Edtech company settles with FTC in wake of data breach
Edtech company settles with FTC in wake of data breach Summary Illuminate Education has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission after an alleged failure to secure student…
Cryptomixer platform raided by European police; $29 million in bitcoin seized
Cryptomixer platform raided by European police; $29 million in bitcoin seized Article details Article Date: 2025-12-01T17:52:59+00:00 Source URL: https://therecord.media/cryptomixer-service-takedown-bitcoin-seized Image: Cryptomixer seizure splash Author: Daryna Antoniuk Summary European law enforcement…
Russia limits WhatsApp use, claiming it enables terrorism, crime, espionage
Russia limits WhatsApp use, claiming it enables terrorism, crime, espionage Summary Russia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has imposed “restrictive measures” on WhatsApp, accusing the messaging service of facilitating terrorism, recruitment, fraud…
Data breach hits ‘South Korea’s Amazon,’ potentially affecting 65% of country’s population
Data breach hits ‘South Korea’s Amazon,’ potentially affecting 65% of country’s population Summary Coupang, South Korea’s largest online retailer, has confirmed a breach exposing personal data from 33.7 million customer…
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon Summary A European research group called Icaro Lab demonstrated that phrasing dangerous prompts as poetry can bypass large language…
UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B
UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B Summary The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has put a provisional cost on the UK government’s nationwide digital…
Canadian data order risks blowing a hole in EU sovereignty
Canadian data order risks blowing a hole in EU sovereignty Summary A Canadian court has ordered OVHcloud to produce customer data that is stored on servers in Europe, after the…
Gainsight CEO downplays breach, says only a ‘handful’ of customers had data stolen
Gainsight CEO downplays breach, says only a ‘handful’ of customers had data stolen Summary Gainsight CEO Chuck Ganapathi has said the company knows of only a “handful of customers” whose…
House Energy and Commerce Committee unveils new draft children’s online safety bill
House Energy and Commerce Committee unveils new draft children’s online safety bill Summary The House Energy and Commerce Committee has released a new draft of the Kids Online Safety Act…
Healthy forests safeguard traditional wild meat food systems in Amazonia
Healthy forests safeguard traditional wild meat food systems in Amazonia Summary This continent-scale Nature study uses the Marupiara dataset (447,438 recorded hunts across 625 rural localities, 1965–2024) and spatial random-forest…