Meta has gone on trial in the United States again over claims that its platforms put children at risk, while the company says it works continuously to keep young users safe. In a California federal court, four states are seeking billions of dollars in damages and major changes in how Meta runs Facebook and Instagram....Read More
4 arrested in Monterey County undercover sting targeting suspected online child predators SALINAS, Calif. — An undercover Homeland Security sting targeting suspected online child predators resulted in the arrests of three Central Coast men and one man from Gilroy. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said the multiagency sting was conducted Aug. 14 through Aug. 15...Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted 17 Iranian nationals for orchestrating a cyber piracy campaign allegedly backed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The DOJ accuses these hackers of targeting U.S. universities and companies, including HBO, over several years. The hackers, employed by the Iran-based Mabna Institute, attempted to extort HBO for $6...Read More
Picture this. Meta flies parenting influencers to a waterfront venue overlooking Sydney Harbour, hands out personalized scout badges and gourmet s’mores, then asks them to tell their followers that blanket bans on teen social media use are a bad idea. That’s what happened, according to a new Tech Transparency Project investigation, which found Meta staged...Read More
Shamis & Gentile P.A., one of the nation’s premier class action law firms specializing in data breach cases, is investigating the Sweetwater Development & Management Company data breach. If you were affected by the data breach, your sensitive personally identifiable information may have been exposed, and you may be eligible for compensation. About Sweetwater Development...Read More
WASHINGTON — On the same day it invaded Ukraine in 2022, Russia disabled thousands of satellite modems across Ukraine and other European countries, aiming to disrupt communications. A new AI-assisted tool aims to help close that kind of vulnerability amid concerns about continued Russian aggression and newer Iranian threats to cyber infrastructure. The cybersecurity company...Read More
NIST is seeking input on a new approach to human-centered cybersecurity The concept focuses on how people interact with security processes and systems The proposed guidance would go beyond traditional employee awareness training The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a concept paper on human-centered cybersecurity, or HCC, and is seeking stakeholder input...Read More
00:00 Speaker A we had uh opening statements uh from uh both the state attorneys general as well as Meta. The uh attorney general uh for the deputy attorney General for California basically laid out um their arguments saying that, you know, the platform is made to be addictive with infinite scroll, with different ways...Read More
Fox News senior correspondent Claudia Cowan reports as opening arguments begin in a landmark lawsuit accusing Meta of designing addictive features that harm kids on ‘America Reports.’ Fox News senior correspondent Claudia Cowan reports on opening arguments in a multistate lawsuit against Meta, as states allege the tech giant intentionally designed addictive features on Facebook...Read More
(The Center Square) – Seventeen Iranian men have been charged in a cybercrime case being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The accused are members of the Mabna Institute, an Iranian-based company known for hacking U.S. higher education institutions and private sector companies on behalf of the Islamic Republic of...Read More
