Cybersecurity
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Billions of login credentials leaked online, compiled in datasets: report
The leaked datasets included about 16 billion login credentials for platforms such as Google, Facebook and Apple, according to a report
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TSA issues warning to travelers about stolen data risks through charging smartphones at airports
'When you’re at an airport, do not plug your phone directly into a USB port,' the agency says
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Hackers now targeting US retailers after cyberattacks on UK companies, Google threat intel analyst
Three top British retailers have been hit with cyberattacks in recent weeks.
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Blackburn, Blumenthal accuse TikTok of misleading Congress on handling of US users' data
After an alarming report by Forbes, these two senators are pressing for answers
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Cyberattack shut down North American production plants of Dole food giant in February
Company "moved quickly to contain the threat" after shuttering plants.
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Chinese 'pig butchers' fatten unwary Americans up for slaughter in spreading digital swindle
"We're not talking about what's going on at farms," said Frank Fisher, public affairs specialist at the FBI Albuquerque Field Office. "We're talking about a cryptocurrency investment scam that is sweeping the country."
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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.