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CISA cautions against rigid rules for future of cyber vulnerability program
A top agency official said formal backing from Congress could strengthen the global vulnerability-tracking system but warned against measures that may limit its ability to adapt to ever-changing hacking threats.
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Coast Guard says it is monitoring cyberattack that disrupted North Carolina’s ports
A cyberattack disrupted gate systems at all three of North Carolina's commercial ports, prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to begin monitoring the incident while investigators work to assess the full operational impact.
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Husch Blackwell Recruits Data Privacy Chief From Ogletree
Husch Blackwell has hired a data privacy leader away from Ogletree, adding senior privacy counsel to its ranks. The move reflects continued demand for experienced privacy attorneys as law firms compete to build out dedicated practice groups.
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Scientists Used AI to Create 16 New Viruses
Scientists used AI to design 16 new viruses, a development framed as a potential tool against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The work also signals how quickly AI is enabling capabilities in biological research that regulatory frameworks have not yet caught up with.
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Five Healthcare Providers Settle Pixel Class Action Lawsuits
Five healthcare providers have reached settlements in class action lawsuits tied to their use of website tracking pixels, part of a broader wave of similar legal actions against the healthcare sector over the past 18 months.
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The White House’s Secret A.I. Rules + The State of Model Alignment With METR’s Chris Painter + The Final Hot Mess Express
The White House has not publicly released its artificial intelligence policy plan, but some details have reportedly leaked to news outlets. The administration has offered little official communication about its AI rules or direction.
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Real emails, hijacked payments: Two H1 2026 attack chains
Gen's H1 2026 Threat Report examines two separate attack chains. One used compromised business inboxes and browser manipulation in a banking-malware campaign, while the other used clipboard hijacking to redirect cryptocurrency payments. [...]
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AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed?
AI chatbots have repeatedly fallen short when users reach out in moments of crisis, according to clinicians and researchers who are now pressing AI companies to share the safety data that would reveal how often and how badly these failures occur.
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AU: Hackers leak sensitive Victorian court data to dark web
Personal data belonging to users of Victorian regional courts in Australia was posted to a dark web forum in July, triggering a police investigation. The leaked information includes names, email addresses, and job titles of people who participated in online court hearings.
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Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach Affects 3.8 Million Patients
Unlimited Technology Systems, an Ohio-based revenue cycle management company serving healthcare providers, suffered a data breach in October 2025 that exposed information belonging to approximately 3.8 million patients. The breach was discovered days after it occurred and publicly reported months later.
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DROP Is Now Live: What You Need to Know (via Passle)
DROP Is Now Live: What You Need to Know (via Passle) Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
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Beyond the AI Policy: Building a Dynamic Culture of AI Use in Legal Departments and Law Firms
A Law.com piece argues that written AI policies alone are not enough for legal departments and law firms — the real work is building an ongoing organizational culture around how AI is actually used day to day.
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The Trump Administration Throws Gulf AI a Lifeline
The Trump administration significantly relaxed AI export restrictions on the United Arab Emirates, opening access to advanced American AI technology. What the U.S. received in exchange for this policy shift has not been made clear publicly.
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The White House’s plan to vet potentially dangerous AI is cloaked in secrecy
The Trump administration has finalized a framework for testing AI models for safety and cybersecurity risks, following months of talks with major tech companies. The details remain private, shared so far only with industry representatives including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, Nvidia, and Microsoft.
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Health Information Privacy Reform Act Advanced by HELP Committee
The Senate HELP Committee has advanced the Health Information Privacy Reform Act, a bill introduced last year aimed at extending privacy protections to health data that currently falls outside HIPAA's coverage.
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Bangladeshi cricket star Shakib, a Hasina ally, says he is ready to return home and face trial if given security
Bangladeshi cricket star Shakib, a Hasina ally, says he is ready to return home and face trial if given security reuters.com
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Pentagon ready to deploy Salesforce AI agents for admin tasks
Salesforce said the Defense Department and the Army’s Human Resources Command approved its autonomous AI agents for missions with sensitive information.
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Columbia Law's New AI Policy Balances AI Fluency With Critical Thinking Skills
Columbia Law School has adopted a new policy on artificial intelligence that aims to develop students' ability to use AI tools while preserving and strengthening their independent legal reasoning skills.
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Notes from the IAPP Canada: AI transparency moves from principles to operational choices
At the IAPP Canada conference, discussion around AI transparency shifted focus from broad principles to the concrete operational decisions organizations must actually make. The conversation reflects a maturation in how privacy and governance professionals are approaching AI accountability in practice.
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Australia Privacy Update - Facial recognition technology
Australia is seeing developments around the regulation or use of facial recognition technology, with privacy implications significant enough to prompt legal analysis from major international law firms.
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French rugby club Stade Français restores systems after cyberattack, probes data leak
French rugby club Stade Français suffered a cyberattack and is investigating a potential data leak. The club says it restored its IT systems from clean backups and that its ticketing platform and online store were unaffected.
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De La Espriella to take office as Colombia president on pledges of security crackdown
De La Espriella to take office as Colombia president on pledges of security crackdown reuters.com
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ICE Is Buying Access to Credit Card Records
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly purchasing access to credit card records through data brokers, according to the headline and excerpt. The data in question is the personal information consumers provided when applying for credit.
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