CrowdStrike to enhance AI-era identity security with SGNL acquisition

Swagath Bandhakavi / techmonitor - CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire SGNL, a California-based firm focused on continuous identity security solutions, in a cash and stock deal.

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Texas court blocks Samsung from collecting smart TV viewing data

Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - The State of Texas has obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Samsung that prohibits the South Korean company from collecting audio and visual data about what Texas consumers are watching on their TVs. [...]

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Cyera bets big on AI data security with $400M round and $9B valuation

Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Industry leading artificial intelligence and data security company Cyera Ltd. announced it raised $400 million in late-stage funding today, six months after its last capital infusion bringing the company’s valuation to $9 billion. The Series F round was l…

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Roblox rolls out mandatory age checks for all users

mashable - Roblox expands its platform-wide age verification plans with mandatory age checks for any user wanting to chat online.

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Amazon’s AI agents spark backlash from retailers after listing their products without their knowledge

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Amazon.com Inc. has irked dozens of online retailers after using experimental artificial intelligence tools to scrape their websites and list their products on its sprawling online marketplace without their knowledge or consent. The tools in question incl…

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Ledger confirms leak of customer data from third-party Global-e hack

Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Crypto wallet company Ledger SAS confirmed today a data breach to a third-party leaked customer data, including names and contact information. Customers received an email from Global-e Online Ltd., an end-to-end e-commerce platform used by Ledger to sell …

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Labor minister rebukes Coupang over data leak response

Chae Yun-hwan / co - SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon on Monday criticized onl...

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NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces

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California introduces a one-stop shop to delete your online data footprint

Jackson Chen / engadget - Californians can now put a stop to their personal data being sold around on an online trading floor, thanks to a new free tool. On January 1, the state launched its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, shortened to DROP, that allows residents to request t…

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U.S. cybersecurity experts plead guilty for ransomware attacks, face 20 years in prison each — group demanded up to $10 million from each victim

tomshardware - Two former cybersecurity experts pled guilty to conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion for deploying ransomware against several victims. The perpetrators are facing 20 years in prison each, with sentencing set in March 2026.

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(LEAD) Gov't says poor security of femtocells led to major payment breach at KT

Kang Yoon-seung / co - SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The science ministry said Monday the security breach ...

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(LEAD) Coupang unveils nearly 1.69 tln-won compensation plan over data breach

Choi Kyong-ae / co - SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- E-commerce giant Coupang Inc. announced a compensatio...

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Coupang class action suit focused on fiduciary duties: attorney

Jang Hae-rin / co - While it may be difficult to hold Coupang directly liable for the recent data breach that affected more than 33 million users, the US-listed company can still b

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Flock Executive Says Their Camera Helped Find Shooting Suspect, Addresses Privacy Concerns

EditorDavid / slashdot - During a search for the Brown shoogin suspect, a law enforcement press conference included a request for "Ring camera footage from residents and businesses near Brown University," according to local news reports. But in the end it was Flock cameras accord…

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Google Sued SerpApi Over Scrapping Search Results

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - On Friday, Google announced it had filed a lawsuit against SerpApi for scraping the Google search results. Google alleges that SerpApi is running an "unlawful" operation that bypasses Google's security measures to scrape search results at an astonishing s…

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