The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization office, in charge of providing direction and oversight for federal health records across four agencies, needs to boost its interagency collaboration on cybersecurity and privacy protection, the Government Accountability Office said in a report published Tuesday. After finding the office lacked interagency collaboration goal performance measures for the past...Read More
Florida has become the first US state to sue OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, accusing the company of misleading the public about the safety of its ChatGPT platform and exposing children to harmful content. The lawsuit was filed on Monday in a Florida state court by James Uthmeier, a Republican, who alleged that ChatGPT has...Read More
WINTER PARK, Fla. (CBS12) — Alan Chambers, the former president of an infamous Florida-based anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy organization, was arrested in an undercover child predator sting. Detectives said 54-year-old Chambers of Winter Park was taken into custody Tuesday following an undercover operation in which he allegedly communicated online with an undercover detective posing as a...Read More
SWEETWATER, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Tuesday that his office has significantly increased efforts to combat human trafficking and child exploitation, pointing to record numbers of arrests, convictions and prison sentences across the state. Leer en español Speaking at a news conference in Sweetwater alongside law enforcement officials, business leaders and anti-trafficking...Read More
Authorities arrested 1,209 cybercriminals and recovered $97.4 million in a major crackdown involving investigators from 18 African countries, the United Kingdom and Interpol. The operation, named Serengeti 2.0, ran from June to August 2025 and tackled high-impact cybercrimes such as business email compromise schemes, ransomware and other online scams, Interpol reported. Authorities identified about 88,000...Read More
SEATTLE — The FBI is warning soccer fans to watch out for fake websites posing as FIFA, as cybercriminals ramp up scams ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In a public alert, the agency said cybercriminals are creating fraudulent websites designed to look like FIFA’s official site (www.fifa.com) in an effort to steal personal...Read More
Hackers have reportedly found a way to exploit Meta’s AI-powered assistant to take control of high-profile Instagram accounts, including those linked to public figures, government organizations, and holders of valuable usernames. According to online reports, attackers persuaded the chatbot to change account recovery email addresses, allowing them to reset passwords and take control of targeted...Read More
The Trump administration’s latest AI executive order directs federal agencies to develop benchmarks to assess AI models’ cyber capabilities, to create an “an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse” to review and share information on vulnerabilities, and to shore up the government’s security defenses. Graeme Sloan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Graeme Sloan/Getty Images President Trump signed a...Read More
1. China’s top judicial and market regulatory bodies jointly released a set of landmark cases to warn businesses in children’s entertainment and consumer goods sectors about protecting minors from hazardous products and unsafe environments [para. 1][para. 2]. The authorities highlighted emerging risks including age-inappropriate escape rooms, dangerous toys, and counterfeit children’s skin-care products containing banned...Read More
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law a multi-pronged, bipartisan piece of legislation that will work to protect Connecticut children and adults from some of the harms associated with recent advancements in the digital age, like youth social media addiction and concerns over the growing use of artificial...Read More
