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North Korean charged in U.S. cyberattacks

A North Korean military intelligence operative has been indicted in a conspiracy to hack into American health care providers, NASA, U.S. military bases and international entities.

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AT&T hit by massive data breach

The call and text message records from millions of AT&T customers and many non-AT&T customers have been exposed in a massive data breach, the telecom company has confirmed.

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Major AT&T data breach affects tens of millions in U.S.

AT&T revealed on Friday that "nearly all" of its cellular customers’ call and text message records were exposed in a massive data breach. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is investigating and at least one person has been arrested.

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Ticketmaster responds after cyberattack

Ticketmaster is encouraging customers to take action after a security breach last month compromised personal information. The company says people who bought tickets between April 2 and May 18 are likely impacted.

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Blinken heads to China amid rising concern in Europe

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is heading to Shanghai and Beijing for three days of talks with senior Chinese officials as US-China ties are at a critical point. His visit also comes amid rising concern in Europe over Chinese espi...

France 24

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U.S., U.K., New Zealand accuse China of cyber attacks

The United States, Britain and New Zealand have accused Beijing-backed cyber groups of being behind a series of attacks against lawmakers and key democratic institutions. The allegations prompted angry Chinese denials.

France 24

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Taylor Swift deepfakes rooted in AI challenges

The pornographic deepfakes of Taylor Swift that appeared on social media late last month stemmed from an online challenge to break safety mechanisms designed to block people from generating lewd images with artificial intelligence, accor...

Bloomberg

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Tech leaders grilled on child exploitation crisis

Tech leaders, including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok's Shou Zi Chew and X's Linda Yaccarino, are answering hard questions from the U.S. Senate as a bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing for legislation aimed at protecting minors onl...

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Ukraine telecoms giant hacked for months by Russia

Russian hackers were inside Ukrainian telecoms giant Kyivstar's system from at least May last year in a cyberattack that should serve as a "big warning" to the West, Ukraine's cyber spy chief told Reuters.

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Meta's Threads app raises data privacy concerns

New concerns about Facebook’s latest social media creation Threads has now raised questions about data privacy for its users. To investigate these new concerns John Patterson a social media and marketing expert is talking to The Nine anc...

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Prigozhin-owned 'troll farm' shut down by Kremlin

A social media "troll factory" owned by Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to allegedly influence public opinion in the United States and other countries, has reportedly been disbanded. It's the latest fallout from the stunning mut...

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French Open banks on AI for players’ online safety

The French tennis open Roland Garros began on Sunday in Paris. But in the time of social media, how can players resist online pressure and preserve their mental health?

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How Russia is waging a global cyberwar

The leaked “Vulkan files” are the first insight into Putin’s cyberwarfare. They link the Kremlin to hacks around the world and could help experts prepare for coming attacks. Here’s what’s in them.

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OpenAI offers reward for discovering vulnerabilities

How would you like to make up to $20,000? And all for using ChatGPT. OpenAI, the company behind the famous chatbot, says it is offering up to that amount for users. They want people to to discover and report vulnerabilities in its artif...

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TikTok hearing zeroes in on data access

Feroot co-founder and CEO Ivan Tsarynny joins Caroline Hyde to discuss security and privacy concerns around TikTok and other US-based social media companies, and why forcing ByteDance to sell the app wouldn't solve privacy issues.

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Russian cyberattacks losing their bite

As the war dragged on, Russian hackers were unable to compensate for failures on the battlefield, not least because of the support Ukraine has received, including in cyberspace.

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Russia waging 'hybrid war' in Moldova

Moldova's leader warns Russia is conducting a hybrid war in the country including increased cyber attacks. The EU Commission proposed €145 million in new funding last week to support the country's economy and energy security.

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Former Alameda CEO testifies against Bankman-Fried

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison said she and FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried knowingly misled lenders about how much the trading firm was borrowing from the cryptocurrency exchange. Ellison gave her first public account of ...

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SEC charges Alameda CEO Ellison with fraud

Two top associates of disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried have pleaded guilty to criminal charges and are cooperating with US prosecutors leading the investigation into FTX's collapse. Joanna Ossinger reports on Bloomberg Televi...

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Senator Lummis says FTX committed fraud

Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Republican from Wyoming, says FTX committed fraud. She's on "Balance of Power."

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Feds outline charges for FTX founder Bankman-Fried

A federal indictment was unsealed on Tuesday against Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Michael Driscoll spoke about the cha...

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Musk ends Twitter's Trust and Safety Council

Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm a...

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Bankman-Fried "willing" to testify to congress

Sam Bankman-Fried said Friday in a series of tweets that he is willing to testify before the House Committee on Financial Services on Dec. 13 during a hearing about cryptocurrency exchange FTX's collapse into bankruptcy. Sonali Basak rep...

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Coinbase manager charged with insider trading

Coinbase was the victim in this fraud case, says Akin Gump partner, Ian McGinley. This is one of the first cases of insider trading in the crypto world, following a similar case in the NFT space earlier this Summer.

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Cyber warfare, the 'hidden frontline' in Ukraine

Experts say the war in Ukraine has become a virtual testing ground for Russian and Ukrainian experiments in cyber-warfare. And this will have implications for global security, as Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford reports from Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Hackers steal $100 million from crypto bridge

Hackers made off with around $100 million from a so-called cryptocurrency bridge with a hack of Harmony's Horizon bridge on Thursday. Justina Lee reports on Bloomberg Television.

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Students form Ukraine 'cyber militia'

Adrienne Arsenault meets students who stayed behind in Ukraine to assist with the war efforts. Some of them have turned their dorm rooms into shelters for refugees, while others are taking on more extreme measures, such as forming a cybe...

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Cyberwarfare rife in Ukraine, Russia conflict

Many Ukrainians are using Twitter and Facebook to share what's happening, but Russia has been destroying communication towers, power stations and internet infrastructure.

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Facebook says Ukraine officials 'targeted' by hackers

Meta Platforms said a hacking group used Facebook to target a handful of public figures in Ukraine, including prominent military officials, politicians and a journalist, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of the country. Emer McCarthy reports.

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Bomb threats, cyber attacks in Ukraine as Russia mounts 'hybrid war'

Amid fears of a Russian military attack, Ukrainians are also coping with a wave of fake bomb threats as Moscow mounts a hybrid war to sow panic among the public, according to Ukrainian security services. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg report...

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