Two cybersecurity-focused members of Congress agreed Thursday that reductions to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have done too much damage to an agency essential to defending civilian networks against foreign adversaries. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., spoke during a discussion at the National Cyber Innovation Forum. Despite representing different parties,…
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General Motors to pay $12.75 million over driver data sales
General Motors has agreed to a $12.75 million settlement with California over allegations that it unlawfully sold drivers’ location and behavioral data to brokers, marking the largest penalty in the history of the state’s Consumer Privacy Act. Prosecutors say GM made approximately $20 million nationwide from the sales. “General Motors sold the data of California…
AI, Compliance, Europe, Global Security News, Politics, Risk Management
EU lawmakers strike provisional deal to soften AI Act
European Union member states and the European Parliament agreed early Thursday to push back the toughest deadlines under the bloc’s AI Act, giving enterprises more time to prepare for high-risk compliance. Under the provisional deal between negotiators for the European Parliament and European Council, high-risk AI systems will face new deadlines of Dec. 2, 2027…
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IBM’s government DEI settlement could increase pressure to avoid tech hiring diversity
IBM has agreed to settle a complaint from the US Justice Department around its initiatives to diversify its workforce and to encourage hiring of underrepresented groups, contrary to a presidential directive. The federal contractor also agreed to pay the government roughly $17 million. The pressure from the Trump administration to eliminate workforce diversification efforts, typically…
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DataBench to collaborate with the First Person Cooperative
DataBench Founder and CEO David Christmas has agreed to form a partnership with First Person Cooperative, the San Francisco-based architects of the ‘First Person Initiative,’ an international multi stakeholder collaboration whose goal is to solve one of the oldest and hardest problems on the internet: how to prove you are a unique person online with…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware, Network Security
Iran‑linked PLC attacks cause real‑world disruption at critical US infra sites
As the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday, six US federal agencies have warned that Iran-affiliated threat actors have compromised internet-exposed programmable logic controllers at critical infrastructure facilities in the US. The attacks, which the agencies linked to escalating hostilities between Iran and the US and Israel, targeted Rockwell Automation and Allen-Bradley…
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Infotrust Acquires Catalyst Cyber To Accelerate Federal Gov Expansion
Infotrust Ltd has agreed to acquire 100% of Canberra‑based Catalyst Cyber Pty Ltd in a performance‑linked transaction valued at approximately $5 million, securing immediate access to high‑barrier federal government cyber security markets and strengthening Infotrust’s position as a sovereign Australian cyber security provider.
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Trump Administration Set to Receive $10 Billion Fee for Brokering TikTok Deal
Investors in the social-media platform’s U.S. business agreed to give the government several multibillion-dollar payments, sources say.
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Canada Says OpenAI CEO Altman Pledged to Toughen Safety Protocols
Canada says OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman agreed to take immediate steps to strengthen safety protocols regarding notifying police about potentially suspicious use of the company’s ChatGPT chatbot.