21 Nov, 2024 DHS Nominee Opposed Federal Cyber Spending as Governor By Mitzi Hill The new administration has proposed North Dakota's governor Kristi Noem as head of DHS, which includes oversight over federal...
14 Nov, 2024 California Regulator Pressing Forward with Privacy-Driven AI Rules By Mitzi Hill The state regulator charged with enforcing California's comprehensive privacy law has given official notice of a rulemaking regarding...
12 Nov, 2024 AI Hallucinations - Be Aware By Mitzi Hill Now that the public at large has experience with AI tools, we are starting to see more information about risks and prevention in their...
07 Nov, 2024 Employee Monitoring AI Tech Under Regulatory Scrutiny By Mitzi Hill Federal regulators are taking a stand against employee monitoring and profiling via AI technologies. The real concern seems to be...
05 Nov, 2024 Chinese Hack Affects US Telecoms/Broadband Providers By Mitzi Hill In early October, several news outlets reported on an attack affecting AT&T, Cisco, Verizon, and potentially other operators and carried...
31 Oct, 2024 Study Finds that AI Doesn't Help Student Performance By Mitzi Hill A few months after ChatGPT burst into public view, several articles reported on the fact that the tool seemed to be getting dumber since...
29 Oct, 2024 Hack at Water Company Serving 14M Customers Including Military Bases By Mitzi Hill Regulators and cyber watchdogs have warned for years of the need for critical infrastructure entities to shore up their cyber defenses...
24 Oct, 2024 Marriott Paying $52M to Settle Federal and State Data Breach Investigations By Mitzi Hill In connection with several data breaches affecting hundreds of millions of hotel guests, Marriott will settle outstanding investigations...
17 Oct, 2024 TikTok Sued for Harming Children By Mitzi Hill Using state consumer fraud laws, the Attorneys General of more than a dozen states coast to coast have sued TikTok for harming children...
15 Oct, 2024 Scam/Fraud Warning Follows Hurricanes; Reminder of How Most Cyber Events Start By Mitzi Hill As if the toll of natural disasters were not bad enough, the reality today is that criminals use them as a way to perpetrate frauds on...
10 Oct, 2024 OpenAI: Follow the Money By Mitzi Hill In a not-surprising move, it appears that OpenAI is changing its status from a research-oriented non-profit organization to a for-profit...
08 Oct, 2024 California Privacy Class Actions Target Website Analytics Tools By Mitzi Hill There has been a spate of claims against small website operators in recent years, claiming that the pixels, cookies, and other trackers...