CAPE MAY, New Jersey — Officials in Cape May County, New Jersey are confirming a hack on its water system. The City of Cape May Water and Sewer Department and the Borough of Woodbine Water Department were both impacted last week. While there were no reported disruptions to service, Cape May Mayor Zach Mullock says...Read More
gorodenkoff/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways AI brings new challenges for hard-working cyber staff. Talented professionals will question almost everything. Work with agents to make decisions that reduce risks. Working in cybersecurity is a tough gig. While security teams work hard to prevent damage to their organizations,...Read More
WATCH HERE: Senators Gillibrand and Scott Discuss AI Scams on CNBC’s Squawk Box Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) continued her efforts to crack down on artificial intelligence (AI) scams against seniors. Gillibrand and Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) sent a letter to the CEOs of top AI companies requesting information about safeguards...Read More
Editors note: Click here to read how scam and robocalls and robotexts are generated. There are specific suggestions how to block them. Congressmen Eric Sorensen (IL-17) is celebrating an important step forward for his bipartisan “Quashing Unwanted and Interruptive Electronic Telecommunications (QUIET) Act.” The legislation was recently included in a House Energy and Commerce Communications and...Read More
JOHANNESBURG – A series of violent incidents at schools across the country has raised fresh concerns about the safety of learners and teachers. In the latest incident, learners at Iphutheng Primary School in Alexandra, Johannesburg, were left traumatised after two-armed men allegedly entered the school on Tuesday. It is understood the suspects entered the school...Read More
A New Mexico court has imposed a $567 million penalty on Meta over child safety failures, ruling that the company’s social media platforms endangered young users and ordering sweeping reforms to strengthen protections across Facebook and Instagram. The decision, delivered by District Judge Bryan Biedscheid in Santa Fe, found that Meta’s platform design constituted a...Read More
Topline A judge in New Mexico ordered Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta to pay a total of $942 million in fines for creating a “public nuisance” over its handling of child safety on its social media platforms and being a “significant” contributor to the state’s teen mental health crisis. Meta has been ordered to...Read More
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March. In a late Thursday ruling, Judge Bryan Biedscheid said the...Read More
Straight Arrow reported last week that U.S. officials were investigating whether Iran-backed hackers targeted more than 30 municipal water systems in Minnesota. Now, the suspected wave of attacks appears to be much broader. Cyberattacks on U.S. water systems possibly linked to Iran-backed hackers have been reported in at least 12 states, including Michigan, Minnesota, Georgia,...Read More
(The Center Square) – Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced an expansion of the state’s cybersecurity plan to protect state agencies from increasing cyber threats and artificial intelligence-enabled cyberattacks. Cal-Secure 2.0 builds upon the original Cal-Secure roadmap that was launched in 2021. “Californians expect their government to protect not only their personal information, but also the...Read More
