Switzerland rejected Palantir after a technical review found data leakage cannot be reliably prevented—an architectural, not legal, flaw. The concern isn’t analytics power, but loss of control over data flows, updates, access, and revocation. Germany faces a contradiction: promoting digital sovereignty while using Palantir in several federal states. Bavaria’s Palantir-based VeRA system triggered legal challenges, […]
Europe’s EUDI Wallet can technically replace passwords today with cryptographic, verifiable, privacy-preserving login. Passwords persist only because institutions keep them as legacy fallback options. Public-sector mandates for wallet-based login will spark mass adoption and force IAM vendors to follow. Enterprises and AI-agents will accelerate the shift, as both require verifiable credentials and cannot rely on […]
Logitech reports attackers stole data likely belonging to customers, employees, and suppliers. The breach stemmed from a zero-day flaw in a third-party software platform that has since been patched. Logitech has not disclosed which data types or which platform were affected. The Cl0p ransomware group claims it exploited an Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability to access […]
One in five top public concerns in the U.S. now involves information manipulation. About 70% of Americans see misinformation/disinformation as major problems, back to 2021 levels. Two-thirds support combating disinformation via education, social media labels, and tougher laws 8 in 10 want schools to teach media literacy and critical evaluation skills. Disinformation ranks alongside illegal […]
UK PM Keir Starmer is preparing to unveil a nationwide digital ID scheme at the Labour Party conference. The plan aims to tighten immigration controls and curb illegal migration by linking ID checks to work and housing. Unlike Tony Blair’s failed 2000s ID card push, officials say today’s digital-first society makes adoption more viable. Supporters […]
A richly illustrated guide exposes the mechanisms behind Russian disinformation from bots and deepfakes to agenda-setting and polarization. It decodes rhetorical tricks like whataboutism, false dilemmas, and trolling, arming readers with counter-strategies. The catalogue also reveals soft power tools: films, sports, music, literature, and even churches as channels of influence. Rooted in pedagogy, the work […]
Simple prompt injections can trick LLM agents into exposing sensitive personal data. Even with safeguards, attackers extract details like balances, transactions, or identifiers. Such attacks succeed in ~20% of cases and degrade agent performance by 15–50%. Defensive measures exist but remain incomplete, leaving users exposed. Bottom line: data sovereignty requires stronger guardrails. Trusting LLMs “as […]
The Austrian Federal Administrative Court confirmed that DerStandard’s “Pay or Okay” model breaches the GDPR. Users had to either accept tracking by hundreds of third parties or pay a subscription. Authorities ruled that this coercive model invalidates consent, which must be free and specific. Real consent rates drop to 1–7% when asked transparently, but the […]
Researchers found millions of passports, credit cards, résumés, and faces in DataComp CommonPool, a massive AI training dataset scraped from the web. Auditing just 0.1% revealed hundreds of millions of likely PII (personally identifiable information) items, including sensitive job and health details. Despite face-blurring tools, researchers estimate 102 million faces were missed, and metadata/captions still […]
Clorox is suing IT provider Cognizant after a 2023 ransomware attack cost the company $380 million. The lawsuit claims Cognizant’s helpdesk handed over employee passwords to attackers posing as staff. No hacking skills were needed, just a phone call and a convincing story, Clorox alleges. Cognizant denies responsibility, stating it only offered limited helpdesk support. […]