Former NFL, Michigan Assistant Coach Matt Weiss Charged With Hacking for Athletes’ Intimate Photos

Former NFL and University of Michigan assistant football coach Matt Weiss hacked into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes seeking intimate photos and videos.
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Amazon Ends Little-Used Privacy Feature That Let Echo Users Opt Out of Sending Recordings to Company

Amazon is ending a little-used privacy feature that let some users of its Echo smart speaker prevent their voice commands from going to the company’s cloud.
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Trump Administration Halts Funding for Two Cybersecurity Efforts, Including One for Elections

The Trump administration has cut millions of dollars in federal funding from two cybersecurity initiatives, including one dedicated to helping state and local election officials.
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US Hasn’t Determined Who Was Behind Cyberattack That Caused Outage on Musk’s X

US officials have not determined who was behind an apparent cyberattack on the social media site X that limited access to the platform for thousands of users.
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Elon Musk Claims X Being Targeted in ‘Massive Cyberattack’ as Service Goes Down

Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform X was being targeted in a “massive cyberattack” that impacted availability.
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Gabbard Decries Britain’s Reported Demand for Apple to Provide Backdoor Access to Users’ Cloud Data

The Director of National Intelligence said such a demand would violate Americans’ rights and raise concerns about a foreign government pressuring a U.S.-based technology company.
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Downloads of DeepSeek’s AI Apps Paused in South Korea Over Privacy Concerns

DeepSeek has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy concerns.
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Virginia Attorney General’s Office Struck by Cyberattack Targeting Attorneys’ Computer Systems

The chief deputy attorney general of the agency sent an email on Wednesday that said nearly all of is computer systems were offline.
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