In March 2025, a political advocacy group reportedly contacted two DOGE members at the Social Security Administration (SSA) with a request to analyze state voter rolls they had acquired, with the stated aim of finding evidence of voter fraud and overturning election results.
While not naming specific companies, the new package grants the Commission authority for EU-wide risk assessments and to support restrictions or bans on equipment in sensitive infrastructure.
Major South Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom was reported to have taken legal action to rescind the record $91 million penalty imposed by the Personal Information Protection Commission following an April cyberattack that compromised all its 23 million users, according to Yonhap News Agency.
The cloud, initially offering 90 services from Germany, is independently managed by EU-resident staff under a new German parent company, with all metadata, billing, and identity management systems confined to the EU.
Google has approved an $8.25 million settlement for a class-action lawsuit alleging illegal data collection from devices owned by children younger than 13, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
The FTC's complaint, filed in January 2025, detailed how GM, through OnStar's "Smart Driver" feature, allegedly collected precise geolocation and driving behavior data every three seconds.
CNBC reports that California Attorney General Rob Bonta has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's xAI following the use of the Grok AI tool to facilitate the sweeping generation and posting of sexualized images using real people's photos without their consent.
The breach, which occurred in October 2024, compromised the personal data of over 24 million individuals, including sensitive financial information like IBANs, The Register reports.
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