Google Settles $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking People Using ‘Incognito Mode’

Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit claiming that it continued spying on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser.
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Cyberattack Targets Albanian Parliament’s Data System, Halting Its Work

Albania’s Parliament said it had suffered a cyberattack with hackers trying to get into its data system, resulting in a temporary halt in its services.
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FTC Proposes Strengthening Children’s Online Privacy Rules to Address Tracking, Push Notifications

The FTC has proposed strengthening children’s online privacy rules to address tracking and push notifications.
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Kansas Courts’ Computer Systems Are Starting to Come Back Online, 2 Months After Cyberattack

The court system in Kansas was hit by a cyberattack that caused outages and affected the courts in 104 counties.
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Air Force Disciplines 15 as IG Finds That Security Failures Led to Massive Classified Documents Leak

Air Force disciplines 15 personnel as the inspector general finds that security failures led to massive classified documents leak.
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A Gigantic New ICBM Will Take US Nuclear Missiles Out of the Cold War-Era but Add 21st-Century Risks

New “Sentinel” nuclear missiles will need to be well protected from cyberattacks, while its technology will have to cope with frigid winter temperatures where the silos are located.
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Top White House Cyber Aide Says Recent Iran Hack on Water System Is Call to Tighten Cybersecurity

A top White House national security official said recent cyber attacks by Iranian hackers on US water authorities should be seen as a call to action by utilities and industry to tighten cybersecurity.
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Europe Reaches a Deal on the World’s First Comprehensive AI Rules

Researchers have warned that powerful AI models could be used to supercharge online disinformation, cyberattacks or creation of bioweapons.
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Meta Makes End-to-End Encryption a Default on Facebook Messenger

End-to-End encryption in Facebook Messenger means that no one other than the sender and the recipient — not even Meta — can decipher people’s messages.
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