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Ransomware gang says it hacked the Cleveland Municipal Court
Ransomware gang Qilin today claimed responsibility for a February 23, 2025 cyber attack on the Cleveland Municipal Court. The court immediately shut down all operations and reopened on March 12, 2025. Now three weeks later, the court is still struggling to resume normal operations. Employees report being unable to access the internet and court computer systems. Background checks have been…
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CFPB workers are reinstated after a court order, but many still can’t work
Terminated employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have been brought back to work in response to a judge’s order — sort of. Probationary employees (a class of government workers who are newer to an agency or role) received letters over the weekend notifying them that they were reinstated into their positions, following a court order requiring the CFPB…
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Pressure Mounts for Apple as Brazilian Court Demands iOS Sideloading
A Brazilian court has dealt a major blow to Apple’s tightly controlled ecosystem, ordering the tech giant to allow sideloading on iOS within 90 days. The ruling follows similar mandates in the EU, signaling a global push for more open digital marketplaces. With Apple commanding nearly 60% of the U.S. mobile market and over 62% in Japan, the decision could…
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Court ban on Google AI stakes would hurt Anthropic clients, say analysts – Computerworld
“This would provide an unjustified windfall to Anthropic’s much larger competitors in the AI space —including OpenAI, Meta, and ironically Google itself, which (through its DeepMind subsidiary) markets an AI language model, Gemini, that directly competes with Anthropic’s Claude line of products,” the company said in the filing. Abhivyakti Sengar, senior analyst at Everest Group also shares Anthropic’s view on…
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What’s Next Now That the Supreme Court Has Upheld the TikTok Ban
If you’ve been on TikTok over the past few days, you’ve no doubt witnessed your favorite creators saying their goodbyes and telling you where you can find them next. With Congress’ impending ban on the social media app set to take effect in the U.S. on Sunday, it seems like there’s little the platform’s users can do. On Friday, the…
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TikTok still seems headed for a ban after its Supreme Court arguments
After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that could ban TikTok, it looks like one of its last possible lifelines is unlikely to save it from the impending ouster. TikTok will be banned from the US unless either the Supreme Court blocks the law from taking effect before the January 19th deadline or its China-based parent company,…
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Appeals court blocks return of US net neutrality rules for ISPs – Computerworld
The appeals court based its argument, in part, on the ending of the so-called Chevron deference principle. This principle, which once required courts to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous laws, was ended by a US Supreme Court ruling in June 2024, and has widespread regulatory consequences for IT departments. With Rosenworcel’s term of office drawing to a close, it…
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Trump asks Supreme Court to let him rescue TikTok from US ban
President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to let him negotiate a deal to save TikTok from an imminent US ban. In an amicus brief filed to the court, Trump says he “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office,” and that he “alone possesses the consummate dealmaking expertise, the electoral…
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US court finds spyware maker NSO liable for WhatsApp hacks
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group violated U.S. hacking laws by using WhatsApp zero-days to deploy Pegasus spyware on at least 1,400 devices. NSO Group markets Pegasus as surveillance software for governments that enables clients to monitor victims’ activities and extract data from compromised devices. “This ruling is a huge win for privacy,” WhatsApp’s…
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TikTok Must Now Rely on Trump and the Supreme Court to Avoid a Ban
Update 12/06/2024: Following ByteDance’s lawsuit attempting to stop the so-called “TikTok ban,” a panel of judges for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to uphold the controversial law. The decision leaves TikTok with a little over a month to find a U.S. buyer or otherwise get the law overturned before the January 19 deadline, leaving the company with…
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