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

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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…

  • CSA: How Will the EU AI Act Shape Global AI Governance?

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/the-eu-ai-act-a-new-era-of-ai-governance-began-august-1st Source: CSA Title: How Will the EU AI Act Shape Global AI Governance? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The European Union’s AI Act, effective August 1, 2024, is the first comprehensive regulation for artificial intelligence, adopting a risk-based approach and establishing critical requirements for high-risk and unacceptable AI systems.…

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

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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

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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…

  • CSA: How to Secure Secrets and NHIs in Hybrid Cloud Environments

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2025/01/14/secrets-non-human-identity-security-in-hybrid-cloud-infrastructure-strategies-for-success Source: CSA Title: How to Secure Secrets and NHIs in Hybrid Cloud Environments Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text addresses the complex issue of managing secrets and non-human identities (NHIs) in hybrid cloud environments. It emphasizes the importance of securing digital assets like passwords and API keys, and…

  • The Register: It’s not just Big Tech: The UK’s Online Safety Act applies across the board

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/online_safety_act/ Source: The Register Title: It’s not just Big Tech: The UK’s Online Safety Act applies across the board Feedly Summary: That niche forum running for 20 years – get ready, there’s work to do Analysis A little more than two months out from its first legal deadline, the UK’s Online Safety Act…

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

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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: Nvidia Snaps Back at Biden’s ‘Innovation-Killing’ AI Chip Export Restrictions

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/13/1527220/nvidia-snaps-back-at-bidens-innovation-killing-ai-chip-export-restrictions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Nvidia Snaps Back at Biden’s ‘Innovation-Killing’ AI Chip Export Restrictions Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The outgoing Biden administration has announced new export restrictions on AI chip technology aimed at enhancing U.S. national security and maintaining market dominance. Nvidia has criticized these measures, which are intended…

  • Hacker News: Euro-cloud provider Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware to homebrew KVM platform

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/anexia_vmware_to_kvm_migration/ Source: Hacker News Title: Euro-cloud provider Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware to homebrew KVM platform Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Anexia, an Austrian cloud provider, has migrated 12,000 virtual machines (VMs) from VMware to an open-source KVM hypervisor platform due to significant licensing cost increases following Broadcom’s…

  • Schneier on Security: Microsoft Takes Legal Action Against AI “Hacking as a Service” Scheme

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/microsoft-takes-legal-action-against-ai-hacking-as-a-service-scheme.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Microsoft Takes Legal Action Against AI “Hacking as a Service” Scheme Feedly Summary: Not sure this will matter in the end, but it’s a positive move: Microsoft is accusing three individuals of running a “hacking-as-a-service” scheme that was designed to allow the creation of harmful and illicit…