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One of India’s largest news agencies, Asian News International, has sued OpenAI in a case that could set a precedent for how AI companies use copyrighted news content in the world’s most populous nation. From a report: Asian News International filed a … Continue reading Indian News Agency Sues OpenAI Alleging Copyright Infringement
The FTX estate has filed a lawsuit against Binance and former CEO Changpeng Zhao, seeking to recover $1.76 billion, alleging a “fraudulent” 2021 share deal that involved funding from FTX’s insolvent Alameda Research. The suit also accuses Zhao of misle… Continue reading FTX Sues Crypto Exchange Binance and Its Former CEO Zhao For $1.8 Billion
IBM is facing a new lawsuit alleging that its Weather Channel website shared users’ personal data with third-party ad partners without consent, violating the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). The Register reports: In the absence of a comprehensive f… Continue reading IBM Sued Again In Storm Over Weather Channel Data Sharing
A 26-year-old man in Ontario, Canada has been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting more than 160 companies that used the cloud data service Snowflake.
On October 30, Canadian authorities arrested Alexander Moucka, a.k.a. Connor Riley Moucka of Kitchener, Ontario, on a provisional arrest warrant from the United States. Bloomberg first reported Moucka’s alleged ties to the Snowflake hacks on Monday.
At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many large companies had uploaded huge volumes of sensitive customer data to Snowflake accounts that were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication required). After scouring darknet markets for stolen Snowflake account credentials, the hackers began raiding the data storage repositories used by some of the world’s largest corporations. Continue reading Canadian Man Arrested in Snowflake Data Extortions
A former teacher has filed a federal lawsuit against PowerSchool, alleging the education technology giant illegally sells student data to third parties without proper consent. Emily Cherkin, lead plaintiff in the class action suit filed in San Francisc… Continue reading Lawsuit Accuses PowerSchool of Selling Student Data To 3rd Parties
The clash between law’s need for finality and science’s evolving nature is creating serious justice problems, an opinion piece on Scientific American argued on Monday. Two recent cases highlight this: Robert Roberson faces execution based on now-discre… Continue reading ‘The Law Must Respond When Science Changes’
A Russian court has fined Google an astronomical sum of around $20 decillion for YouTube’s blocking of Russian media channels tied to sanctioned entities. The amount compounds weekly as Google continues to disregard the ruling. The Register reports: To… Continue reading Russian Court Fines Google $20 Decillion For Blocking Media Content
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Delta Air Lines on Friday sued cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike in a Georgia state court after a global outage in July caused mass flight cancellations, disrupted travel plans of 1.3 million customers and… Continue reading Delta Sues CrowdStrike Over Software Update That Prompted Mass Flight Disruptions
The EU Court of Justice ruled in favor of Intel, dismissing the European Commission’s appeal and ending a nearly two-decade-long case over allegations that Intel’s rebates to computer makers were anticompetitive. Reuters reports: The European Commissio… Continue reading Europe’s Top Court Rules For Intel To End Long-Running Antitrust Case
A judge has allowed Saudi dissident Yahya Assiri to sue the kingdom for allegedly targeting his devices with Pegasus spyware and other Israeli-made surveillance tools. Reuters reports: Yahya Assiri, a founder of the opposition National Assembly Party (… Continue reading UK-Based Dissident Can Sue Saudi Arabia For Alleged Spyware, Court Rules