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Google has agreed to pay the U.S. state of Texas nearly $1.4 billion to settle two lawsuits that accused the company of tracking users’ personal location and maintaining their facial recognition data without consent.
The $1.375 billion payment dwarfs the fines the tech giant has paid to settle similar lawsuits brought by other U.S. states. In November 2022, it paid $391 million to a group of 40
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Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (aka Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) has seized the online infrastructure and shutdown linked to the eXch cryptocurrency exchange over allegations of money laundering and operating a criminal trading platform.
The operation was carried out on April 30, 2025, authorities said, adding they also confiscated 8 terabytes worth of data and cryptocurrency assets
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Cybercriminals are flocking to take part in the newly inflamed fight between India and Pakistan.
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Exposed data from LockBit’s affiliate panel includes Bitcoin addresses, private chats with victim organizations, and user information such as credentials.
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On Dark Reading’s 19-year anniversary, Editor-in-Chief Kelly Jackson Higgins stops by Informa TechTarget’s RSAC 2025 Broadcast Alley studio to discuss how things have changed since the early days of breaking Windows and browsers, lingering challenges, and what’s next beyond AI.
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Infrastructure and digital assets from the cryptocurrency mixer eXch — believed to be involved with the laundering of funds from the ByBit hack — are now in the hands of German authorities.
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U.S. prosecutors charged four foreign nationals and said a law enforcement operation seized internet domains associated with two powerful botnets.
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