Think social media protects your data? Platforms have racked up $26 billion in privacy penalties since 2020

Social media giants have paid over $26 billion in privacy fines since 2020, with Meta responsible for 91% of the global total.

Kaspersky’s VPN and password manager went dark for days worldwide — and the timing has raised awkward questions about Russia’s drone-hit data centers

Kaspersky outage began within hours of Ukrainian drones shutting down a third Yandex data center, but no link has been confirmed.

Russian bot activity plunged 84% after Ukraine hit Yandex data centers, but the bots were back at full strength within two days

The 84% bot collapse after Ukraine’s Yandex strikes was real, lasted about a day, and Cloudflare watched the automation move to rival clouds.

FBI warns of torrent of scams and deepfakes ahead of US midterm elections

AI deepfakes and financial fraud campaigns are already showing up ahead of the US midterm elections in November.