4 d. ago DOGE Put Everyone’s Social Security Data at Risk, Whistleblower Claims

Plus: China’s Salt Typhoon hackers target 600 companies in 80 countries, Tulsi Gabbard purges CIA agents, hackers knock out Iranian ship communications, and more.

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4 d. ago Social Security whistleblower quits after saying Americans’ data was compromised

Social Security whistleblower quits after saying Americans’ data was compromised  The Washington Post

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4 d. ago SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes

Less than 30 minutes after the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer resigned following a whistleblower complaint, recipients could no longer access the resignation email.

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7 d. ago Social Security official says DOGE compromised Americans’ data

Social Security official says DOGE compromised Americans’ data  The Washington Post

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7 d. ago DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, says whistleblower

The Social Security Administration's chief data officer has publicly blown the whistle, alleging DOGE put hundreds of millions of Social Security records at risk of compromise by uploading a critical government database of citizen's data to Amazon's cloud.

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7 d. ago Security researcher maps hundreds of TeslaMate servers spilling Tesla vehicle data

A security researcher mapped TeslaMate servers that are publicly exposed to the internet, including sensitive Tesla vehicle data, such as their locations.

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8 d. ago A new security flaw in TheTruthSpy phone spyware is putting victims at risk

Exclusive: Hackers can take over the accounts of TheTruthSpy spyware customers, putting their victims' private phone data at risk thanks to a new security flaw.

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3 w. ago Appeals Court Allows DOGE Access to Sensitive Data at Several Agencies

The decision cited a Supreme Court order in June granting DOGE analysts sweeping access to other data stored at the Social Security Administration.

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3 w. ago Columbia University data breach affected 870,000 students, applicants

The recent cyberattack at Columbia University affected close to 870,000 students, applicants and employees, compromising their Social Security numbers, health information and other sensitive data, according to school officials.

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3 w. ago Texas soldier with top security clearance charged with attempting to pass sensitive tank data to Russia: DOJ

Fort Bliss soldier with top secret clearance arrested for allegedly offering sensitive military tank data to Russia in citizenship exchange scheme.

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3 w. ago Cohere’s new AI agent platform, North, promises to keep enterprise data secure

Canadian AI firm Cohere is taking aim at alleviating data privacy concerns with its new AI agent platform, North, which can be deployed privately so that enterprises and governments can keep their, and customers', data safe behind their own firewalls. 

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4 w. ago Northwest Radiologists data breach hits 350,000 in Washington

Northwest Radiologists data breach hits 350,000 in Washington  Security Affairs

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4 w. ago Topological approach detects adversarial attacks in multimodal AI systems

New vulnerabilities have emerged with the rapid advancement and adoption of multimodal foundational AI models, significantly expanding the potential for cybersecurity attacks. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have put forward a novel framework that identifies adversarial threats to foundation models—artificial intelligence approaches that seamlessly integrate and process text and image data. This work empowers system developers and security experts to better understand model vulnerabilities and reinforce resilience against ever more sophisticated attacks.

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