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Latest News in Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • April 07, 2026

    Feds Say Iranian Hackers Are Targeting 'Critical' Infrastructure

    A handful of federal agencies issued a joint cybersecurity advisory Tuesday warning that Iranian-affiliated hackers are taking aim at "critical infrastructure," including drinking water and wastewater systems, leading to multiple disruptions across various sectors.

  • April 07, 2026

    Musk Wants Altman Out, Not To Boost 'Himself Personally'

    Elon Musk said Tuesday he wants OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stripped of his title and "all equity and other personal financial benefits" to be awarded to OpenAI's nonprofit if Musk wins his case claiming OpenAI duped him, saying he isn't after "a remedy directed to benefiting himself personally."

  • April 07, 2026

    LinkedIn Users Sue Over Secret Browser Extension Tracking

    LinkedIn is facing two proposed class actions in California federal court alleging the networking platform has touted its anti-fraud and anti-data scraping efforts as cover for its surreptitious scanning of users' browser extensions, which often contain sensitive information, before sharing that data with third parties.

  • April 07, 2026

    TD Bank Says It's Not To Blame For $1.1M Sent To Scammer

    TD Bank has asked a Connecticut state court judge to strike a contracting company's claims that the bank should face liability after the company sent $1.1 million to a scammer, pointing out in its filings that the company's own representative handed over TD Bank login credentials to the fraudster.

  • April 07, 2026

    USA Today Escapes Website User Tracking Suit, For Now

    A California judge has shut down a proposed class action accusing USA Today of deploying tracking technology that illegally transmits information about website visitors' browsing activities to third parties, finding that the plaintiffs had failed to allege the type of concrete injury necessary to sustain their claims, while leaving the door open for their pleadings to be amended.

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