Cybersecurity
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AT&T resets passcodes after 73 million current and former users affected by dark web leak
Users impacted by the leak will receive an email or a letter from AT&T regarding the incident and what information was compromised.
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Feds warn cyber attacks are being carried out against U.S. water infrastructure by China, Iran
Cyberattacks initiated by people associated with the People's Republic of China and Iranian Government Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been carried out against water infrastructure in the U.S.
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Facebook, Instagram and Threads suffer major global outages
Facebook is logging users out of their accounts and refusing to let users back in.
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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba lavishing money on US lobbying, Democrat campaigns
"Since the 2014 midterm elections, Alibaba has generally skewed toward the Democratic Party," according to a recent report by the Voice of America (VOA).
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NFL lures millions to TikTok despite rising security, privacy concerns about Chinese platform
Although spy balloons are currently dominating the headlines, the wildly popular video-sharing app may be Beijing's premier Trojan Horse.
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As cybercrime surges, cybersecurity 'quarterback' CISA seeks to mold election integrity debate
The increase in cyberattacks in the U.S. is directly attributable to the country's "poor leadership," according to cybercrime expert C. Jordan Howell.
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US tech giants funding China's race to supremacy in AI — the 'battlefield of the future'
"[T]ransactions involving U.S. investors totaled $40.2 billion invested into 251 Chinese AI companies," accounting for "37 percent of the $110 billion raised by all Chinese AI companies," according to new report from Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology.
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Is Chinese shopping app Temu the new TikTok?
Amid growing concern over Chinese apps gathering U.S. user data and possibly sharing it with those in Beijing, should Temu, like TikTok, be considered a threat to national security and individual privacy?
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Concerns grow that China using video games to influence users, harvest data, shape narratives
Although China strictly polices gaming content for its home market — banning dissenting political views and permissive social values — major Chinese companies are aggressively expanding market share globally.
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FCC member says 'TikTok is China's digital fentanyl'
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has already called for a ban on TikTok.
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Chinese cyber group running election misinformation campaign: cybersecurity firm
The report alleged that the group impersonated Intrusion Truth, a group that targets malicious Chinese cyber groups, to generate credibility for its false claims.
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Major U.S. hospital chain sees 'unprecedented,' 'absolutely massive' alleged ransomware attack
Nonprofit said attack impacted "some of our facilities."