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Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI attempted to purchase hundreds of millions of arrest records including social security numbers, mugshots, and even email addresses to incorporate (flipboard.social)
 

Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI attempted to purchase hundreds of millions of arrest records including social security numbers, mugshots, and even email addresses to incorporate into its product. Read more at @404media. #ClearviewAI #Cybersecurity #DataPrivacy #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/XCU5t6

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In the chaos of the cuts carried out by DOGE, some federal workers say the Trump administration is failing to do even basic offboarding to safeguard sensitive information on their work devices. The (flipboard.social)
 

In the chaos of the cuts carried out by DOGE, some federal workers say the Trump administration is failing to do even basic offboarding to safeguard sensitive information on their work devices. The result is a situation that experts warn is leaving civil servants, the people they worked with, and U.S. government security at risk. Read more at @theverge (Subscription may be required). #DOGE #ElonMusk #Trump #Tech #Technology #Cybersecurity #USAID https://flip.it/YlaLfe

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Google’s parent company has announced its largest-ever acquisition, entering into a $32B deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz. @theverge has more. #Google #Alphabet #Cybersecurity #Wiz #Tech #Technology (flipboard.social)
 

Google’s parent company has announced its largest-ever acquisition, entering into a $32B deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz. @theverge has more. #Google #Alphabet #Cybersecurity #Wiz #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/Tc8Isj

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Google's newest AI model can peruse your search history to improve its understanding of you as a person. @arstechnica asks: What could go wrong? #Google #AI #Gemeni #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology (flipboard.social)
 

Google's newest AI model can peruse your search history to improve its understanding of you as a person. @arstechnica@mastodon.social asks: What could go wrong? #Google #AI #Gemeni #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/afRE32

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ShadowDragon, a contractor for ICE and other government agencies, has developed a tool that lets analysts more easily pull an individual’s publicly available data from a wide array of sites, social (flipboard.social)
 

ShadowDragon, a contractor for ICE and other government agencies, has developed a tool that lets analysts more easily pull an individual’s publicly available data from a wide array of sites, social networks, apps, and services across the web. @404media has the story. #ICE #SocialMedia #ShadowDragon #Tech #Technology #CyberSecurity https://flip.it/Rjm1ZI

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Elon Musk’s X has been hit by three waves of outages since this morning, which the billionaire claims was due to a cyberattack. Experts say it's too early to tell the cause. Read more at @CNN. #X (flipboard.social)
 

Elon Musk’s X has been hit by three waves of outages since this morning, which the billionaire claims was due to a cyberattack. Experts say it's too early to tell the cause. Read more at @CNN. #X #Twiter #Cybersecurity #Cyberattack #ElonMusk https://flip.it/LM01E-

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A 55-year-old software developer faces up to 10 years in prison for deploying malicious code that sabotaged his former employer's network. Via @ArsTechnica. #Malware #Tech #Technology #Cybersecurity (flipboard.social)
 

A 55-year-old software developer faces up to 10 years in prison for deploying malicious code that sabotaged his former employer's network. Via @ArsTechnica. #Malware #Tech #Technology #Cybersecurity https://flip.it/QhHHuG

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Just two months into 2025, we’ve already seen several data breaches affecting the personal information of millions of people, setting up what could be a year unlike any we’ve seen. @Techcrunch breaks (flipboard.social)
 

Just two months into 2025, we’ve already seen several data breaches affecting the personal information of millions of people, setting up what could be a year unlike any we’ve seen. @Techcrunch breaks down each of the biggest breaches (Yes, DOGE’s access of U.S. federal government data makes the list):

https://flip.it/v0gym6

#Tech #CyberSecurity #Security #DataBreach #Data

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Around 200,000 private messages from one of the most dangerous cybercriminal groups, Black Basta, have been revealed. Researchers are expected to find tactics, targets and dynamics within the trove of (flipboard.social)
 

Around 200,000 private messages from one of the most dangerous cybercriminal groups, Black Basta, have been revealed. Researchers are expected to find tactics, targets and dynamics within the trove of internal communications.
@techspot@mastodon.social has more:

https://flip.it/nh6uYu

#CyberCrime #CyberSecurity #BlackBasta

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Password managers are one of the most effective ways of securely storing passwords for multiple sites and platforms, but a new report tells us that cybercriminals are increasingly targeting them in (flipboard.social)
 

Password managers are one of the most effective ways of securely storing passwords for multiple sites and platforms, but a new report tells us that cybercriminals are increasingly targeting them in their attacks.
@DigitalTrends has the details:

https://flip.it/j7LgOK

#PasswordManager #Password #Cybersecurity #InternetSecurity #Internet

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Meet the hired guns who help make sure the details of school cyberattacks stay hidden from the victims, whose leaked personal information leaves them vulnerable to identity theft and other forms of (flipboard.social)
 

Meet the hired guns who help make sure the details of school cyberattacks stay hidden from the victims, whose leaked personal information leaves them vulnerable to identity theft and other forms of online exploitation.

https://flip.it/WvMJrQ

#Cybersecurity #Cyberattack #Privacy

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More than half of the American population were affected by the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare last year. @Techcrunch has put together a timeline of the events, from the first cybersecurity (flipboard.social)
 

More than half of the American population were affected by the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare last year. @Techcrunch has put together a timeline of the events, from the first cybersecurity report to the multi-million dollar ransom and the growing number of people impacted.

https://flip.it/NC6s6M

#Cybersecurity #Ransomware #dataBreach

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