Policy & Regulation
Who Gets Spirit Airlines' Employee Data? A Bidding War With No Clear Winner
Google paid $10 million at auction for hundreds of millions of Spirit Airlines emails, calls, and files. Then a second bidder appeared. Former employees are going to court to stop any sale at all.
Australian court blocks employer from wiping ex-worker's personal files stored in her own Canva account
A former marketing manager stored family medical records and legal documents inside her personal Canva account. After she left her job, her ex-employer appears to have locked her out. A NSW court has now stepped in.
CISA and G7 Sound the Alarm on Quantum Computing's Threat to Encryption
A joint call to action urges governments and businesses to start swapping out today's cryptography before quantum computers make it useless.
Bank of England Governor Warns G20 That Advanced AI Poses Risk to Global Financial Stability
Andrew Bailey, writing in his capacity as chair of the Financial Stability Board, told international finance ministers that frontier AI systems are developing capabilities that could spread financial disruption across borders.
UK Government Moves to Cut High-Risk Tech Suppliers Out of Critical Infrastructure
Late additions to a new cybersecurity law would give ministers the power to remove or restrict technology providers judged to pose a national security risk, as attacks on supply chains grow more frequent.
CISA Tells Critical Infrastructure Operators to Plan How They'll Talk When the Systems Go Dark
New joint guidance from CISA, the FBI and international partners spells out what utilities, hospitals and transport operators should say to the public during a major IT or industrial outage, and how to say it before rumours fill the gap.
Smart Glasses, Privacy Overhaul, and 43 Missing Australians: Monday's Big Stories
Australia's government unveiled new privacy rules targeting smart glasses while 43 Australians remain unaccounted for after catastrophic flooding in Nepal. Here's what you need to know.
US Coast Guard Opens Dedicated Cybersecurity Office for America's Ports and Waterways
A new federal office will write the rules on digital security for the network of ports, ships, and waterways that keeps American trade moving. It arrives after a government watchdog said the Coast Guard's cyber approach had serious gaps.
Australia's Online Safety Regulator Tells Smart Glasses Makers to Blur Strangers' Faces by Default
eSafety has called on companies like Meta to build automatic face-blurring into camera-equipped smart glasses, warning that privacy cannot be traded away for accessibility.
Federal Judge Rules Pentagon's Actions Against AI Company Anthropic Were Illegal
A federal court found the US Defence Department had no lawful basis when it branded Anthropic a supply chain risk, handing the artificial intelligence firm a significant legal win.
Justice Department Walks Back Claim That U.S. Agencies Were Hacked by China
The DOJ now says agencies including NASA and the Federal Reserve were targeted by Chinese hackers, not breached, a meaningful climb-down in the language of the original announcement.
Australia drafts new privacy laws to rein in AI data use, smart glasses and identity theft
Proposed legislation would give Australians the right to delete their personal data from social media and search platforms, and a new tool to lock their ID documents against misuse.
White House Teleprompter Operator Fined $172,000 for Betting on Trump Speeches Using Inside Knowledge
A federal regulator says Gabriel Perez used his privileged access to the president's words before they were spoken to place winning wagers on an online prediction market.
Australia moves to ban 'spy glasses' that secretly film people in public
Cheap smart glasses that look ordinary but record video without the wearer appearing to do anything suspicious have sparked two mass petitions and a new bill in the Australian parliament.
Nepal Floods: Australia Scrambles to Account for Nationals as Dozens Reported Missing
Australian consular officials are urgently trying to locate citizens caught in deadly flash flooding in Nepal, with a local tourism authority putting the number of missing Australians at 34.