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Justice Department: Russians hack federal prosecutors
According to the Justice Department, Russian hackers were responsible for hacking into email accounts of prominent federal prosecutors offices in the country. According to the department, 80% of Microsoft email accounts belonging to employees at...
Robotic police dogs: Dehumanizing or useful hounds?
A robot police dog will visit you if you are homeless and need temporary shelter in Hawaii's capital. It will check your eyes to ensure you don't have any fever. This is just one way...
US regulators increase scrutiny of IPO applicants from China
Chinese companies that want to sell shares in the United States should make more disclosures about potential risks. Friday's announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission came after Beijing announced that it would increase its...
Top phone hackers can be stopped by a simple step: Turn off and turn...
Sen. King is a member secretive Senate Intelligence Committee. Angus King is concerned about hackers. He said that he received some tips and advice from security personnel this year on how to keep his phone safe. Step...
Residents claim that flood-hit German cities were not warned
Wolfgang Huste, like other German residents, knew that a flood was imminent. He says that he was not told how terrible it would be by anyone. Ahrweiler's 66-year old antiquarian bookseller said that the loudspeaker announcements...
China’s Tencent orders to end exclusive music agreements
Regulators ordered Tencent to end exclusive music copyright owners' contracts. This was in addition to increasing enforcement of anti-monopoly rules as Beijing tightens its grip on the booming internet industries. According to the State Administration...
Priest outed via Grindr app highlights rampant data tracking
A religious publication used data from a smartphone to determine the sexual orientation of a Roman Catholic official. This revealed a problem beyond the debate about church doctrine and priestly celibacy. There are few restrictions...
After the July 4th global attack, Kaseya receives the master decryption keys
Kaseya, a Florida company whose software was exploited during the catastrophic Fourth of July weekend ransomware attacks, has been issued a universal key which will allow them to decrypt all of the over 1,000...
TikTok is a Dutch data protection authority that has been accused of violating privacy
The Data Protection Authority of the Netherlands said Thursday that TikTok was fined 750,000 euros ($885,000) because it did not provide a privacy statement. This is because many children who use the video-sharing app...
France considers cybersecurity measures after receiving reports about spyware
After reports that his phone and the phones of ministers were being targeted by spyware, French President Emmanuel Macron called an emergency cybersecurity meeting. Macron uses his phone regularly, and he is "taking it very...