Dhaka, September 14, 2026—Bangladesh’s government must immediately withdraw or substantially revise proposed amendments to the Cyber Protection Act that would criminalize reporting officials deem unverified, and grant authorities the power to block journalists’ work and deregister news outlets, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. The draft amendments, which the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting...Read More
This regular round-up brings you key cybersecurity stories from the past month. Top cybersecurity news: Leading tech firms call for collective cyber defence effort; Ransomware botnet disrupted after two decades; UK Lords call for government AI ‘kill switch’. The World Economic Forum’s Centre for Cybersecurity provides an independent and impartial platform to reinforce the importance...Read More
Posted By Steve Alder on Sep 14, 2026 A hacking incident at Hawaii Family Dental has affected almost 46,000 individuals. Data breaches have also been announced by Life Bridges in Tennessee, Westchester Institute for Human Development in New York, Community Health Care in Ohio, and Shoshone Medical Center in Idaho. Hawaii Family Dental Hawaii Dental...Read More
Shares of Okta (OKTA +11.23%) charged out of the gate Monday, gaining as much as 11.8%. As of 11:32 a.m. ET, the stock was still up 11.2%. The catalyst that sent the cybersecurity specialist higher was the calls by prominent industry insiders for a slowdown in artificial intelligence (AI) development. Image source: Getty Images. Slow...Read More
TikTok’s child safety controls did not work the way parents were led to believe, according to a Texas judge. The court ruled Thursday that TikTok violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, granting summary judgment on claims that the platform misrepresented its content filtering and protections for younger users. The decision resolves the liability question...Read More
HANOVER, N.H. (WCAX) – Social media continues to play a role in suicide consideration and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center doctors are working during Suicide Prevention Month to get the word out that help is available. Nearly one in five kids has seriously considered suicide, according to the Centers for Disease Control. According to the CDC,...Read More
LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — September 12 was National “Report Medicare Fraud” Day, an opportunity to remind Medicare beneficiaries, families, and caregivers that reporting suspected Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse can help protect not only individual beneficiaries but the Medicare program as a whole. While preventing Medicare fraud is critical, prevention alone cannot...Read More
With students back in classrooms, Morden Police Service is reminding drivers, cyclists, and personal electric vehicle riders to slow down, follow traffic rules, and pay extra attention around the city’s schools. Const. Jeff Forster, the service’s community resource officer, said the return of school means more children are travelling through Morden on bikes and other...Read More
Source: Congresswoman Erin Houchin / Congresswoman Erin Houchin WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are making a bipartisan push to reshape how young teens interact with the digital world. Representative Erin Houchin (R-IN) and Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) have introduced the 16 & Up Social Media Act, a federal bill establishing a national minimum age...Read More
A bizarre and “unsettling” AI-generated trend has been spreading online for weeks now – and it appears to be slowly bleeding into real life. According to Safer Schools, a character reminiscent of Dr Seuss’ Cat in the Hat has been shown in AI-generated clips “threatening to visit people’s homes, or appearing on doorbell cameras and...Read More
