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Cybercriminals are hacking websites to show fake Google Chrome errors that push users to install a malicious file to update. Initiated in November 2022, this campaign's intensity increased after February 2023, as NTT security analyst Rintaro Koike noted. The operation has since broadened its scope

Microsoft’s April 2023 Patch Tuesday released several security updates, which included a patch for a zero-day vulnerability affecting all supported Windows versions. This vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) could give hackers access to an unpatched system. Microsoft confirmed

Tesla is facing a class action lawsuit from one of its car owners who alleges that the electric carmaker has violated the privacy of its customers. Henry Yeh, a San Francisco resident who owns Tesla's 2022 Model Y, filed the lawsuit on Friday, April 7th, in the US District Court for the Northern

Last month, Latitude Group Holdings, an Australian consumer finance company, faced a massive cyberattack that resulted in criminals obtaining 14 million customer records, which included driver's licenses, passports, and financial statements. The cybercriminals have since demanded ransom, but the

The UK's national law enforcement agency responsible for managing criminal record information, the Criminal Records Office (ACRO), has confirmed that a cyber security incident has been the cause of its online portal issues since March 21st. After delaying issuing a comment on the matter, ACRO

The FBI, in cooperation with international law enforcement agencies, have successfully seized Genesis Market, a notorious hacker marketplace, in an operation dubbed "Operation Cookie Monster". The operation took place on April 4th, involving law enforcement agencies from the United States,

Alcohol recovery services, Monument and Tempest, have admitted to sharing patients’ private information with advertisers for several years without their consent. Monument disclosed in a filing with the California Attorney General that the tracking tools on their websites may have inadvertently

On Tuesday, Britain's Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a £12.7 million fine against TikTok for using the personal data of children under 13 without parental consent. The ICO estimated that in 2020, TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under 13 to access its platform, despite

On Friday, March 31st, Italy temporarily banned ChatGPT, becoming the first Western country to do so. A statement by the Italian data protection authority, GPDP, confirmed the ban and that it is launching an investigation into the company, stating "there appears to be no legal basis underpinning

The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy (CAIDP), a non-profit AI research group, has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against OpenAI, calling for an investigation into the release of GPT-4 and halting its deployment. In its complaint, the group claims that