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Fairmont Federal Credit Union 2023 data breach impacted 187K people

Fairmont Federal Credit Union alerts 187K people that a 2023 breach exposed personal, financial, and medical data. Fairmont Federal Credit Union (FFCU) is a not-for-profit financial cooperative in West Virginia. It offers services like personal and business loans, mortgages, checking accounts, and financial aid, operating nine regional branches to serve its members. Fairmont Federal Credit […]
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Google thinks it can have AI summaries and a healthy web, too

One of Google’s top executives defended its use of AI summaries in search results during an AI summit in New York on Monday.  When asked about a new lawsuit by Rolling Stone’s parent company, Penske Media Corporation, over Google’s AI Overviews, the company’s vice president of government affairs and public policy Markham Erickson said user […]
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My Child Is Chatting with ChatGPT. Should I Be Worried?

You noticed your child chatting with ChatGPT, and now you’re wondering what that really means. Is it safe? Should kids even be using it? Could they be exposed to something inappropriate—or is it just another tool like Google or YouTube?

If you’re unsure, you’re not alone. ChatGPT processes over 1 billion messages a day—and some of them could be from your child.

AI tools like ChatGPT are powerful and popular, but children need support to use them safely and responsibly.

Let’s look at what’s wo

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Fifteen Ransomware Groups Announce Sudden Retirement

Several notorious ransomware crews say they are disbanding, though experts doubt the silence will last.

Hackers claim mission accomplished

In a surprising announcement on the underground forum Breachforums, 15 ransomware groups, including Scattered Spider and Lapsus$, declared they are ceasing operations. The threat actors insisted their campaigns were never about extortion but rather about exposing insecure systems.

The cybercrime groups even left a message pointing to their “retirement,” s

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Gearbox Says that Borderlands 4 Doesn’t Use Spyware

Borderlands 4 developer studio Gearbox has again unequivocally denied that “Take-Two does not use spyware in its games.” 

The developers released a similar statement earlier this year after changes to Borderlands 3’s EULA sparked some controversy in the community. The accusations were the same: that the game has been basically turned into spyware. 

PC players flooded the Steam storefront and review-bombed Borderlands 1, 2 and 3. By May, the series had “Mostly Negative” and “Overwhelmingly Nega

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Teen Hackers Responsible for Most UK School Cybersecurity Incidents, ICO Warns

Teenagers are now responsible for a surge in cyber incidents across schools in the United Kingdom, according to a report from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

ICO says students are behind more than half of all insider-led school data breaches that took place between 2022 and 2024. The good news is that it’s mostly just about curiosity, dares, and rivalries more than anything else.

Students lead breaches

ICO took a closer look at 215 school data breach reports and discovered tha

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Microsoft’s Office apps now have free Copilot Chat features

Microsoft is adding the free Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and agents to Office apps for all Microsoft 365 business users today. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote are all being updated with a Copilot Chat sidebar that will help draft documents, analyze spreadsheets, and more without needing an additional Microsoft 365 Copilot license. “Copilot Chat […]
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