WEST LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) – West Lawrence Water is working with law enforcement and cybersecurity experts after discovering a cybersecurity incident and a physical breach at one of its facilities on Thursday. Utility officials confirmed the incidents but stated that water distribution operations have continued without interruption. Officials say there’s currently no indication that...Read More
(Photo by VCG/VCG via AP) Meta’s settlement with 52 attorneys general from US states, territories, and the District of Columbia over allegations that Facebook and Instagram harmed children is likely to shift how regulators approach online safety in Europe too. The agreement announced Wednesday requires Meta to make sweeping changes to how teenagers use its...Read More
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Riding off a win in the Meta settlement, Missouri plans to investigate more social media platforms for their impact on children’s mental health. Missouri plans to investigate other social media platforms for their impact on children’s mental health following a settlement with Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram,...Read More
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged two Western Australian men with a combined total of 14 offences over their alleged role in TeamPCP, the cybercrime group behind the March 2026 compromise of the open-source security scanners Trivy and Checkmarx KICS and the AI gateway LiteLLM. Louis Michael Gaebler, 23, and Ruben Ian Thomson, 21,...Read More
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Meta has agreed to sweeping new limits and protections for young users on Facebook and Instagram as part of a multibillion-dollar settlement that attorneys general say is the largest “big tech settlement” in history. The settlement totals roughly $17 billion and resolves a case involving nearly all states, Washington, D.C. and U.S....Read More
The last time a hugely profitable American industry got sued by the government for engineering an addictive product and marketing it to kids, the number was $206 billion, and it took the tobacco industry 25 years to pay it off. This time, it’s social media and the number is $18 billion. But now questions remain...Read More
