Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change. People in the 27-nation European Union can alter some of what...
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Brazilian Hacker Claims Bolsonaro Asked Him to Hack Into the Voting System Ahead of 2022 Vote – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press A Brazilian hacker claimed at a congressional hearing Thursday that then-President Jair Bolsonaro wanted him to hack into the country’s...
Don’t Expect Quick Fixes in ‘Red-Teaming’ of AI Models. Security Was an Afterthought – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press White House officials concerned by AI chatbots’ potential for societal harm and the Silicon Valley powerhouses rushing them to market...
Northern Ireland’s Top Police Officer Apologizes for ‘Industrial Scale’ Data Breach – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Northern Ireland’s top police officer apologized Thursday for what he described as an “industrial scale” data breach in which the...
India Passes Data Protection Legislation in Parliament. Critics Fear Privacy Violation – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Indian lawmakers Wednesday approved a data protection legislation that “seeks to better regulate big tech firms and penalize companies for...
A Cyberattack Has Disrupted Hospitals and Health Care in Five States – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press A cyberattack has disrupted hospital computer systems in several states, forcing some emergency rooms to close and ambulances to be...
Head of US Cybersecurity Agency Sees Progress on Election Security, With More Work Needed for 2024 – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Efforts to protect the nation’s election systems have grown exponentially since the 2016 presidential election, but more is needed to...
Europe Signs Off on a New Privacy Pact That Allows People’s Data to Keep Flowing to US – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged...
Ransomware Criminals Are Dumping Kids’ Private Files Online After School Hacks – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student...
Army Combat Veteran to Take Over Key Election Security Role Working With State, Local Officials – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press An Army combat veteran with extensive cybersecurity and counterterrorism experience is taking over as one of the nation’s top election...
3-Year Probe Into Encrypted Phones Led to Seizure of Hundreds of Tons of Drugs, Prosecutors Say – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Investigations triggered by the cracking of encrypted phones three years ago have so far led to more than 6,500 arrests...
2.5M Genworth Policyholders and 769K Retired California Workers and Beneficiaries Affected by Hack – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The country’s largest public pension fund says the personal information of about 769,000 retired California employees and other beneficiaries —...
Google Backs Creation of Cybersecurity Clinics With $20 Million Donation – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Free medical clinics and legal aid clinics, where college students and their instructors help their communities while also learning more...
Cooperation or Competition? China’s Security Industry Sees the US, Not AI, as the Bigger Threat – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press After years of breakneck growth, China’s security and surveillance industry is now focused on shoring up its vulnerabilities to the...
Biden Discusses Risks and Promises of Artificial Intelligence With Tech Leaders in San Francisco – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press President Joe Biden convened a group of technology leaders on Tuesday to debate what he called the “risks and enormous...
A Russian Ransomware Gang Breaches the Energy Department and Other Federal Agencies – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The Department of Energy and several other federal agencies were compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a...
Microsoft Says Early June Disruptions to Outlook, Cloud Platform, Were Cyberattacks – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft’s flagship office suite — including the Outlook email and OneDrive...
How Europe is Leading the World in the Push to Regulate AI – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Lawmakers in Europe signed off Wednesday on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence, clearing a key...
Democrats and Republicans Are Skeptical of US Spying Practices, an AP-NORC Poll Finds – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press As it pushes to renew a cornerstone law that authorizes major surveillance programs, the Biden administration faces an American public...
BBC, British Airways, Novia Scotia Among First Big-Name Victims in Global Supply-Chain Hack – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press U.S. and British cybersecurity officials warned Wednesday that a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations...
Microsoft Will Pay $20M to Settle US Charges of Illegally Collecting Children’s Data – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected and retained...
Insider Q&A: Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity In Military Tech – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Josh Lospinoso’s first cybersecurity startup was acquired in 2017 by Raytheon/Forcepoint.. His second, Shift5, works with the U.S. military, rail...
Idaho Hospitals Working to Resume Full Operations After Cyberattack – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Two eastern Idaho hospitals and their clinics are working to resume full operations after a cyberattack on their computer systems....
Major Massachusetts Health Insurer Hit by Ransomware Attack, Member Data May Be Compromised – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The second-largest health insurer in Massachusetts was the victim of a ransomware attack in which sensitive personal information as well...
Biden Picks New NSA Head, Key to Support of Ukraine, Defense of US Elections – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a new leader for the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command,...
White House Unveils New Efforts to Guide Federal Research of AI – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The White House on Tuesday announced new efforts to guide federally backed research on artificial intelligence as the Biden administration...
Meta Fined Record $1.3 Billion and Ordered to Stop Sending European User Data to US – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring user...
China Tells Tech Manufacturers to Stop Using Micron Chips, Stepping Up Feud With United States – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Stepping up a feud with Washington over technology and security, China’s government on Sunday told users of computer equipment deemed...
ChatGPT’s Chief Testifies Before Congress, Calls for New Agency to Regulate Artificial Intelligence – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT told Congress on Tuesday that government intervention “will be critical...
Philadelphia Inquirer Hit by Cyberattack Causing Newspaper’s Largest Disruption in Decades – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The Philadelphia Inquirer experienced the most significant disruption to its operations in 27 years due to what the newspaper calls...