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Canada sues Google over alleged anticompetitive practices in online advertising – Computerworld
A global spotlight on Google’s practices Earlier this month the US DOJ has recommended extensive measures to limit Google’s dominance, including the potential breakup of its Chrome browser and Android operating system. These products are pivotal distribution platforms for Google Search, which was deemed an illegal monopoly in Federal Judge Amit Mehta’s August ruling. These cases collectively highlight the increasing…
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Snap says New Mexico intentionally friended alleged child predators, then blamed the company
Snap says the basis of a scathing lawsuit suggesting it systematically recommends teens’ accounts to child predators is backwards — the company is now accusing the New Mexico attorney general of intentionally seeking out such accounts before recommendations were made. The company says the AG’s case is based on “gross misrepresentations” and cherry picks from Snap’s internal documents. In a…
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US authorities arrest five alleged members of Scattered Spider collective
American prosecutors have charged five people accused of being part of the Scattered Spider hacking collective. The four Americans and one Scot are accused of a litany of cybercrimes including conducting phishing attacks and stealing $11 million in cryptocurrency from at least 29 victims, according to court documents. A spokesperson from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed the case…
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Ford investgates alleged breach following customer data leak
Ford is investigating allegations that it suffered a data breach after a threat actor claimed to leak 44,000 customer records on a hacking forum. The leak was announced on Sunday by threat actor ‘EnergyWeaponUser,’ also implicating the hacker ‘IntelBroker,’ who supposedly took part in the November 2024 breach. The threat actors leaked on BreachForums 44,000 Ford customer records containing customer…
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Anthropic sued by authors over alleged misuse of copyrighted works for AI training – Computerworld
Generative AI firm, Anthropic, is embroiled in a new legal battle after three authors filed a class-action lawsuit in California federal court, accusing the company of illegally using their copyrighted works to train its AI-powered chatbot, Claude. The complaint, filed on Monday, alleges that Anthropic used pirated versions of books by authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson,…
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