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A man in Canada who is suspected of being the hacker behind this year’s wave of Snowflake-related breaches has been arrested. @404media has the story. #Snowflake #Hacker #Cybersecurity #Cybercrime #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/M_fpTx

An entirely new generation of money-driven cybercriminals has caused some of the biggest hacks in history and shows no sign of slowing down. Meet the “advanced persistent teenagers,” as dubbed by the security community, who have digitally broken into hotel chains, casinos and tech giants alike. TechCrunch has more: https://flip.it/WMOcuH
#Tech #CyberSecurity #Hackers #Hacking #Technology #CyberCrime

According to new research, GenAI is being fed vast amounts of personal data — with 37% of users entering health information, 29% giving financial information, and 27% even telling chatbots their account numbers. Read more at @TechRadar. #AI #ChatGPT #DataPrivacy #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/-pWUbN

The Colorado Department of State “improperly” hosted a publicly available spreadsheet on its website that included a hidden tab with partial passwords for its voting machines. The department said that it “does not pose an immediate security threat to Colorado’s elections." Read more at @Gizmodo. #Elections #Cybersecurity #Voting #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/UgiYcK

The number of people affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware attack earlier this year is now thought to number around 100 million people, new reports have confirmed. Read it at @TechRadar. #UnitedHealthcare #Ransomware #Cybersecurity #Dataprivacy #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/bpuK1G

Meta has suspended several Threads and Instagram accounts that track the private jets of celebrities. Read more at @theverge. #ElonJet #CyberSecurity #Meta #Threads #Instagram #Tech #Privacy #Technology https://flip.it/fWcYMH

The Biden administration proposed new rules for regulating the transfer of certain data to adversarial countries such as China and Russia, creating specific requirements for how sensitive personal and federal information can be shared. Read more at @therecord_media@mastodon.social. #Cybersecurity #Data #Tech #Technology #Biden https://flip.it/hzxmEJ

23andMe is in turmoil following last year’s data breach, waning consumer interest and the company’s continual financial decline. TechCrunch looks into where this leaves millions of people’s genetic data and more: https://flip.it/JkHiFU
#Tech #Technology #23AndMe #Data #CyberSecurity #DataBreach

Are passwords on the way out? Researchers are announcing two projects that will make passkeys easier for organizations to offer — and easier for everyone to use. Read more at @WIRED. #Passwords #Authentication #Cybersecurity #Passkeys #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/l-yryY

Two Harvard students took Meta’s commercially available Ray Ban smart glasses and built facial recognition software that automatically looks up someone’s face and identifies them, including personal information. Read it at @404mediaco@mastodon.social (Registration may be required). #Meta #SmartGlasses #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/WDXr7Z

The FCC announced a $31.5 million settlement with T-Mobile over multiple data breaches that compromised the personal information of millions of U.S. consumers from 2021-2023. More from @BleepingComputer@infosec.exchange. #FCC #TMobile #Cybersecurity #Tech https://flip.it/MGWkCJ

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined Meta with a $101.5 million penalty after investigating a 2019 security breach in which the company mistakenly stored users' passwords in plain text. Via @Engadget. #Meta #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/ZD45rD