Google and Apple are reportedly lobbying for state kids’ online safety laws that could shift age-verification liability to app stores and limit the tech giants’ exposure to lawsuits. As pressure from kids’ online safety lawsuits mounts on tech giants, lobbyists from Google and Apple are reportedly engaged in a major effort to press state lawmakers...Read More
Gypsy Rose Blanchard has launched a petition against “harassment and cyberbullying” in honor of the late Ken Urker. Initial reports indicated that Blanchard, 35, sent ex-fiancé Urker, the 34-year-old father of her daughter, Aurora, a “Happy Birthday” text on October 1, but the message went unanswered. When Blanchard’s brother Dylan and his wife, Anita, arrived...Read More
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing renewed criticism over a plea agreement involving Adam Hoffman, a former Waco attorney accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy. The original agreement offered Hoffman a sentence of just one day in jail, along with two misdemeanor guilty pleas, and no requirement to register as a sex...Read More
Along with creating and improving these safety and supervision features, Meta will hire an independent auditor to review accumulated information and resources, and then report to the attorneys general, for the next 5 years. A Call to YouTube and TikTok Meta will initially distribute approximately $12.7 billion to the participants in the lawsuit with annual...Read More
[Anchor] The number of banks and capital firms confirmed to have suffered information leaks due to hacking has risen to 7. Financial authorities have ordered an emergency inspection across the entire financial sector, raising the possibility of AI-driven hacking. Our first report today (the 5th) is from reporter Jeon Hyeong-u. [Reporter] Financial authorities have confirmed...Read More
Gallagher experts explain that as cyber, crime and D&O exposures converge, companies need to rethink how they structure cover and manage board-level risk. Key points:Shared limits can dilute D&O coverBoards must document risk decisions Third-party dependencies raise exposure The boundaries between cyber, commercial crime and management liability are becoming increasingly difficult to draw as companies...Read More
A suspected member of ShinyHunters, the hacking group that claimed responsibility last month for defacing the FBI’s website, was detained in Jordan this week and is cooperating with the investigators, according to U.S. officials. Jordanian authorities detained Saif al-Din Khader this week, according to two U.S. officials and another source with knowledge of the matter....Read More
Today’s cyber environment is dynamic and increasingly perilous. Artificial Intelligence is intensifying the speed, sophistication and complexity of cyber threats across the United States. Risks to the critical infrastructure we all rely on, including water supplies, hospitals, energy networks and transportation systems, are growing every day. In this rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, state governments across...Read More
Saudi Arabia’s Attorney General Khalid Al-Yousef represented the Kingdom at the 24th Meeting of Prosecutors General in Kazan, Russia Updated 4 October 2026 October 4, 2026 18:19 KAZAN: Saudi Arabia’s Attorney General and Chairman of the Public Prosecution Council Khalid Al-Yousef represented the Kingdom at the 24th Meeting of the Prosecutors General of the Shanghai...Read More
Gypsy Rose Blanchard said her fiancé Ken Urker died from an overdose and has hinted that cyberbullying might have contributed to his death. Urker died Thursday on his 34th birthday in his bed at his home in Raceland, Louisiana. Blanchard told People on Friday she doesn’t know whether his death was intentional or not but...Read More
