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Slashdot: PowerSchool Data Breach Victims Say Hackers Stole ‘All’ Historical Student and Teacher Data

Jan 15, 2025

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/15/1456240/powerschool-data-breach-victims-say-hackers-stole-all-historical-student-and-teacher-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: PowerSchool Data Breach Victims Say Hackers Stole ‘All’ Historical Student and Teacher Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The recent cyberattack on PowerSchool, an edtech provider used by U.S. school districts, has compromised a significant amount of personal data for students and teachers. This incident highlights…

Slashdot: Texas Sues Allstate For Collecting Driver Data To Raise Premiums

Jan 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/2042251/texas-sues-allstate-for-collecting-driver-data-to-raise-premiums?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Texas Sues Allstate For Collecting Driver Data To Raise Premiums Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Texas has initiated a significant lawsuit against Allstate and its subsidiary Arity for allegedly violating the state’s privacy laws by secretly collecting location data from millions of drivers, which was used…

The Register: Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver data

Jan 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/allstate_accused_of_paying_app/ Source: The Register Title: Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver data Feedly Summary: Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corporation and its mobile analytics subsidiary, Arity, alleging the…

The Register: Microsoft sues ‘foreign-based’ criminals, seizes sites used to abuse AI

Jan 13, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/microsoft_sues_foreignbased_crims_seizes/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft sues ‘foreign-based’ criminals, seizes sites used to abuse AI Feedly Summary: Crooks stole API keys, then started a hacking-as-a-service biz Microsoft has sued a group of unnamed cybercriminals who developed tools to bypass safety guardrails in its generative AI tools. The tools were used to create harmful…

Slashdot: Foreign Cybercriminals Bypassed Microsoft’s AI Guardrails, Lawsuit Alleges

Jan 11, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/11/073210/foreign-cybercriminals-bypassed-microsofts-ai-guardrails-lawsuit-alleges Source: Slashdot Title: Foreign Cybercriminals Bypassed Microsoft’s AI Guardrails, Lawsuit Alleges Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has initiated legal actions against individuals involved in a hacking-as-a-service scheme that exploits their generative AI services. This highlights significant security vulnerabilities associated with the compromise of customer accounts…

The Register: Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL

Jan 10, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/10/german_router_maker_avm_lgpl/ Source: The Register Title: Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL Feedly Summary: On the Fritz: German router maker AVM declines to appeal in device rights case after coughing up source code Sebastian Steck, a software developer based in Germany, has obtained the source code and library installation scripts for…

The Register: Court docs allege Meta trained its AI models on contentious trove of maybe-pirated content

Jan 10, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/10/meta_libgen_allegation/ Source: The Register Title: Court docs allege Meta trained its AI models on contentious trove of maybe-pirated content Feedly Summary: Did Zuck’s definition of ‘free expression’ just get even broader? Meta allegedly downloaded material from an online source that’s been sued for breaching copyright, because it wanted the material to train its…

Wired: Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal

Jan 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/new-documents-unredacted-meta-copyright-ai-lawsuit/ Source: Wired Title: Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal Feedly Summary: One of the most important AI copyright legal battles just took a major turn. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta has faced a significant legal setback regarding its training practices for…

Wired: Rumble Among 15 Targets of Texas Attorney General’s Child Privacy Probe

Jan 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/texas-social-media-investigation-children-privacy/ Source: Wired Title: Rumble Among 15 Targets of Texas Attorney General’s Child Privacy Probe Feedly Summary: Texas has become a leading enforcer of internet rules. Its latest probe includes some platforms that privacy experts describe as unusual suspects. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading an…

Slashdot: Google Faces Trial For Collecting Data On Users Who Opted Out

Jan 9, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/09/2059258/google-faces-trial-for-collecting-data-on-users-who-opted-out?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Faces Trial For Collecting Data On Users Who Opted Out Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A federal judge has denied Google’s motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company violated user privacy. The case centers around Google’s Web & App Activity settings, raising…

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