Tech Industry Leaders Endorse Regulating Artificial Intelligence at Rare Summit in Washington

Tech executives discussed the idea of government regulations for artificial intelligence (AI) at an unusual closed-door meeting in the U.S. Senate on September 13th.
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Court Convicts Portuguese Hacker in Football Leaks Trial and Gives Him a 4-Year Suspended Sentence

Portuguese hacker behind “Football Leaks” convicted by a Lisbon court of nine crimes and given a suspended prison sentence of four years.
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Powerful Ethnic Militia in Myanmar Repatriates 1,200 Chinese Suspected of Involvement in Cybercrime

One of Myanmar’s biggest and most powerful ethnic minority militias arrested and repatriated more than 1,200 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in criminal online scam operations.
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Wealthy Russian With Kremlin Ties Gets 9 Years in Prison for Hacking and Insider Trading Scheme

Vladislav Klyushin was sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in a nearly $100M stock market cheating scheme that relied on information stolen by hacking.
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United Airlines Says the Outage That Held Up Departing Flights Was Not a Cybersecurity Issue

United Airlines flights were halted nationwide on Sept. 5, because of an “equipment outage,” according to the FAA.
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Norfolk Southern Says a Software Defect — Not a Hacker — Forced It to Park Its Trains This Week

Norfolk Southern believes a software defect — not a hacker — was the cause of the widespread computer outage that forced the railroad to park all of its trains.
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Elon Musk Says X, Formerly Twitter, Will Have Voice and Video Calls, Updates Privacy Policy

Twitter has updated its privacy policies, which will allow for the collection of biometric data and employment history, among other information.
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Lawsuit Accuses University of Minnesota of Not Doing Enough to Prevent Data Breach

A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university of not doing enough to protect personal information from a recent data breach.
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Europe is Cracking Down on Big Tech. This Is What Will Change When You Sign On

The Digital Services Act aims to protect European users when it comes to privacy, transparency and removal of harmful or illegal content.
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