Topic: corporate response
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Scale AI Sues Ex-Employee and Rival Mercor Over Alleged Customer Theft
Scale AI has sued a former employee and competitor Mercor, alleging the ex-staff member took confidential documents and trade secrets before joining Mercor. The lawsuit claims the employee transferred sensitive client strategies and attempted to introduce a major account to Mercor while still at ...
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Microsoft Engineer's Mass Resignation Email After 13 Years Goes Viral
A longtime principal software engineer at Microsoft resigned over ethical concerns, citing the company's military contracts with Israel and accusing it of enabling human rights violations. Microsoft suspended some cloud services for an Israeli military unit after an investigation confirmed its pl...
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Avnet Data Breach: Stolen Data Deemed Unreadable
Avnet confirmed a data breach involving externally hosted cloud storage, where unauthorized individuals accessed a database for an internal sales application in the EMEA region, but the proprietary platform itself was not compromised. The company detected the intrusion on September 26, immediatel...
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Grok Users: Beware of Malicious Links You Click
Hackers are using Grok's chatbot to distribute malware by embedding malicious links in adult video ads, a method called "Grokking." This tactic not only infects users but also boosts the malware sites' search engine rankings due to Grok's responses being indexed by Google. Experts advise enabling...
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Amazon edited guns out of James Bond movie posters
Amazon digitally removed James Bond's iconic Walther PPK handgun from movie posters for James Bond Day, leading to clumsy edits and immediate fan backlash. Following criticism, Amazon replaced the altered posters with still frames from the films, but these images also avoided showing firearms, an...
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Meta Accused of Suppressing VR Safety Research for Kids
Whistleblowers allege Meta is suppressing research on potential harms of VR to children, with legal interference to block unfavorable findings. Meta denies the claims, stating it has approved numerous studies on youth safety and improved parental controls for its VR products. These allegations wi...
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Microsoft HQ Lockdown: Activists Occupy Brad Smith's Office
Activists occupied Microsoft President Brad Smith's office, protesting the company's cloud contracts with Israel and leading to a campus lockdown and arrests. Smith criticized the protest method, emphasizing Microsoft's preference for internal dialogue over confrontational demonstrations regardin...
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Nintendo Hit by Alleged Data Breach, Hackers Claim
The hacking group Crimson Collective claims to have breached Nintendo, alleging access to internal development assets and administrative files, though these claims are currently unverified. Nintendo has not issued a public statement on the alleged breach, leaving the scope and validity unclear, i...
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London Police Arrest Suspects in Nursery Data Breach, Child Doxing Case
London's Metropolitan Police arrested two 17-year-olds in connection with a ransomware attack on Kido nurseries, which exposed sensitive data of children and families. The cybercrime group Radiant Group claimed responsibility, stealing and publishing private information to extort money, but remov...
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Firmus Announces A "Green AI Factory" In Tasmania
Tasmania's "Green AI Factory" project by Firmus has drawn scrutiny for its contradictory branding and reliance on substantial public funding, raising concerns about its viability compared to past failed infrastructure projects. Claroty's 2025 cybersecurity report reveals that regulation is the pr...
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