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Privacy & Data

Law Firms: Hackers' Goldmine in the Ransomware Era

Law firms aren't just targets anymore; they're hacker heaven. Ransomware demands top $4 million, and basic screw-ups let crooks waltz in.

3 min read 1 day, 16 hours ago
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Privacy & Data

Jones Day Hacked Again: Social Engineering Exposes Elite Law Firm's Vulnerabilities

Elite law firm Jones Day just got stung by hackers—for the second time in five years. This one's all social engineering, no fancy malware, raising big questions about Big Law's cyber defenses.

3 min read 1 day, 16 hours ago
U.S. Supreme Court with glowing phone location pins overlay
Privacy & Data

Ex-FCC Chairs and EPIC to SCOTUS: Fine Carriers for Selling Your Location Tracks

Picture this: your phone pinging your every move, sold off to the highest bidder. Now EPIC and former FCC bosses are begging SCOTUS to make carriers foot the $200 million bill.

4 min read 1 day, 16 hours ago
Illustration of state and federal government buildings with data flowing between them, representing centralization of state agency records
Privacy & Data

States Face a Data Privacy Crisis as Washington Raids Their Citizen Records

The federal government is systematically vacuuming up personal data that state agencies have collected for decades. States have a narrow window to stop it—and they're running out of time.

5 min read 1 day, 19 hours ago
EU Parliament chamber with digital privacy symbols and chat bubbles, representing the debate over message encryption and surveillance legislation
Privacy & Data

EU Parliament Kills Mass Chat Scanning—But the Fight Isn't Over

The EU just won a major privacy battle—mass scanning of encrypted messages is officially off the table. But don't pop the champagne yet. The real fight over Chat Control is just shifting to a more dangerous battlefield.

5 min read 1 day, 19 hours ago
Cindy Cohn, EFF Executive Director, speaking at a privacy rights event in New York City
Privacy & Data

Inside the Three-City Stand Against Digital Surveillance: What Cindy Cohn's Book Tour Really Reveals About Privacy's Future

Cindy Cohn, who's spent three decades battling government overreach and corporate data harvesting, is bringing her story to New York—and her message is darker than you'd expect from someone with so much to celebrate.

4 min read 5 days, 16 hours ago
Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, speaking at a privacy advocacy event
Privacy & Data

Cindy Cohn's 30-Year War on Digital Surveillance Comes to D.C.—And It's Not Over

The architect of modern privacy defense is bringing her battle scars—and her blueprint for the future—to two packed events in the nation's capital. This isn't a victory lap. It's a warning.

4 min read 5 days, 23 hours ago
OpenAI logo amidst stacks of cash and investor charts at $852B valuation
Privacy & Data

OpenAI's $122B Cash Grab: Retail FOMO Before the IPO Circus

Everyone figured OpenAI's IPO was imminent. Instead, they're hoovering up $122 billion privately — with retail investors chipping in $3B — rewriting the script on AI's money game.

3 min read 6 days, 14 hours ago
European Commission headquarters overlaid with AI Act timelines and checklists
Privacy & Data

EU Commission Dumps 130 AI Act Tasks on Itself – Bureaucracy Alert

Everyone figured the AI Act was wrapped up post-negotiations. Wrong. Now the Commission stares down 130 mandates, from acts to audits, with timelines that scream 'impossible.'

4 min read 6 days, 15 hours ago
Jacob Mchangama speaking on free speech with Danish flag and AI censorship icons in background
Privacy & Data

Jacob Mchangama: The Cartoon Crisis That Killed Free Speech Absolutism – And Silicon Valley's Next Headache

What if the real threat to free speech isn't government censors, but algorithms trained to sniff out offense? Jacob Mchangama's story from Denmark's cartoon wars reveals how quickly ideals flip.

4 min read 6 days, 15 hours ago
Indian lawyer frustrated with generic AI output amid stacks of legal judgments
Privacy & Data

India's Byzantine Legal Maze: Why Off-the-Shelf AI Won't Cut It

A Mumbai lawyer stares at ChatGPT's bogus citation from a dead precedent. Time for native legal AI? Maybe – if it's not just hype.

4 min read 6 days, 15 hours ago
Paris Grand Palais hosting 2025 AI Action Summit with AI safety leaders and glowing digital overlays
Privacy & Data

Paris 2025: AI Safety Summit's High-Stakes Agenda Unveiled

AI's rocketing past human experts — think OpenAI's o3 crushing benchmarks. Paris 2025 summit aims to slam the brakes with global action. Buckle up.

4 min read 6 days, 15 hours ago
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