Brazilian Hacker Claims Bolsonaro Asked Him to Hack Into the Voting System Ahead of 2022 Vote

A Brazilian hacker claims former president Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the voting system ahead of the 2022 election.
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Don’t Expect Quick Fixes in ‘Red-Teaming’ of AI Models. Security Was an Afterthought

Security in current AI models was an afterthought in their training as data scientists amassed breathtakingly complex collections of images and text.
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Northern Ireland’s Top Police Officer Apologizes for ‘Industrial Scale’ Data Breach

Northern Ireland’s top police officer apologized for what he described as an “industrial scale” data breach in which the personal information of more than 10,000 officers and staff was released to the public.
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India Passes Data Protection Legislation in Parliament. Critics Fear Privacy Violation

Indian lawmakers approved a data protection legislation that “seeks to better regulate big tech firms and penalize companies for data breaches” as several groups expressed concern over citizens’ privacy rights.
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White House Holds First-Ever Summit on the Ransomware Crisis Plaguing the Nation’s Public Schools

CISA will step up training for the K-12 sector and technology providers, including Amazon Web Services and Cloudflare, will offer grants and free software.
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A Cyberattack Has Disrupted Hospitals and Health Care in Five States

A cyberattack has disrupted hospital computer systems in several states, forcing some emergency rooms to close and ambulances to be diverted.
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Head of US Cybersecurity Agency Sees Progress on Election Security, With More Work Needed for 2024

CISA Director Jen Easterly says more is needed to defend the integrity and resiliency of the election process ahead of the 2024 election.
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3 Tax Prep Firms Shared ‘Extraordinarily Sensitive’ Data About Taxpayers With Meta, Lawmakers Say

A group of congressional Democrats reported that three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years.
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Europe Signs Off on a New Privacy Pact That Allows People’s Data to Keep Flowing to US

The EU signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease European concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies.
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Ransomware Criminals Are Dumping Kids’ Private Files Online After School Hacks

Ransomware gangs are targeting schools, stealing confidential documents and then dumping them online.
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