FCC spikes Biden-era cyber regulations prompted by Salt Typhoon telecom breaches Summary The Federal Communications Commission, in a party-line vote, has rescinded a January declaratory ruling that would have required…
Education boards left gates wide open for PowerSchool mega-breach, say watchdogs Summary Canadian privacy commissioners in Ontario and Alberta have concluded that the December 2024 PowerSchool intrusion was worsened by…
Samourai Wallet crypto mixer’s co-founders sentenced to prison Summary Two co-founders of the cryptocurrency mixing service Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, have been sentenced in New York…
Education boards left gates wide open for PowerSchool mega-breach, say watchdogs Summary Ontario and Alberta privacy commissioners conclude that the December 2024 PowerSchool intrusion was not just due to bad…
US Creates ‘Strike Force’ to Take Out SE Asian Scam Centres Summary The US has launched a multi-agency “Scam Centre Strike Force” to target organised cybercrime syndicates operating scam centres…
Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order Summary A draft executive order obtained by WIRED would direct the US Department of Justice to form an “AI…
San Jose’s ‘warrantless’ licence plate queries land cops in court Summary The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU of Northern California have sued the City of San Jose and…
The US Needs an Open Source AI Intervention to Beat China Summary Experts warn the US is slipping behind in the race to produce open-weight AI models — those that…
US, allies sanction Russian bulletproof hosting services for ransomware support Summary The US Treasury, joined by the UK and Australia, has sanctioned St. Petersburg-based Media Land and related companies —…
Cloudflare broke itself – and a big chunk of the Internet – with a bad database query Summary Cloudflare suffered a major outage after a permissions change on a ClickHouse…
