How Cybercriminals Are Using Wyoming Shell Companies for Global Hacks December 12, 2023 By Raphael Satter Somali reporter Abdalle Ahmed Mumin was doubly distressed when he heard that a colleague had been abducted by masked gunmen...
Washington Cancer Center Patients Get Threatening Emails Following Data Breach December 12, 2023 Some patients of a Seattle, Washington-based cancer center received threatening emails following a data breach last month. Fred Hutchinson Cancer...
New Mexico Sues Meta, CEO Zuckerberg Over Child Protection Failures December 7, 2023 By David Shepardson New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez on Wednesday said the state sued Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms META.O and...
California Can Share Gun Owners’ Personal Information With Researchers, Court Rules November 28, 2023 By Trân Nguyen A state appeals court ruled that California can continue providing personal information of gun owners to researchers to study gun...
Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Order Regulating Artificial Intelligence October 30, 2023 By Courtney Rozen and Akayla Gardner President Joe Biden is directing the US government to take a sweeping approach to artificial intelligence regulation, his most significant...
Private Health Data Still Being Exposed to Big Tech, Report Says October 17, 2023 Despite recent efforts to address the issue, medical-related websites continue to be mined for data including personal medical information, in...
SEC Probes Twitter Security Lapse Before Elon Musk Took Over October 12, 2023 By Sabrina Willmer and Jef Feeley The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating how Twitter Inc. managed a 2018 security lapse that exposed personal user information...
Kaiser to Pay $49M in California for Dumping Private Medical Records, Medical Waste September 11, 2023 By Olga R. Rodriguez Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $49 million as part of a settlement with California prosecutors who say the health...
ChatGPT Fever Spreads to US Workplace, Sounding Alarm for Some August 14, 2023 By Richa Naidu, Martin Coulter and Jason Lange Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears...
Google Fails to End $5B Consumer Privacy Lawsuit August 8, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by...