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4 State AGs Probe FIFA World Cup Ticket Practices
Four state AGs are probing FIFA's World Cup tickets: seat bait-and-switch, sky-high variable pricing, and no consumer disclosure framework.
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Lawsuits, patent wars, and enforcement actions.
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USTR Files Section 301 Against Germany Drug Pricing
USTR just filed Section 301 against Germany's €16B drug cost-cut plan. The UK deal is the blueprint, and a Sept. 22 hearing is now on the calendar.
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Leaked: EU Commission Banking Draft Eyes Basel III Relief
EU Commission's leaked banking draft proposes Basel III relief for smaller lenders and capital relief on mortgages, but falls short of banks' ask.
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CISA Orders Splunk Patch by Sunday Under BOD 26-04
With 1,400+ Splunk instances exposed online, CISA just gave federal agencies three days to patch a 9.8-severity flaw attackers are already hitting.
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CISA Orders Splunk Patch by June 21 for Active RCE
CISA's hard patch deadline for an actively exploited Splunk RCE hits agencies that use the same platform to detect intrusions in the first place.
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Vendor Breach Exposes 3M Texas Hunting Licenses
Three million Texas hunters and anglers had their driver's licenses and passport numbers exposed — and TPWD still won't name the vendor.
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Leaked: Nintendo Employee Files After $2M Demand
Shadowbyt3$ leaked Nintendo employee W-9s and bank statements after the company refused a $2M ransom demand routed through a WebMD subsidiary.
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FTC Orders Aurobindo to Shed 4 Drugs in $250M Lannett Deal
FTC's proposed consent order forces Aurobindo to sell four generics to rival Quagen Pharmaceuticals before its $250M Lannett acquisition can close.
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Repurposes EU IP Addresses: Google Targets August 3
Google's August 3 deadline brings IP-based ad personalization into GDPR territory, and the ICO's May advice means advertisers carry the risk.
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Hit 49 Times: Fortinet FortiSandbox Before CISA Acts
49 exploitation events, 13 sources across nine countries, and Fortinet's three FortiSandbox flaws still aren't on CISA's KEV catalog.
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Vermont Signed 23rd State Privacy Law After Prior Veto
Vermont signed its 23rd-state privacy law, but the enforcement clause has a built-in PRA threat if the attorney general goes underfunded.
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Cracked: 73,000 Fortinet Firewalls Hit by Russian Group
FortiBleed exposed credentials for 73,932 Fortinet firewalls across 194 countries, covering roughly half of all internet-accessible FortiGate devices.
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UK Bans TikTok, Instagram for Under-16s in 2027
Keir Starmer orders six platforms including TikTok and YouTube to block all under-16s by spring 2027, with AI chatbot age gates on top.
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Breached REDCap: China's UNC6508 Lurked 26 Months
A compliance rule named "Patroit" silently forwarded research emails to a Gmail account for months. The typos suggest manual upkeep.
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Jailed 21 Months for Sabotaging Iowa School District
An Iowa IT worker kept Saydel School District's credentials after quitting, then spent 21 months deleting accounts and disrupting classrooms.
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FBI Seizes Outsider Enterprise in $1.9B AI Phishing Op
The FBI, Google, and Black Lotus Labs dismantled a China-based phishing ring with 9,000 fake sites and $1.9B in estimated consumer losses.
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Stole $1.9B via AI, Outsider Enterprise Hit With RICO Suit
Google's own Gemini was the weapon of choice for a China-based phishing ring that caused $1.9B in losses. Now Google is the plaintiff.
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FBI Dismantles $1.9B Outsider Phishing Network
For $88 a week, Outsider gave cybercriminals a full phishing kit. The FBI and Google just shut it down after $1.9 billion in losses.
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ShinyHunters Extorts 100+ Orgs via Oracle Zero-Day
Oracle's PeopleSoft had no patch for two weeks while ShinyHunters breached 100+ organizations, with 454,600 student records already leaked.
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Conti Coder Pleads Guilty, Faces 20 Years
A Conti loader-coder pleads guilty to wire fraud, nearly three years after arrest in Ireland, and faces 20 years in prison.
