira faces sentencing, US seeks 17-year prison term

Prosecutors will urge a U.S. judge on Tuesday to sentence Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira to nearly 17 years in prison for leaking online highly classified military documents, including records related to Russia's war in Ukraine.

04/11 US tech firms warn Vietnam's planned law to hamper data centres, social media

U.S. tech companies have warned Vietnam's government that a draft law to tighten rules on data protection and limit data transfers abroad would hamper social media platforms and data centre operators from growing their businesses in the country.

26/10 Italy police arrest four over alleged illegal database access, source says

Italian police have placed four people under house arrest as part of a probe into alleged illegal access to state databases by a private intelligence business run by a former policeman, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

25/10 Exclusive: Accused Iranian hackers successfully peddle stolen Trump emails

The accused Iranian hacking group who intercepted Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign emails have finally found some success in getting their stolen material published after initially failing to interest the mainstream media.

24/10 Georgia secretary of state's office says it fended off cyberattack on voting website

The Georgia secretary of state's office said on Wednesday it had fended off a cyberattack aimed at crashing the website the state's voters use to request absentee ballots.

22/10 US appeals court weighs FTC lawsuit over millions of ‘harassing’ calls

A telemarketing company accused of making millions of calls to people on the U.S. Do Not Call Registry urged an appeals court on Tuesday to undo a judge's order against it and toss a nearly $29 million penalty.

22/10 What is in Zelenskiy's Ukraine victory plan?

Here are the five main points of a Ukrainian plan for victory against Russian invading forces no later than next year as outlined by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday. Another three points were secret, he said, as he unveiled the plan in a speech at Ukraine's parliament:

22/10 US unveils new rules to block China, Russia and Iran from accessing bulk US data

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday proposed new rules to protect federal government data or Americans' bulk personal data from getting into the hands of countries like China, Iran and Russia by placing new limits on certain business transactions.

09/09 US proposes requiring reporting for advanced AI, cloud providers

The U.S. Commerce Department said Monday it is proposing to require detailed reporting requirements for advanced artificial intelligence developers and cloud computing providers to ensure the technologies are safe and can withstand cyberattacks.

05/09 US calls on Big Tech to help evade online censors in Russia, Iran

The White House, aiming to persuade U.S. tech giants to offer more digital bandwidth for government-funded internet censorship evasion tools, held a meeting with representatives of Amazon.com , Alphabet's Google , Microsoft , Cloudflare and others on Thursday.

05/09 Texas sues to block Biden rule protecting privacy for women who get abortions

Texas sued the Biden administration in an effort to block a new rule that seeks to protect the privacy of women living in states that ban abortion who travel out of state for the procedure.

03/09 White House asks agencies to step up internet routing security efforts

The White House said on Tuesday it wants federal agencies to boost internet routing security on networks in the face of concerns raised by U.S. officials about China's ability to divert internet traffic.

26/08 Uber fined in Netherlands for sending drivers' data to the US

Ride-hailing platform Uber has been fined 290 million euros ($324 million) in the Netherlands for sending the personal data of European taxi drivers to the United States in violation of EU rules, Dutch data protection watchdog DPA said on Monday.

23/08 Meta says Iranian group tried to target Trump, Biden officials' WhatsApp accounts

Meta said on Friday it had identified possible hacking attempts on the WhatsApp accounts of U.S. officials from the administrations of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, blaming the same Iranian hacker group revealed earlier this month to have compromised the Trump campaign.

23/08 Trump campaign's Iranian hackers have dangerous history and deep expertise

The Iranian hacking team that compromised the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is known for placing surveillance software on the mobile phones of its victims, enabling them to record calls, steal texts and silently turn on cameras and microphones, according to researchers and experts who follow the group.

20/08 US appeals court revives Google privacy class action

A U.S. appeals court said Google must face a revived lawsuit by Google Chrome users who said the company collected their personal information without permission, after they chose not to synchronize their browsers with their Google accounts.

20/08 U.S. says Iran cyber operations targeted Trump, Harris campaigns

The United States on Monday accused Iran of launching cyber operations against the campaigns of both U.S. presidential candidates and targeting the American public with influence operations aimed at fanning political discord.

14/08 FBI told Harris campaign it was target of 'foreign actor influence operation,' official says

Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign said it was notified by the FBI last month that it was "targeted by a foreign actor influence operation," a campaign official said on Tuesday.

13/08 GM is sued by Texas over collection, sale of drivers' private data

General Motors has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the automaker of installing technology on more than 14 million vehicles to collect data about drivers, which it then sold to insurers and other companies without drivers' consent.

13/08 Tech Spotlight: Daily Tech News

Austrian group NOYB filed GDPR complaints against X, accusing it of using users' personal data to...

13/08 Dispossessor ransomware group shut down by US, European authorities

The globally active criminal ransomware group Radar/Dispossessor, which targeted at least dozens of companies in sectors including healthcare and transport, has been taken down, authorities in the United States and Germany said on Tuesday.

11/08 GPS spoofers 'hack time' on commercial airlines, researchers say

A recent surge in GPS “spoofing”, a form of digital attack which can send commercial airliners off course, has entered an intriguing new dimension, according to cybersecurity researchers: The ability to hack time.

10/08 Trump campaign says it was hacked, blames Iran

The campaign statement came after Politico said it began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump's operation.

10/08 Can online voting be secure? Experts in Las Vegas try to hack new platform

Hackers from around the world gathered in a small conference room in Las Vegas on Friday to test their skills against a new online voting platform, in a bid to learn what digital vulnerabilities exist in the next generation of election systems.

05/08 Lawyers line up for Crowdstrike, Delta as litigation looms over outages

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has turned to law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan to defend it amid fallout from last month’s global tech outage that crashed millions of computers and disrupted flights, financial services and hospitals.

03/08 US sues TikTok over 'massive-scale' privacy violations of kids under 13

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against TikTok and parent company ByteDance for failing to protect children's privacy on the social media app as the Biden administration continues its crackdown on the social media site.

12/07 Musk's X charged with deceiving users, risks fine, EU says

Elon Musk's social media company X breached EU online content rules, EU tech regulators ruled on Friday in a finding that could lead to a fine and significant changes in how it operates.

12/07 AT&T says data from 109 million US customer accounts illegally downloaded

AT&T said on Friday the company suffered a massive hacking incident as data from about 109 million customer accounts containing records of calls and texts from 2022 was illegally downloaded in April.

01/07 Meta's pay or consent model in crosshairs for breaching EU tech rules

Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the U.S. company's newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and activists' ire.

24/06 Microsoft-G42 deal positive because it cut Huawei ties, White House official says

Microsoft's deal to invest $1.5 billion in artificial intelligence firm G42 is "generally a positive development" because it forced the United Arab Emirates-based company to sever ties to China's Huawei, a White House official said on Monday.

24/06 Cyber attack compromised Indonesia data centre, ransom sought

A cyber attacker compromised Indonesia's national data centre, disrupting immigration checks at airports, and asked for an $8 million ransom, the country's communications minister told Reuters on Monday.

23/06 UK's Manchester Airport cancels flights from two terminals after power cut

All flights from Terminals 1 and 2 at the UK's Manchester Airport have been cancelled after a power cut in the area caused widespread disruption, airport authorities said in a statement on Sunday.

22/06 US imposes sanctions on Russia's AO Kaspersky Lab executives over cyber risks

The Biden administration slapped sanctions on 12 people in senior leadership roles at AO Kaspersky Lab on Friday, citing cybersecurity risks a day after it announced plans to bar the sale of the Russian company's antivirus software.

21/06 US lawsuit against TikTok to focus on childrens' privacy

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to focus an upcoming lawsuit against TikTok on allegations that the popular social media platform violated the privacy rights of children, rather than claims it misled adult users about its data privacy practices, according to a source familiar with the matter.

21/06 US DOJ drops claims that TikTok misled US consumers in lawsuit, Bloomberg News reports

The U.S. Department of Justice will not pursue allegations that TikTok misled U.S. consumers about their data security in a forthcoming suit accusing the company of children's privacy violations, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

20/06 In Nvidia and Meta cases, Supreme Court will review shareholder class action dismissal rules

Has the California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gone rogue when it comes to shareholder class actions?

20/06 Exclusive: Biden to ban US sales of Kaspersky software over ties to Russia, source says

The Biden administration on Thursday will announce plans to bar the sale of Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software in the United States, a person familiar with the matter said, citing the firm's large U.S. customers including critical infrastructure providers and state and local governments.

18/06 US to stop advance payments for Medicare providers hit by Change hack

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Monday it plans to close the advance payments program it started to help some Medicare providers and suppliers affected by disruptions at UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare technology unit.

17/06 EU cybersecurity label should not discriminate against Big Tech, European groups say

A proposed cybersecurity certification scheme (EUCS) for cloud services should not discriminate against Amazon , Alphabet's Google and Microsoft , 26 industry groups across Europe warned on Monday.

14/06 Meta pauses AI models launch in Europe due to Irish request

Meta Platforms will not launch its Meta AI models in Europe for now after the Irish privacy regulator told it to delay its plan to harness data from Facebook and Instagram users, the U.S. social media company said on Friday.

13/06 Alphabet hit with Austrian privacy complaint over alleged browser tracking

Alphabet's Google was hit with a complaint by Austrian advocacy group NOYB on Thursday for allegedly tracking users of its Chrome Web browser, an issue already on EU antitrust regulators' radar.

12/06 US health dept lets UnitedHealth notify victims of data breach, WSJ reports

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has agreed to allow UnitedHealth Group to notify people whose data was exposed during a hack on its Change Healthcare unit in February, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

10/06 US Supreme Court to hear Facebook bid to scuttle shareholder lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Meta's Facebook to scuttle a private securities fraud lawsuit accusing the social media platform of misleading investors in 2017 and 2018 about the misuse of its user data by the company and third parties.

08/06 Some US lawmakers call for more scrutiny of news app NewsBreak over Chinese origins

Three U.S. lawmakers have called for more scrutiny of NewsBreak, a popular news aggregation app in the United States, after Reuters reported it has Chinese origins and has used artificial intelligence tools to produce erroneous stories.

07/06 LinkedIn disables tool for targeted ads to comply with EU tech rules

Microsoft's LinkedIn has discontinued a tool that allows it to use sensitive personal data for targeted advertising in order to comply with EU online content rules, the social media platform said on Friday.

05/06 Community health centers still bogged down by red tape after UnitedHealth hack

More than three months after a cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group's technology unit, some community health centers, which serve 30 million low-income and uninsured patients, are still wading through red tape to receive back payments and struggling with operations issues.

05/06 Top news app in US has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with the help of AI

Last Christmas Eve, NewsBreak, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States, published an alarming piece about a small town shooting. It was headlined "Christmas Day Tragedy Strikes Bridgeton, New Jersey Amid Rising Gun Violence in Small Towns."

04/06 Microsoft hit with Austrian privacy complaints over its education programme

Microsoft on Tuesday found itself targeted in two complaints filed by privacy advocacy group NOYB to the Austrian privacy watchdog related to its online education software, the latest grievances levelled against the U.S. tech giant.

01/06 Germany's Christian Democratic party hit by 'serious' cyberattack

Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the country's leading opposition party, has been hit by a major cyberattack and has taken parts of its IT-infrastructure off the grid as a precautionary measure, authorities said on Saturday.

01/06 Live Nation probing Ticketmaster hack amid user data leak concerns

Live Nation Entertainment said on Friday it was investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster unit that it discovered on May 20, the latest in a string of high-profile corporate hacks in the past year.

25/05 Israeli private eye accused of hacking was questioned about DC public affairs firm, sources say

An Israeli private investigator sought by the United States over hack-for-hire allegations previously told colleagues that he had been questioned by FBI agents over his work for the Washington public affairs firm DCI Group, according to three people familiar with the matter.

24/05 EU data protection board says ChatGPT still not meeting data accuracy standards

OpenAI's efforts to produce less factually false output from its ChatGPT chatbot are not enough to ensure full compliance with European Union data rules, a task force at the EU's privacy watchdog said.

19/05 WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces U.S. extradition judgment day

The judgment marks the culmination of 13 years of legal battles and detentions.

17/05 Exclusive: Shanghai eases data-export curbs sought by Tesla, other firms

Shanghai has compiled a list of data that can be transferred overseas without security assessments, according to a government document seen by Reuters, a much anticipated move as China tries to lure foreign investment to boost a sluggish economy.

16/05 US to issue rules on Chinese connected vehicles this autumn

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday that her department plans to issue proposed rules on Chinese connected vehicles this autumn, citing national security risks to the data of Americans.

15/05 US House committee to vote on bill to restrict BGI, WuXi AppTec

U.S. legislation that would restrict business with China's BGI, WuXi AppTec and certain other biotech companies on national security grounds will be voted on by a committee in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

14/05 Santander reports customer, employee data breach in Spain, Chile, Uruguay

Spanish bank Santander said on Tuesday some customer and employee data in a database hosted by an outside provider was accessed by an unauthorized party, but that the bank's own operations and systems have not been affected.

07/05 UK military personnel data accessed in alleged China hack, Sky reports

China hacked into a database holding the personal information of Britain's armed forces in a significant data breach, Sky News reported on Tuesday.

01/05 U.S. military personnel had data stolen in UnitedHealth hack, CEO tells Senate

Members of the U.S. military have had their data stolen in the recent cyberattack on UnitedHealth's technology unit that impacted almost all patients and providers, CEO Andrew Witty told the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.

29/04 FCC fines US wireless carriers over illegal location data sharing

The Federal Communications Commission on Monday fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers nearly $200 million for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information.

29/04 Second global AI safety summit faces tough questions, lower turnout

Last year, a who’s who of world leaders, corporate executives and academic experts gathered at Britain’s Bletchley Park for the world’s first global AI Safety Summit, hoping to reach consensus on the regulation of a technology some warned posed a threat to humanity.

24/04 Biden's re-election campaign won't stop using TikTok

Joe Biden's reelection campaign plans to continue using TikTok, a campaign official said on Wednesday, shortly after the U.S. president signed into law a bill that would ban the app if its Chinese owner fails to divest it.

23/04 UnitedHealth says hackers possibly stole large number of Americans' data

UnitedHealth Group said on Monday that hackers stole health and personal data of potentially a "substantial proportion" of Americans from its systems in February, as the largest U.S. health insurer scrambles to contain the damage.

22/04 Grindr facing UK data lawsuit for allegedly sharing users' HIV status

Gay dating app Grindr is facing a mass data protection lawsuit in London from hundreds of users who allegedly had their private information, including HIV status, shared with third parties without consent, a law firm said on Monday.

21/04 TikTok raises free speech concerns on bill passed by US House that may ban app

TikTok on Sunday raised free speech concerns about a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would ban the popular social media app in the U.S. if its Chinese owner ByteDance did not sell its stake within a year.

18/04 FBI says Chinese hackers preparing to attack US infrastructure

Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure and are waiting "for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow," FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday.

18/04 US Congress moves ahead on bill to push TikTok's Chinese owner to sell

An effort to force TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in the U.S. was gaining steam in Congress on Thursday, with the House of Representatives setting a vote for Saturday and a key Senate Democrat voicing support for the move.

18/04 First law protecting consumers' brainwaves signed by Colorado governor

Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law the first measure passed in the U.S. that aims to protect the data found in a person's brainwaves.

17/04 Reformers hoped to curtail US domestic spying; lawmakers are poised to expand it

Reformers had hoped that the debate over the reauthorization of a key U.S. domestic surveillance law would lead to new safeguards protecting Americans' data.

17/04 Vote on EU cybersecurity label delayed to May, sources say

National cybersecurity experts have shelved a vote on a draft EU cybersecurity label allowing Amazon , Alphabet's Google and Microsoft to bid for highly sensitive EU cloud computing contracts to May, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

16/04 UnitedHealth takes $872 million hit to profit from Change Healthcare hack

UnitedHealth Group took a hit of $872 million to first-quarter profit from disruptions caused by the February cyberattack at its Change Healthcare unit.

12/04 Roku says more than 500,000 accounts impacted in cyberattack

Streaming service provider Roku said on Friday it identified a second cyberattack that impacted about 576,000 additional accounts while investigating a breach that affected 15,000 user accounts earlier this year.

12/04 US House passes controversial surveillance bill on fourth attempt

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to reauthorize a controversial surveillance program on Friday, in a major step toward keeping a key element of the United States' foreign intelligence-gathering operation in place.

12/04 US cyber agency says Russian hackers used Microsoft access to steal government emails

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to Microsoft's email system to steal correspondence between officials and the tech giant, an emergency directive by the U.S. watchdog released on Thursday showed.

11/04 US House could vote again on surveillance bill, Republican lawmaker says

The U.S. House of Representatives could vote again this week on controversial surveillance legislation, a Republican congressman said, after an initial attempt failed in the Republican-controlled chamber.

10/04 US Senator says TikTok divestiture deadline could be extended to one year

The chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said on Wednesday that lawmakers could extend to one year a proposed deadline to force TikTok's parent company, China's ByteDance, to divest the short video app used by 170 million Americans.

10/04 Exclusive: Deutsche Telekom, Airbus slam plan allowing Big Tech access to EU cloud data

Deutsche Telekom , Orange , Airbus and 15 other EU companies have criticised a proposal that would allow Amazon , Alphabet's Google and Microsoft to bid for highly sensitive EU cloud computing contracts.

10/04 Exclusive: EU's new tech laws are working - small browsers gain market share

Independent browser companies in the European Union are seeing a spike in users in the first month after EU legislation forced Alphabet's Google , Microsoft and Apple to make it easier for users to switch to rivals, according to data provided to Reuters by six companies.

09/04 Senate Republican leader backs legislation to force Chinese divestment of TikTok

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday called for legislation to force TikTok's parent company, China's ByteDance, to divest the short video app used by 170 million Americans.

07/04 US lawmakers reach deal on data privacy legislation, aides say

Two key lawmakers have reached a deal on bipartisan data privacy legislation that would restrict consumer data that technology companies can collect and give Americans the power to prevent selling of personal information or compel its deletion, aides said on Sunday.

05/04 Inside Big Tech's underground race to buy AI training data

At its peak in the early 2000s, Photobucket was the world's top image-hosting site. The media backbone for once-hot services like Myspace and Friendster, it boasted 70 million users and accounted for nearly half of the U.S. online photo market.

05/04 Meta pushes back on US FTC's bid to amend 2020 privacy settlement

Meta Platforms has rebuffed an attempt by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to amend a 2020 privacy settlement, noting that it had voluntarily disclosed two technical errors related to its Messenger Kids app to the agency.

03/04 EU drops sovereignty requirements in cybersecurity certification scheme, document shows

Amazon , Alphabet's Google and Microsoft may find it easier to bid for EU cloud computing contracts after draft cybersecurity labelling rules scrapped a requirement that vendors should be independent from non-EU laws, according to the document seen by Reuters.

03/04 Biden reiterated US concerns over TikTok in call with Xi, White House says

TikTok and its ownership came up as a topic of conversation in the call between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday, the White House said, adding Biden raised American concerns about the app's ownership.

01/04 Google to destroy browsing data to settle consumer privacy lawsuit

Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately.

30/03 AT&T says leaked data set impacts about 73 million current, former account holders

Telecom company AT&T said on Saturday that a data set released on the "dark web" about two weeks ago has impacted approximately 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former account holders, based on the company's preliminary analysis of the incident.

29/03 US appeals court will not block FTC from reopening Meta privacy case

A U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Friday rejected a request by Meta to block the U.S. Federal Trade Commission from reopening a probe into its Facebook unit pending appeal.

28/03 US requiring new AI safeguards for government use, transparency

The White House said Thursday it is requiring federal agencies using artificial intelligence to adopt "concrete safeguards" by Dec. 1 to protect Americans’ rights and ensure safety as the government expands AI use in a wide range of applications.

28/03 Exclusive: China's WuXi AppTec shared US client's data with Beijing, US intelligence officials told senators

U.S. intelligence officials in late February told senators working on a biotech security bill that Chinese pharmaceutical firm WuXi AppTec had transferred U.S. intellectual property to Beijing without consent, according to two sources.

27/03 Southeast Asia human trafficking now a global crisis, Interpol says

Organised crime rings who fuelled an "explosion" of human trafficking and cyber scam centres during the pandemic have expanded from Southeast Asia into a global network making up to $3 trillion a year, the head of Interpol said on Wednesday.

27/03 Bosnia's peace envoy imposes 'integrity package' to reform election law

Bosnia's international peace overseer on Tuesday imposed changes to the country's election law to ensure its integrity, including barring convicted war criminals from running, ahead of a vote in October.

26/03 New Zealand accuses China of hacking parliament, condemns activity

The New Zealand government said it had raised concerns on Tuesday with the Chinese government about its involvement in a state-sponsored cyber hack on New Zealand's parliament in 2021, which was uncovered by the country’s intelligence services.

25/03 Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for people under 16

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that bans children aged under 14 from social media platforms and requires 14- and 15-year-olds to get parental consent, a measure supporters say will protect them from online risks to their mental health.

25/03 US, UK accuse China over spy campaign that may have hit millions

U.S. and British officials on Monday filed charges, imposed sanctions, and called out Beijing over a sweeping cyberespionage campaign that allegedly hit millions of people - including lawmakers, academics, journalists and more.

25/03 Britain due to set out Chinese cyber security threat

Britain will give details of the cyber security threat it says is posed by China on Monday, and may blame Beijing for a hack on its electoral watchdog, as worries about interference grow before an election expected later this year.

22/03 Elite Russian hackers targeting German politicians, Google warns

Elite hackers tied to Russian intelligence last month targeted several German political parties with an eye toward burrowing into their networks and stealing data, according to an alert released by Germany's cybersecurity agency and security researchers working for Google owner Alphabet .

21/03 UN adopts first global artificial intelligence resolution

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding human rights, U.S. officials said.

20/03 Prince Harry lawyers seek to drag Rupert Murdoch into UK court case

Lawyers for Britain's Prince Harry and other claimants sought on Wednesday to amend their London lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British mass-circulation papers to include the magnate personally in allegations of a cover-up of wrongdoing.

18/03 US officials to brief senators Wednesday on threats posed by TikTok -- aide

U.S. national security officials will hold a briefing on Wednesday for senators on the Commerce and Intelligence committees on threats posed by foreign adversaries’ exploitation of American’s sensitive data, including related to Chinese-owned TikTok, a committee aide told Reuters on Monday.

15/03 US Senate not moving to fast-track House bill for TikTok divestiture

A number of U.S. senators want the chamber to take its time in deciding whether to back a House of Representatives bill that would force Chinese-based ByteDance to divest short video app TikTok within six months or face a ban.

14/03 TikTok bill sets up fight over free speech protections of U.S. Constitution

U.S. lawmakers want to force a sale of TikTok by its Chinese owner or ban it from app stores, which legal experts said would set up a showdown with the social media company over the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment free speech protections.

14/03 Biotech trade association to split with China's WuXi AppTec

A Washington-based global trade association representing biotechnology companies is taking steps to "separate" from Chinese member Wuxi AppTec , according to a letter from its new CEO on Wednesday.

13/03 Class action lawsuits pile up over UnitedHealth data breach

UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six class action lawsuits accusing it of failing to protect millions of people's personal data from last month's hack of Change Healthcare, its payment processing unit, with more lawsuits likely to come.

13/03 US health department opens probe into UnitedHealth hack

The U.S. Department Of Health and Human Services (HHS) has opened an investigation into the cyberattack at UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare unit that disrupted pharmacy refills and insurance claims processing.

13/03 US House to vote to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban

The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app used by about 170 million Americans or face a ban.

13/03 US House to vote on TikTok crackdown; fate uncertain in Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the short-video app used by about 170 million Americans or face a ban.

12/03 US House Republicans forge ahead with TikTok bill despite Trump

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives vowed on Tuesday to forge ahead with a vote to ban the popular TikTok social media app, despite the concerns of Donald Trump, who holds great influence over their slim House majority.

12/03 US spy chief "cannot rule out" that China would use TikTok to influence US elections

China could use social media app TikTok to influence the 2024 U.S. elections, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a House of Representatives intelligence committee hearing on Tuesday.

11/03 Trump calls TikTok a threat but says some kids could 'go crazy' without it

U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that TikTok was a national security threat but also said that a ban on the popular app would hurt some kids and only strengthen Meta Platforms' Facebook, which the Republican has harshly criticized.

11/03 EU Commission's use of Microsoft software breached privacy rules, watchdog says

The European Commission's use of Microsoft software breached EU privacy rules and the bloc's executive also failed to implement adequate safeguards for personal data transferred to non-EU countries, the EU privacy watchdog said on Monday.

08/03 Biden says he would sign TikTok crackdown; Trump raises concerns

President Joe Biden said on Friday he would sign legislation that gives China's ByteDance about six months to divest the popular TikTok short video app as his rival Donald Trump raised concerns about a ban of the service used by 170 million Americans.

08/03 Microsoft says Russian-state sponsored hackers have been able to access internal systems

Microsoft said on Friday that Russian state-sponsored hacking group Midnight Blizzard have gained access to some of its source code repositories and internal systems, after a hack that was detected by the U.S. company in January.

08/03 UnitedHealth hack could take months for full recovery

UnitedHealth Group , the largest U.S. health insurer, is likely to need several months to make a full recovery from a cyberattack that has been one of the most disruptive hacks against America's healthcare infrastructure, security experts said.

08/03 China's top legislators pledge to safeguard sovereignty, security interests

China's top legislators on Friday vowed to enact a slew of new laws to "modernise China's system and capacity for national security" and safeguard the country's sovereign interests.

06/03 US Senate committee takes up bill targeting China's BGI, WuXi Apptec

A bill in the U.S. Senate that would restrict business with China's BGI, WuXi Apptec and other biotech companies on national security grounds faces its first big test in Congress on Wednesday.

04/03 Jack Teixeira to plead guilty in massive leak of Pentagon secrets

Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard charged with leaking classified military documents on a social media platform, is set to plead guilty on Monday to carrying out one of the most serious U.S. national security breaches in years.

04/03 New Zealand central bank to implement cyber reporting rules through 2024

New Zealand's central bank on Monday said banks must report major cyber incidents within 72 hours, as it plans to implement formal cyber reporting requirements in phases through this year.

01/03 The politics and economics behind Biden's China-car espionage probe

President Joe Biden, vowing to "do right by U.S. auto workers," launched an investigation this week into whether Chinese-made vehicles could be used to spy on Americans, a far-off threat given the few such cars on U.S. roads now.

01/03 US to probe if Chinese cars pose national data security risks

The United States is opening an investigation into whether Chinese vehicle imports pose national security risks and could impose restrictions due to concerns about "connected" car technology, the White House said on Thursday.

29/02 Canada says Pornhub owner broke privacy laws by sharing explicit images

The operator of Pornhub.com and other adult entertainment websites broke Canadian privacy laws by letting intimate images be shared without the direct knowledge or consent of everyone depicted, an official watchdog said on Thursday.

29/02 Healthcare providers hit by frozen payments in ransomware outage

Healthcare providers across the United States are struggling to get paid following the week-long ransomware outage at a key tech unit of UnitedHealth Group , with some smaller providers saying they are already running low on cash.

28/02 UnitedHealth hackers say they stole 'millions' of records, then delete statement

In a message posted to, and then quickly deleted from their darknet site, the hackers blamed for striking the UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday they stole millions of sensitive records, including medical insurance and health data, from the company.

28/02 Exclusive: US law on domestic abuse should cover carmakers, FCC chair says

The chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday will propose a potential new rule that would subject automakers that sell internet-connected cars to a telecommunications law intended to protect domestic violence survivors.

26/02 Lockbit cybercrime gang says it is back online following global police bust

Lockbit, the cybercrime gang that was knocked offline by a comprehensive international police operation earlier this month, says it has restored its servers and is back in business.

23/02 Florida lawmakers pass bill to ban social media for children under 16

Florida's Republican-controlled legislature has passed legislation that would ban children ages 16 and younger from social media platforms in a move that supporters have said would protect young people from online risks to their mental health.

20/02 Lockbit hackers' swagger on display after police leak identities online

One of the world's biggest criminal hacking gangs woke up on Tuesday to a startling discovery: Law enforcement, after taking over their main website on Monday, were now threatening to reveal their personal details and data about their cybercrime organisation.

20/02 Explainer: What is Lockbit? The digital gang shutdown after a cybercrime spree

A cybercriminal group named Lockbit, which was broken up by an international law enforcement operation this week, has hacked some of the world's largest organisations in recent months, stealing and leaking their sensitive data if they didn't pay ransom. Here are some details about the group:

20/02 Lockbit cybercrime gang faces global takedown with indictments and arrests

An international law enforcement operation led by Britain's National Crime Agency and the FBI has arrested and indicted members of the Lockbit ransomware gang, in an unprecedented police operation that has struck one of the world's most notorious cybercrime gangs.

20/02 US House forms AI task force as legislative push stalls

Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives said Tuesday they are forming a bipartisan task force to explore potential legislation to address concerns around artificial intelligence.

19/02 Britain's NCA, FBI, Europol disrupt Lockbit cybercrime gang

Lockbit, a notorious cybercrime gang that holds its victims' data to ransom, has been disrupted in a rare international law enforcement operation by Britain’s National Crime Agency, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Europol, according to a post on the gang’s extortion website on Monday.

14/02 US House Speaker again pulls hotly debated domestic surveillance bill

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson was pulling back on plans to reauthorize one of America's most hotly debated domestic surveillance programs, his spokesman said on Wednesday as bipartisan opposition mounted against the plan.

09/02 Exclusive: Duke Energy to remove Chinese battery giant CATL from Marine Corps Base

Under pressure from Congress, U.S. utility company Duke Energy plans to decommission energy-storage batteries produced by Chinese battery maker CATL at one of the nation's largest Marine Corps bases.

08/02 US says leading AI companies join safety consortium to address risks

The Biden administration on Thursday said leading artificial intelligence companies are among more than 200 entities joining a new U.S. consortium to support the safe development and deployment of generative AI.

08/02 Exclusive: SoftBank-backed Cohesity in $3 bln deal for Veritas' data protection unit

SoftBank Group -backed Cohesity told Reuters on Wednesday it agreed to acquire the data protection business of information technology company Veritas, in a deal that sources said is worth about $3 billion, including debt.

07/02 Exclusive: Shanghai plans faster offshore data transfer approvals for foreign firms-sources

Foreign financial firms have been lobbying the Chinese authorities to allow cross-border sharing of information.

06/02 Google to pay $350 million to settle shareholders' data privacy lawsuit

Google agreed to pay $350 million to settle a lawsuit by shareholders related to a security bug at its now-defunct Google+ social media website.

06/02 New Hampshire attorney general: fake Biden robocall traced to Texas-based Life Corp

A fake robocall imitating President Joe Biden's voice and attempting to dissuade people from voting for him in New Hampshire's primary election has been traced back to Texas-based Life Corp, the state attorney general said on Tuesday.

06/02 China says it opposes and cracks down on all forms of cyberattacks

The Chinese government does not tolerate any form of cyberattacks and will not allow any country or individual to engage in such illegal activities using Chinese infrastructure, its embassy in the Philippines said.

05/02 US to restrict visas for those who misuse commercial spyware

The United States on Monday announced a new visa restriction policy for those it said were misusing commercial spyware.

05/02 Philippines wards off cyber attacks from China-based hackers

Hackers operating in China attempted to break into websites and e-mail systems of the Philippine's president and government agencies, one promoting maritime security, but failed, an information and communications ministry official said on Monday.

03/02 US bill targeting Chinese biotech firms WuXi AppTec, BGI hits delay

A bill in the U.S. Congress that sparked a sell-off in shares of China's WuXi AppTec hit a delay in the Senate this week, a Senate aide and three other sources said on Friday.

01/02 Donald Trump's lawsuit over 'Steele dossier' thrown out by UK court

Donald Trump's data protection lawsuit against a British private investigations firm over a dossier which alleged ties between Trump's campaign and Russia was thrown out by London's High Court on Thursday.

01/02 Football Australia investigating 'possible data breach'

Football Australia (FA) said they are investigating a possible data breach following a report in a cybersecurity publication that players' passports, contracts and other personal information may have been leaked online.

31/01 Mexican leak of journalists' personal data raises security worries

The theft of the personal data of hundreds of journalists in Mexico, including addresses and copies of voter ID cards and passports, has raised fresh safety concerns in one of the most dangerous countries in the world for media professionals.

30/01 Explainer: Why Hong Kong wants new national security laws

Hong Kong's government announced on Tuesday that it hopes to swiftly pass new national security laws. A public consultation document was also released. A deadline for its eventual passage into law has yet to be announced.

30/01 Exclusive: US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure, sources say

The U.S. government in recent months launched an operation to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands of internet-connected devices, according to two Western security officials and one person familiar with the matter.

29/01 Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years for leaking Trump tax records

A former contractor for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service was sentenced by a judge on Monday to five years in prison on Monday for leaking the tax records of former President Donald Trump and thousands of other wealthy Americans to media organizations.

26/01 Exclusive: US to propose 'know your customer' requirements for cloud computing companies

The Biden administration will soon propose requirements for cloud companies aimed at finding out who is accessing U.S. clouds to train AI models, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Friday, as the burgeoning AI sector raises increasing security concerns.

26/01 US House bill would curb genetic info sharing with China's Wuxi Apptec, BGI

A congressional committee focused on China has introduced a bill that would restrict federally funded medical providers from allowing China's BGI Group, WuXi Apptec and other biotech companies from getting genetic information about Americans.

26/01 US National Security Agency buys web browsing data without warrant, letter shows

The U.S. National Security Agency buys Americans' internet browsing information from commercial brokers without a warrant, the agency's director told Democratic Senator Ron Wyden in a letter made public on Thursday.

26/01 US FTC inquiry targets OpenAI and Anthropic's deals with Big Tech

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it had ordered OpenAI, Microsoft , Alphabet , Amazon and Anthropic to provide information on recent investments and partnerships involving generative AI companies and cloud service providers.

25/01 Florida lawmakers vote to restrict children's access to social media

The Florida House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a bill aimed at barring children aged 16 and younger from social media platforms, following similar action in several states to limit online risks to young teenagers.

18/01 Meta's Sheryl Sandberg to exit board after 12 years

Meta Platforms' former chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg plans to step down from her position on the company's board of directors after her term ends in May, she said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

11/01 Austrian activist Schrems broadens complaint about Meta's paid ad-free service

Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems' advocacy group Noyb on Thursday expanded its complaint about Meta Platforms' paid no-ads subscription service as it urged the Austrian privacy watchdog to investigate the difficulty users face when they want to withdraw their consent to being tracked.

10/01 SEC account hack renews spotlight on X's security concerns

The hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's official account on X on Tuesday renewed concerns about the social media platform's security since its takeover by billionaire Elon Musk in 2022.

09/01 US SEC has not approved bitcoin ETFs, social media account compromised-spokesperson

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not yet approved a spot bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF), an agency spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that a post on its social media platform X was incorrect.

08/01 US Supreme Court rejects X Corp's surveillance disclosure challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by Elon Musk's X Corp to consider whether the social media company, formerly called Twitter, can publicly disclose how often federal law enforcement seeks information about users for national security investigations.

04/01 Exclusive: Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months - cyber spy chief

Russian hackers were inside Ukrainian telecoms giant Kyivstar's system from at least May last year in a cyberattack that should serve as a "big warning" to the West, Ukraine's cyber spy chief told Reuters.

02/01 Hackers hit Australian state's court recording database

Hackers accessed the court recordings database in Australia's Victoria state and disrupted the audio-visual in-court technology network, impacting recordings and transcription services, an official said.

04/12 Facebook owner Meta faces $600 mln lawsuit from Spanish media

A group representing 83 Spanish media outlets has filed a 550 million euro ($600 million) lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta Platforms, citing unfair competition in the advertising market in a case that could be replicated across the European Union.

01/12 Generative AI a stumbling block in EU legislation talks -sources

EU lawmakers cannot agree on how to regulate systems like ChatGPT, in a threat to landmark legislation aimed at keeping artificial intelligence (AI) in check, six sources told Reuters.

01/12 US lawmakers seek probe of Chinese drone maker Autel Robotics

A bipartisan group of 11 U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday asked the Biden administration to investigate and potentially sanction Chinese drone maker Autel Robotics, citing national security concerns.

30/11 Meta Platforms' paid ad-free service is targeted in EU consumer groups' complaint

Meta Platforms' paid no-ads subscription service, which it rolled out in Europe this month, breaches EU consumer laws, Europe's largest consumer group said on Thursday as it took its grievance to consumer protection authorities.

28/11 Meta says it will appeal US judge's ruling in privacy fight with FTC

Meta Platforms , which owns WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, said on Tuesday it would appeal a judge's ruling that a U.S. regulator can seek to reduce the amount of money the social media company makes from users under 18.

28/11 Exclusive: Meta Platforms' paid ad-free service targeted in Austrian privacy complaint

Meta Platforms' paid no-ads subscription service launched in Europe this month faced one of its biggest tests as advocacy group NOYB on Tuesday filed a complaint with an Austrian regulator, saying that it amounted to paying a fee to ensure privacy.

27/11 U.S. federal judge rules against Meta in privacy fight with FTC

Meta's Facebook lost the latest round of a court battle over privacy with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday after a federal judge ruled the regulator can seek to reduce the amount of money the social media company makes from users under 18.

21/11 North Koreans use fake names, scripts to land remote IT work for cash

Using fake names, sham LinkedIn profiles, counterfeit work papers and mock interview scripts, North Korean IT workers seeking employment in Western tech companies are deploying sophisticated subterfuge to get hired.

20/11 Top Ukrainian cyber defence officials sacked amid corruption probe

Ukraine on Monday sacked two high-ranking cyber defence officials amid a probe into alleged embezzlement, a senior government official said.

15/11 European firms urge China to give more clarity on data transfer laws

European firms "urgently" need China to give clearer definitions of key terms in its cross-border data transfer rules, a European business lobby group said on Wednesday, warning firms also stood to waste millions of euros storing non-sensitive data in China.

15/11 Australia says hacks surging, state-sponsored groups targeting critical infrastructure

State-sponsored cyber groups and hackers have increased assaults on Australia's critical infrastructure, businesses and homes, a government report said, adding that its new defence agreement with Britain and the U.S. had likely made it more of a target.

14/11 FBI struggled to disrupt dangerous casino hacking gang, cyber responders say

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has struggled to stop a hyper-aggressive cybercrime gang that's been tormenting corporate America over the last two years, according to nine cybersecurity responders, digital crime experts and victims.