AI can fool voice recognition used to verify identity by Centrelink and Australian tax office
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Danish parliament urges lawmakers and employees to remove TikTok on work phones as a cybersecurity measure, saying “there is a risk of espionage”
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Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices. CryWiper masquerades as ransomware, but its real purpose is to permanently destroy data.
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What the Securing Open Source Software Act does and what it misses
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The American family that mined the Pentagon’s data for profit
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Rogers CEO says service back online for most Canadian customers, blames outage on 'network system failure'
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Big Telecom convinces Missouri lawmakers to block funding for broadband competition
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Norway says cyber attack on parliament carried out from China – attack had utilised a security hole in Microsoft's Exchange software
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California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature
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Judge tears Florida’s social media law to shreds for violating First Amendment
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In leak investigation, tech giants are caught between courts and customers
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King County, WA is first in the country to ban government use of facial recognition software
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EU set to unveil digital wallet fit for post-Covid life
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Florida has passed an unconstitutional law to allow suing and fining social media companies (except ones that also own theme parks) for censoring users or de-platforming politicians
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Largest fuel pipeline in the United States hit by ransomware attack
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Florida bill would fine social media platforms for banning politicians— with exemption for Disney
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Foxconn and Wisconsin have amended their contract to reflect a $672 million investment, instead of the $10 billion promised in 2017
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Arizona advances bill forcing Apple and Google to allow Fortnite-style alternative payment options
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Facebook to lift Australia news ban after government agrees to amendments to proposed legislation requiring them to pay publishers
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Texas Department of Public Safety issues amber alert for victim of horror doll Chucky
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What I learned in two years of moving government forms online
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Open-source developer and manager David Recordon named White House Director of Technology
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Facebook announces plan to break up US Government before it becomes too powerful
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Finland's parliament approved a bill designed to protect its networks against cyber threats and espionage – may be used to exclude China's Huawei and ZTE
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Pakistan’s government uses the internet as a means of exerting control — and in a remote part of the country, citizens are starting to fight back
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TikTok can continue to operate in the US, Commerce Department says
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Proposition 24 passes in California, pushing privacy rights to the forefront again
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Norway has blamed Russia for a cyberattack on the email system in the parliament in August – Moscow has rejected the claim, calling it a serious and wilful provocation
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Google, Facebook, and Twitter halt government data requests after new Hong Kong security law
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Indian government bans fifty-nine Chinese apps for security reasons
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New South Wales government was the target of major cyber attack operation linked to China
Article: New South Wales government was the target of major cyber attack operation linked to China Also: 'Cyber attacks' point to China's spy agency, Ministry of State Security, as Huawei payback,...
Article: New South Wales government was the target of major cyber attack operation linked to China
This is a follow-up to these articles posted yesterday:
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Munich is shifting back from Microsoft to open source
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A hacker is trying to break Ohio’s tool for reporting workers who quit during the pandemic
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Analysis of Voatz mobile voting app by MIT researchers finds elementary security flaws
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California’s new privacy law is off to a rocky start
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Surveillance on UK council websites - A study of private companies’ data collection on council websites across the United Kingdom
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What tech companies need to do before ‘solving’ urban problems
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San Diego to suspend face recognition program, limits Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to criminal justice data
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New Hampshire lawmaker blocks device repair bill, tells constituents to just buy new $1k phones
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The cybersecurity firm Tiversa dominated an emerging online market—before it was accused of fraud, extortion, and manipulating the federal government
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US Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system
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TikTok is the latest window into China’s police state
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NSA whistleblower dropped from Australian cyber conference at the last minute
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How the women-only Facebook group Minbar-Shat helped overthrow the Sudanese government
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Alex Stamos on legal issues for US tech companies sharing with foreign governments
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Colorado town offers 1 gbps for $60 after years of battling Comcast
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World first as local council uses robots to perform 'unbiased' job interviews
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Ottawa city hall has been targeted by cyber attacks more than 8,000 times in the past year
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Florida city to pay $600K ransom to hacker who seized computer systems weeks ago
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Maine Governor signs strictest internet protections in the US
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