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Wave of Stealthy China Cyberattacks Hits U.S., Private Networks, Google Says
Researchers in Google's Mandiant division have found state-sponsored hackers in China have been evading common cybersecurity tools and spying on government and...
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AI Tech Enables Industrial-Scale Intellectual-Property Theft, Say Critics
Grzegorz Rutkowski has become one of the most popular artists to copy using image-generating artificial intelligence systems like OpenAI's Dall-E 2 and Stability...
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Sports Illustrated Publisher Taps AI to Generate Articles, Story Ideas
Sports Illustrated publisher Arena Group is investing in AI to help produce articles and suggest story ideas through partnerships with AI startups Jasper and Nota...
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AI Tech Enables Industrial-Scale Intellectual-Property Theft, Say Critics
Are ChatGPT, Stability AI, and GitHub Copilot the next big breakthroughs, huge legal and regulatory liabilities, or something else entirely?
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Virtual Birkin Bags on Trial in Hermès Case Testing IP Rights
French luxury brand Hermès is suing digital artist Mason Rothchild in a New York court to prevent him from selling nonfungible tokens (NFTs) of its Birkin handbags...
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U.S. Intelligence Wants to Use Psychology to Avert Cyberattacks
IARPA scientists are taking up the nascent field of cyber psychology to predict and counter hacker behavior.
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Meta Fined More Than $400 Million in EU for Serving Ads Based on Online Activity
Irish privacy regulator tells the Facebook and Instagram owner it can't use its contracts with users to justify sending them such ads.
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Meta CEO Zuckerberg Testifies in FTC Case to Block Virtual-Reality Deal
Federal Trade Commission seeks to prevent social-media company from acquiring Within Unlimited.
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OECD Countries Limit Government Access to Personal Data
Officials from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 38 member-states finalized a framework to limit governments' access to citizens' personal...
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Blockchain Fails to Gain Traction in the Enterprise
Maersk and IBM last month shut down their global platform that was supposed to bring blockchain to the shipping industry. Other big bets are moving slowly.
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Twitter Disbands Trust and Safety Council
The action comes the same day Twitter moved to boost its revenue not linked to digital advertising by reintroducing a paid-for subscription service that would show...
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Canada Pushes Canadian Content, Irking Big Tech
Proposed legislation in Canada that would require digital platforms to promote Canadian content over foreign-made content is facing pushback from leading tech firms...
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Meta Employees, Security Guards Fired for Hijacking User Accounts
Some workers allegedly accepted thousands of dollars in bribes.
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'Deepfakes' of Celebrities Appearing in Ads
Deepfakes of celebrities have started to appear in ads, with and without their consent.
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Google Sees Russia Coordinating With Hackers in Cyberattacks Tied to Ukraine War
"We have never previously observed such a volume of cyberattacks, variety of threat actors, and coordination of effort," the report says; some U.S. institutions...
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Justice Department Forms National Network of Prosecutors Focused on Crypto Crime
New effort is part of trend toward putting more resources to target illegal activities involving digital currencies.
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U.S. Recovers Over $30 Million in Cryptocurrency Stolen by North Korean Hackers
Sum is only a fraction of hundreds of millions siphoned in breach of 'Axie Infinity' online videogame this year.
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NFTs Increasingly Targeted by Criminals
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic warned criminals are increasingly targeting nonfungible tokens (NFTs).
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LastPass, Password Manager with Millions of Users, Is Hacked
On Aug. 25, online password manager LastPass reported the theft of some of its source code and proprietary information.
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Banks Start Using Information-Sharing Tools to Detect Financial Crime
Researchers have identified information-sharing initiatives worldwide that aim to better detect fraud and money laundering.12