January 2025

Brazilian Hacker Indicted for Demanding $3.2M in Bitcoin After Hacking 300,000 Accounts

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A Brazilian national has been indicted in the United States for allegedly threatening to release data stolen during a hack of a company’s network in March 2020. Junior Barros De Oliveira, a 29-year-old from Curitiba, Brazil, faces four counts of making extortionate threats related to data obtained from protected computers and four counts of issuing […]

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Apple to Compensate Siri Users $20 Per Device in Privacy Violation Settlement

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Apple has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit for $95 million, addressing claims that its Siri voice assistant violated users’ privacy. The news was initially reported by Reuters. The settlement covers U.S.-based current or former owners of Siri-enabled devices who experienced unintentional Siri activations that led to the capture or sharing of private

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