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PayPal fined by New York for cybersecurity failures

PayPal will pay a $2 million civil fine over cybersecurity failures that led to the exposure of customers’ Social Security numbers in late 2022.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 13: Participants hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol Building on March 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on whether to ban TikTok in the United States due to concerns over personal privacy and national security unless the Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance sells the popular video app within the next six months. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SCOTUS Unanimously Upholds TikTok Ban, Enforcement Left Up To Incoming Trump Administration

The Supreme Court has unanimously voted to uphold President Joe Biden’s law barring TikTok from users in the United States after the Chinese parent company refused to sell the platform.

The seal of the U.S. Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque//File Photo

US removes malware allegedly planted on computers by Chinese-backed hackers

The Justice Department said it has deleted malware planted on more than 4,200 computers by hackers backed by China.

The US Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, DC, January 19, 2023, following an announcement by the US Treasury that it had begun taking measures Thursday to prevent a default on government debt, as Congress heads towards a high-stakes clash between Democrats and Republicans over raising the borrowing limit. - The world's biggest economy could face severe disruption with Republicans threatening to refuse the usual annual rubber stamping of a rise in the legal borrowing limit, and this could push the United States into default. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese Hackers Breach U.S. Treasury Systems, Access Unclassified Documents

A China state-sponsored actor affiliated with the Chinese Government recently hacked the U.S. Treasury Department’s workstations in a “major incident,” the agency announced on Monday.

BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 27: A particpant checks a circuit board next to an oscilloscope on the first day of the 28th Chaos Communication Congress (28C3) - Behind Enemy Lines computer hacker conference on December 27, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The Chaos Computer Club is Europe's biggest network of computer hackers and its annual congress draws up to 3,000 participants. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Feds Advocate End-to-End Encryption After Telecom Breach by Suspected Chinese Hackers

Following a massive telecom breach, Apple and Android users are being urged to restrain from receiving two-factor authentication codes through text, risking exposure of non-encrypted messages by suspected Chinese hackers.

PRESCOTT VALLEY, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 13: Former Chief of Staff to the U.S. Secretary of Defense Kash Patel speaks during a campaign rally for U.S. Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump at Findlay Toyota Center on October 13, 2024 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. With 22 days to go until election day, former President Donald Trump is campaigning in the battleground state Arizona. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Trump’s FBI Director Pick, Kash Patel, Reportedly Hit by Iranian ‘Hack-and-Leak’ Attack

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, Kash Patel, has reportedly been targeted in an Iranian cyber attack, which was launched on Tuesday.