British Department Store Harrods Warns Customers That Some Personal Details Taken in Data Breach

Four people were arrested in July on suspicion of their involvement in cyberattacks against Harrods and two other leading British retail chains, Marks & Spencer and the Co-op and Harrods.
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Interpol Says 260 Suspects in Online Romance Scams Have Been Arrested in Africa

The operation took place in July and August and focused on scams in which perpetrators build online romantic relationships to extract money from targets or blackmail them with explicit images, Interpol said.
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Microsoft Reduces Israel’s Access to Cloud and AI Products Over Reports of Mass Surveillance in Gaza

Microsoft has disabled services to a unit within the Israeli military after a company review had determined its AI and cloud computing products were being used to help carry out mass surveillance of Palestinians.
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Jaguar Land Rover Says Shutdown Will Continue Until at Least Oct 1 After Cyberattack

JLR extended the pause in production “to give clarity for the coming week as we build the timeline for the phased restart of our operations and continue our investigation.”
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A Massive Telecom Threat Was Stopped Right As World Leaders Gathered at UN Headquarters in New York

More than 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards designed to mimic cellphones and overwhelm networks.
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Google Launched Behind-the-Scenes Campaign Against California Privacy Legislation; It Passed Anyway

In April, Rhode Island resident Navah Hopkins received a plea for her help to defeat legislation thousands of miles away in California. The ask came from Google, maker of the world’s most used web browser, Chrome. The tech giant sent a message to an em… Continue reading Google Launched Behind-the-Scenes Campaign Against California Privacy Legislation; It Passed Anyway→

Large Interpol Cybercrime Crackdown in Africa Leads to the Arrest of Over 1,200 Suspects

Dubbed Operation Serengeti 2.0, the operation took place between June and August.
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Gabbard Says UK Scraps Demand for Apple to Give Backdoor Access to Data

Britain abandoned its demand that Apple provide backdoor access to any encrypted user data stored in the cloud.
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