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ShinyHunters Leaked DentaQuest's 2.6M Records
After DentaQuest didn't pay ShinyHunters, 234 GB went public: 2.6M accounts with Medicaid IDs, government IDs, and dates of birth.
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Lawsuits, patent wars, and enforcement actions.
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Columbia Sued Over 1.8M SSN Breach, Including Non-Students
Columbia's 2025 breach exposed 1.8M SSNs, and an undisclosed number of victims had no connection to the university or any warning it held their data.
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Cleared Senate: Champerty Fix Puts 50% of Bonds in Play
New York's Champerty Fix Act cleared the Senate and faces an Assembly deadline this week, with hundreds of billions in sovereign debt at stake.
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Sanctioned: Nobitex, 4 Iran Execs Under Economic Fury
Nobitex processed 50% of Iran's crypto inflows and routed stablecoins to the Central Bank. OFAC put it on the SDN list with its chairman and CEO.
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Four States, One Age-Signal Mandate, Zero Clarity
The 5th Circuit's May 28 stay put Texas SB 2420 back in force, but four-state ASAA compliance still hinges on a First Amendment ruling.
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Signed: Louisiana's 22nd Consumer Privacy Law
Louisiana is the 22nd state with a comprehensive privacy law, but CCPA-style thresholds and a narrower sensitive-data scope create compliance gaps.
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FDIC hits Farmers and Mechanics after 2-year losses
After three years in the red, Indiana's $116M Farmers and Mechanics Federal Savings Bank now needs FDIC sign-off on every exec hire.
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Filed: NFHA, SolasAI Sue CFPB Over ECOA Rollback
Four plaintiffs including AI bias-detection firm SolasAI sued CFPB in D.C. to block the April rule stripping disparate impact from ECOA.
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Exploited Palo Alto Flaw Flips to Critical
A PAN-OS authentication bypass rated medium on May 13 is now critical and actively exploited, with federal agencies ordered to patch by June 19.
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EU Bars Amazon, Google, Microsoft From Cloud Bids
EU's Cloud and AI Development Act mandates EU-built software in public tenders, a direct shot at Amazon, Google, and Microsoft's state contracts.
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Delayed Again: Illinois IFPA Pushed to 2027
Illinois legislators delayed the IFPA swipe fee ban a second year in a row, but OCC preemption means the 2027 date may mean little for national banks.
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OMB Files Grant Rule: Agencies Cancel at Any Time
OMB's proposed rule hands political appointees full grant veto power, bans DEI and gender research, and lets agencies cancel awards at will.
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Rejected: DFPI's True Lender Claim Against OppFi
LA Superior Court handed OppFi a clean win over DFPI's true lender attack on its FinWise Bank partnership, but DFPI has 60 days to appeal.
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Kalshi, CFTC Sue Minnesota Over Felony Prediction Ban
The CFTC filed first and Kalshi filed second, and Minnesota is now fighting two federal preemption suits before its Aug. 1 felony ban takes effect.
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GreenSky Pays $10M in Senior Lending Scheme
A $10M multistate settlement covers $6.5M in victim restitution, but GreenSky won't admit liability, pinning the scheme on 'prior ownership'.
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Bonta Sues 23andMe Over 6.9M Genetic Data Breach
California's AG named a coding error in DNA Relatives, a five-month detection gap, and misleading public statements as the three pillars of the suit.
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Paid No Ransom; ShinyHunters Leaked 4.9M Charter Accounts
Charter turned down ShinyHunters' ransom on 42 million Salesforce records, and the gang posted 4.9 million customer accounts on the dark web.
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Carnival Breach Exposes 6M Holland America Records
One phished Carnival employee exposed 6 million records to ShinyHunters, who listed Carnival on a pay-or-leak portal weeks before disclosure.
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DOJ Charged Google Engineer Over $1.2M Polymarket Bets
A Google engineer bet $2.7M on Polymarket using confidential search rankings and won $1.2M, until Discord figured out who AlphaRaccoon was.
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Denied: Tesla Race Bias Case Goes to Trial July 20
Tesla submitted 228 sworn declarations to defeat the case. Ninety-nine of them confirmed the n-word was heard at Fremont. Trial starts July 20.
