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Political Microtargeting, Manipulation & Tracking Over three years ago, noyb filed complaints against several German political parties for unlawfully using political microtargeting during the 2021 federal election. Now, the Berlin Data Protection Authority has finally issued decisions concerning the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens, the Left (Die LINKE), and the CDU. The conclusion: all of…
noyb
When UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Chief Data Officer Jessica Rusu gave a speech on Monday advocating that UK companies be required to report “significant AI failures and near-misses,” she added to the drumbeat of demands for some kind of regulatory control over enterprise AI deployments. But her speech also highlighted regulator frustration over futile…
CSO Online UK
Robert Wayne Boling Jr. was the mastermind of an identity theft conspiracy that victimized thousands of military members and veterans. He faces up to 40 years in prison.
CyberScoop
In a victory for data privacy, a federal court in New York definitively ruled that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) violated the law when it disclosed millions of federal employee records to DOGE agents. In a summary judgment ruling issued on October 20, 2026, the court found that OPM violated two provisions of the…
EFF
Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu hacked tax preparation businesses, filed false tax returns and enticed victims to send him money for investment schemes.
CyberScoop+1 source
It’s the work of the infamous group behind the attacks on Democrats during the 2016 presidential election, Symantec said.
CyberScoop
WhatsApp’s help pages carried hidden instructions for its support chatbot that told it not to recommend a data protection authority or regulator to users who could no longer delete their accounts, even though WhatsApp’s own privacy policy for Europe tells users they can complain to one. The text sat in the pages’ code, never shown…
The Hacker News+2 sources
How AI helps collect data, deanonymize users, and link their accounts — and what to do to protect yourself from doxing and harassment.
Kaspersky
The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act that took effect last month only requires companies to fix vulnerabilities and issue free updates during a product’s support period, which manufacturers define.
The Record
CJIS v6.1 requires agencies to maintain strong authentication, account security, and audit controls while demonstrating ongoing compliance. Specops outlines five practical priorities covering MFA, account management, passwords, logging, and audit readiness.
BleepingComputer
Google runs a single UK cloud region, so when one London zone lost power, there was nowhere to failover – most services recovered by late afternoon, but courts are still down…
Computer Weekly
Abdulrahman Alfozan’s wife and young son also left the country the day after the 35-year-old Saudi national’s arrest.
SecurityWeek