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Meta Fined €91 Million for Storing Millions of Facebook and Instagram Passwords in Plaintext
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91 million ($101.56 million) as part of a probe into a…
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Meta to Train AI Models Using Public U.K. Facebook and Instagram Posts
Meta has announced that it will begin training its artificial intelligence (AI) systems using public content shared by adult users…
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U.S. Seizes 32 Pro-Russian Propaganda Domains in Major Disinformation Crackdown
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the seizure of 32 internet domains used by a pro-Russian propaganda…
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Meta Exposes Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Global Political Figures on WhatsApp
Meta Platforms on Friday became the latest company after Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI to expose the activities of an Iranian…
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Czech Mobile Users Targeted in New Banking Credential Theft Scheme
Mobile users in the Czech Republic are the target of a novel phishing campaign that leverages a Progressive Web Application…
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OpenAI Blocks Iranian Influence Operation Using ChatGPT for U.S. Election Propaganda
OpenAI on Friday said it banned a set of accounts linked to what it said was an Iranian covert influence…
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DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a lawsuit against popular video-sharing platform…
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U.S. Releases High-Profile Russian Hackers in Diplomatic Prisoner Exchange
In a historic prisoner exchange between Belarus, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, and the U.S., two Russian nationals serving time for…
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Meta Settles for $1.4 Billion with Texas Over Illegal Biometric Data Collection
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, agreed to a record $1.4 billion settlement with the U.S. state…
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‘Stargazer Goblin’ Creates 3,000 Fake GitHub Accounts for Malware Spread
A threat actor known as Stargazer Goblin has set up a network of inauthentic GitHub accounts to fuel a Distribution-as-a-Service…
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