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New OAIC AI Guidance Sharpens Privacy Act Rules, Applies to All Organizations

November 5, 2024

What the new AI guidance boils down to is essentially the legal principle that it cannot be considered "reasonable" respect for or protection of privacy to enter personal information into an AI system, unless that AI has been expressly designed for this.

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Cyber Security News

White House National Security Memo on AI Boosts Federal Agency Adoption, Bans “Undemocratic” Uses

November 1, 2024

The Biden White House continues to seek a balance between AI innovation and safe ethical use with a new national security memorandum that stresses the need to outcompete rivals, but also sets limits in the most potentially abusive areas.

Vote key on laptop showing election website cyber attack

Cyber Security News

Georgia’s Election Website Suffers a Suspected Nation-State Cyber Attack

November 1, 2024

The U.S. state of Georgia’s election website experienced a “probing” cyber attack from a suspected nation-state threat actor, delaying absentee ballot requests.

Woman pointing finger on smartphone showing privacy complaint for user tracking

Data Protection News

Pinterest Privacy Complaint Targets Platform for Familiar User Tracking Issues

October 30, 2024

The noyb privacy complaint notes that Pinterest has invoked the "legitimate interest" exception to user consent for ad tracking, one of a small handful of such exceptions provided for by the GDPR. The problem for the company is that Meta has already tried this tack and failed.

Digital padlocks showing Change Healthcare data breach

Cyber Security News

UnitedHealth Confirms Change Healthcare Data Breach Impacted 100 Million Americans

October 29, 2024

UnitedHealth Group (UHG) has confirmed that the February 2024 Change Healthcare data breach leaked the sensitive personal information of 100 million people, making it the worst healthcare leak in history.

Wall Street building showing SEC cybersecurity disclosures for SolarWinds hack

Cyber Security News

“Misleading” Cybersecurity Disclosures Turn Into SEC Fines for SolarWinds Hack Victims

October 29, 2024

Each of the fined companies learned that they had been breached during the SolarWinds hack in 2020 or 2021. Each was found by the SEC to have negligently minimized its cybersecurity disclosures in ways that could mislead investors, but all using somewhat different language.

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Data Protection News

LinkedIn Gets €310 Million GDPR Fine for Ad Tracking

October 28, 2024

Business and employment networking giant LinkedIn is being hit with a big GDPR fine for failure to obtain sufficiently informed consent for ad tracking, and for not having a valid basis for its processing of first party personal data for this purpose.

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Cyber Security News

No Recovery Prospects: Casio Systems Still Down Two Weeks After a Ransomware Attack

October 25, 2024

Japanese electronics company Casio is still reeling from a ransomware attack that disrupted its systems, two weeks after the incident occurred and with no expected recovery timeline.

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Cyber Security News

Hacker “USDoD” Arrested in Brazil for Long String of Data Breaches

October 25, 2024

USDoD has a years-long history of data breaches, leaking the stolen information or offering it for sale on hacking forums. This has included some extremely damaging collections of information, the largest of which thus far has been the National Public Data breach.

Hacker working on code showing Iranian hackers and critical infrastructure

Cyber Security News

Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Warns of Iranian Hackers Brute Forcing Critical Infrastructure and Selling Initial Access

October 25, 2024

A joint cybersecurity advisory warns of Iranian hackers using brute-force attacks to compromise critical infrastructure to obtain initial access for sale to other threat actors.

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New OAIC AI Guidance Sharpens Privacy Act Rules, Applies to All Organizations

White House National Security Memo on AI Boosts Federal Agency Adoption, Bans “Undemocratic” Uses

Georgia’s Election Website Suffers a Suspected Nation-State Cyber Attack

Pinterest Privacy Complaint Targets Platform for Familiar User Tracking Issues

UnitedHealth Confirms Change Healthcare Data Breach Impacted 100 Million Americans

“Misleading” Cybersecurity Disclosures Turn Into SEC Fines for SolarWinds Hack Victims

No Recovery Prospects: Casio Systems Still Down Two Weeks After a Ransomware Attack

Hacker “USDoD” Arrested in Brazil for Long String of Data Breaches

Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Warns of Iranian Hackers Brute Forcing Critical Infrastructure and Selling Initial Access

Meta AI Model Joins Hacking Party With Exploit of Third Party Security Vulnerability

AI Agents Turn to Hacking and Deception in AISI Security Tests

Self-Propagating Malware ChainDrop Hits Over 400 NPM Packages in Massive Supply Chain Attack

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts