Bridgestone Americas Confirms Cyberattack Summary Bridgestone Americas confirmed a cyberattack that disrupted some manufacturing operations across North America. The company says it identified a limited cyber incident affecting certain facilities…
Chinese Hackers Game Google to Boost Gambling Sites Summary A China-linked cybercrime operation tracked as “GhostRedirector” compromises Windows IIS web servers to deploy a native IIS module (Gamshen) and a…
Google hit with $425 million verdict in privacy class action suit Summary A federal jury awarded $425 million to a class of roughly 98 million people who alleged Google collected,…
Ukraine’s cyber chief on Russian hackers’ shifting tactics, US cyber aid Summary Oleksandr Potii, head of Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP), describes how Russian cyber…
Shein, Google hit with fines from French data protection regulator over cookie practices Summary France’s data protection regulator, the CNIL, has fined Google €325 million and Shein €150 million for…
Chess.com says 4,500 people had data stolen during June breach Summary Chess.com notified regulators in Maine and Vermont that 4,541 people had personal information exposed after attackers breached a third-party…
Texas sues PowerSchool for breach exposing the data of students and teachers Summary Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit against education‑technology provider PowerSchool over a December 2024 data…
Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Summary Sainsbury’s has begun an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) in two stores — Sydenham, London, and the Oldfield Sainsbury’s…
Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself Summary Microsoft has released the assembly-language source for its 6502 BASIC (version 1.1) — the interpreter Bill Gates and colleagues…
France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies that led to crummy privacy Summary France’s data regulator CNIL has fined Google and SHEIN for dropping tracking cookies without valid consent…
