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British Mensa arm pays libel damages to former technology officer and director Eugene Hopkinson
Settles claims relating to cyber attack and data leak, court hears
16 Dec 2021 11:33 |
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AI + ML
The Linux Foundation dives into machine learning with Open Voice Network, dataset licence launches
Looks to improve the simplicity with which such things are shared
23 Jun 2021 18:01 | 1
Personal Tech
Judge strikes down another attempt by President Trump to force a TikTok US sale
Donald-appointed jurist says Uncle Sam 'likely overstepped' authority, 'acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner'
08 Dec 2020 23:58 | 25
Bootnotes
Spooked by the specter of out-of-control, virus-spreading parties, Airbnb slams coffin lid on Halloween rentals
Don't be monster-mashing that reservation button in the US and Canada, you ghouls and ghosts
05 Oct 2020 21:04 |
Security
IT guy whose job was to stop ex-staff running amok on the network is jailed for running amok on the network
After he was demoted and fired, idiot logged into office PC from home and wiped storage systems
25 Sep 2020 23:22 | 52
Security
Tesla wins defamation counterclaim against Gigafactory whistleblower
Tripp's off the hook for Tesla's supposed $167.37m market cap damages, though
21 Sep 2020 11:00 | 7
AI + ML
Safety driver at the wheel of self-driving Uber car that killed a pedestrian is charged with negligent homicide
Doesn't matter if a computer was in control, responsibility rests with the human, says prosecutor
16 Sep 2020 22:17 | 88
Security
Ex-Uber chief security officer charged, accused of covering up theft of personal info from databases by hackers
Say it ain't Joe?
20 Aug 2020 23:27 | 10
Black Hat
Ever wonder how a pentest turns into felony charges? Coalfire duo explain Iowa courthouse arrest debacle
Get. The. Terms. Of. The. Audit. In. Writing
05 Aug 2020 23:08 | 49
Security
Raytheon techie who took home radar secrets gets 18 months in the clink in surprise time fraud probe twist
Be careful about bunking off when you're billing your hours to a government
24 Jul 2020 10:16 | 78
Security
Congrats, First American Title Insurance, you've made technology history. For all the wrong reasons
Insurer is first biz to be charged in New York for data security negligence after exposing millions of records to the web
23 Jul 2020 22:55 | 20
Personal Tech
Top Ubisoft execs eject after staff complain of 'toxic' workplace environment for women at Canadian studios
Trio quits immediately, workers under investigation
13 Jul 2020 23:44 | 22
Networks
I was screwed over by Cisco managers who enforced India's caste hierarchy on me in US HQ, claims engineer
Senior techie sues, says he was snubbed due to Dalit ancestry, HR ignored complaints
01 Jul 2020 20:52 | 136
SaaS
Remind us again, why work for AWS? Petty Amazon sues marketing veep after he defects to Google Cloud
Hyperscalers spar in non-compete, NDA spat
10 Jun 2020 01:30 | 15
Security
Anatomy of a business email scam: FBI dossier details how fraudster pocketed $500k+ by redirecting payments
Electrolux, construction biz fooled into handing over money funneled out of the US to South Africa
03 Jun 2020 23:53 | 7
Personal Tech
If you bought a CRT monitor, TV 13+ years ago, hold on a little longer, there may be a small check for you
Price-fixing scandal case rumbles on and on, and on and on, and on and on
02 Jun 2020 23:04 | 18
Updated
Indeed sued by account exec who said she was raped by male coworker amid misogynistic, sexually charged culture
Jobs biz accused of pressuring women into sleeping with managers, discrimination, ignoring complaints
20 May 2020 01:28 | 4
Science
Tales from the crypt-oh: Nvidia accused of concealing $1bn in coin-mining GPU sales as gaming revenue
Lawsuit filed by shareholders who thought chip biz was onto something long-term rather than serving a fad
15 May 2020 21:28 | 43
Personal Tech
Apple owes us big time for bungled display-killing cable design in MacBook Pro kit, lawsuit claims
iGiant not only screwed up the wiring, it knew it was shipping dodgy gear, it is claimed
08 May 2020 14:04 | 58
Security
NSO Group: Facebook tried to license our spyware to snoop on its own addicts – the same spyware it's suing us over
Antisocial network sought surveillance tech to boost its creepy Onavo Protect app, it is claimed
03 Apr 2020 21:37 | 21
Personal Tech
Ex-director accuses iRobot of firing him for pointing out the home-cleaner droids broke safety, govt regulations
Bloke takes auto-vac firm to court in wrongful termination gripe
12 Mar 2020 22:01 | 24
Security
NSO Group fires back at Facebook: You lied to the court, claims spyware slinger, and we've got the proof
Israeli biz says Social Network didn't properly serve legal docs
09 Mar 2020 19:33 | 27
Software
Former US Homeland Security Inspector General accused of stealing govt code and trying to resell it to... the US govt
That's one way to pad your pension pot, allegedly
06 Mar 2020 22:58 | 36
AI + ML
Facebook coughs up $550m to make AI photo tagging lawsuit vanish. How ever will it survive on that $17.9bn left over?
That tech backlash in full: More and more are using the antisocial network
30 Jan 2020 20:45 | 14
Updated
Why so glum, VMware? It's Friday. Oh, is it this $235m patent infringement invoice from Densify? Too bad, so sad
Virtualization giant hit with massive tech blueprint verdict
24 Jan 2020 23:36 | 11
Legal
FTC kicks feet through ash pile that once was Cambridge Analytica with belated verdict
Trade boss says long-dead biz was indeed deceiving the public
07 Dec 2019 00:40 | 29
Security
ICO scammer Maksim Zaslavskiy to miss 2020 Tokyo Olympics over digital currency fraud
Businessman gets 18 months for bogus cryptocoin sales
20 Nov 2019 07:01 | 15
On-Prem
Cisco blasts sueball at 3 ex-employees it claims handed trade secrets over to same rival
Two high-level engineers and one managing director accused of stealing from Switchzilla
19 Nov 2019 13:59 | 9
Personal Tech
Ex from Hell gets six years for online stalking, revenge pics campaign against two women
Rare sign of criminal justice system actually working in these kinds of cases
08 Nov 2019 23:54 | 48
Security
What do you get when you allegedly mix Wireshark, a gumshoe child molester, and a court PC? A judge facing hacking charges
Beak denies wrongdoing in baffling malware probe case
08 Nov 2019 00:27 | 68
Analysis
Communication, communication – and politics: Iowa saga of cuffed infosec pros reveals pentest pitfalls
Tales from the coal face as experts reflect on what can possibly go wrong on the job
07 Nov 2019 19:35 | 23
Personal Tech
Match.com? More like Match dot-con, claims watchdog: Cyber-lonely-hearts 'lured into forking out to view bot spam'
You have a new message, please pay to see it. Oh, it's from Klick4_n00dz_9000
25 Sep 2019 23:26 | 46
Security
Remember that security probe that ended with a sheriff cuffing the pen testers? The contract is now public so you can decide who screwed up
Both sides have different interpretations of the rules
19 Sep 2019 01:45 | 60
Updated
From pen-test to penitentiary: Infosec duo cuffed after physically breaking into courthouse during IT security assessment
Blokes left in legal limbo amid electronic records audit
13 Sep 2019 01:12 | 98
Roundup
Apple and Google trade barbs over bugs, digital lothario arrested and Bluekeep gets busy
Also, XKCD forums hacked and Monster monstered
09 Sep 2019 06:28 | 6
Security
Fraught 'naut who sought consort's report says: I was up to naught, I will thwart fault tort
NASA space ace accused of hacking ex-wife's bank account mid-orbit and mid-divorce
26 Aug 2019 20:28 | 30
Software
Oracle OKs Oracle investors to sue Oracle: Put NetSuite suit before a judge – board panel
Investors peeved Larry Ellison owned 40% of the biz he paid billions in Big Red cash to buy
23 Aug 2019 20:50 | 10
Bootnotes
Pokemon Go becomes Pokemon No as games biz Niantic agrees to curb trespassing addicts
It’s a class action agreement so guess who gets the $4m payout? If you guessed the plaintiffs, guess again
23 Aug 2019 19:33 | 52
Security
There's fraud, and then there's backdoor routers, fenced logins, malware, and bribing AT&T staff seven figures to unlock 2m phones
Pakistani bloke extradited to US, accused of masterminding telco hack caper
06 Aug 2019 18:28 | 18
SaaS
Choc-a-block: AWS sues sales exec for legging it to Google Cloud. Yup, another bitter battle over non-compete clauses
Amazon demands restraining order preventing bod from jumping ship to Chocolate Factory
05 Aug 2019 21:54 | 15
Networks
Networking giant in hot water for selling US govt buggy spy kit? Huawei again? No, it's Cisco
American tech giant coughs up $9m for shipping vulnerable crates of crap to Uncle Sam
01 Aug 2019 00:56 | 21
On-Prem
Microsoft breaks out checkbook, turns Hungarian 'bribe' charge into a mere 'settlement'
Brad's big bucks banish bothersome Budapest bung
22 Jul 2019 19:04 | 11
Security
Train maker's coder goes loco, choo-choo-chooses to flee to China with top-secret code – allegedly
Good luck ever finding this guy again after, dare we say, his life jumped the tracks
12 Jul 2019 00:38 | 152
Personal Tech
Prenda Law boss John Steele to miss 2020 Olympics... unless they show it in prison
Lawyer in the cooler for five years for operating notorious smut piracy honeypot scam
09 Jul 2019 23:29 | 18
Legal
Engineer found guilty of smuggling military-grade chips from the US to China
Shih Yi-chi denies he stole
03 Jul 2019 17:15 | 26
On-Prem
Mayday, mayday. Cray, you cray cray: Investor attempts to halt HPE's $1.3bn biz gobble
Accuses both companies of withholding essential information, claims multiple conflicts of interest
24 Jun 2019 22:57 | 21
Security
Spin the wheel and find today's leaky cloud DB... *clack clack... clack* A huge trove of medical malpractice complaints
150,000 personal records on people, including US veterans, upset with their healthcare
18 Jun 2019 22:58 | 12
Personal Tech
Apple's privacy schtick is just an act, say folks suing the iGiant: iTunes 'purchase histories sold' to data slurpers
Class-action lawsuit accuses Cupertino of breaking the law by flogging personal info
29 May 2019 23:13 | 45
Security
Cyber-sec biz Fortinet coughs up $545,000 after 'flogging' rebadged Chinese kit to Uncle Sam – but why so low? We may be able to explain
Rogue employee takes blame, seems he ain't no Fortinet son
17 Apr 2019 01:40 | 8
On-Prem
Stop us if you've heard this one: IBM sued after axing older staff, this time over 'denying' them their legal rights
If claims are true, someone in HR is going to be getting their marching papers... shame
27 Mar 2019 20:55 | 69
Bootnotes
Wondering why 'Devin Nunes herp-face' was trending online? Here's the 411: House rep sues Twitter for all the rude stuff tweeted about him
Congresscritter seeks $250m for 'defamation, neglience'
19 Mar 2019 01:20 | 82
Security
Surprise, surprise, yet another cryptocurrency creator collared, hit with $6 million fraud rap
All that glitters ain't gold, as they say
28 Feb 2019 20:27 | 16
Devops
Bun fight breaks out after devs, techie jump ship: Bakery biz Panera sues its former IT crowd
Lawsuits fly as sandwich shop chain grills ex-programmers, system analyst
25 Feb 2019 23:25 | 46
Science
Crypto exchange in court: It owes $190m to netizens after founder 'dies without telling anyone vault passwords'
QuadrigaCX granted 30-day legal protection by judge
05 Feb 2019 20:54 | 111
Personal Tech
Apple: You can't sue us for slowing down your iPhones because you, er, invited us into, uh, your home... we can explain
We're like a building contractor, explains Cupertino. More like vampires, thinks rest of world
28 Jan 2019 22:19 | 175
Networks
FCC accused of colluding with Big Cable to game 5G legal challenge
House Commerce committee says it has inside knowledge of dodgy regulator antics
25 Jan 2019 20:56 | 19
Personal Tech
Look out, kids. Your Tinder account is about to be swamped by old people... probably
Hookup app maker dishes out super-likes and $25 in cash to settle lawsuit
23 Jan 2019 19:21 | 31
Analysis
Qualcomm: Please don't hate us just 'cause we're so freaking excellent
FTC case continues as chipmaker starts defense
23 Jan 2019 07:13 | 5
On-Prem
Core blimey... When is an AMD CPU core not a CPU core? It's now up to a jury of 12 to decide
Chip giant can't shake off US class-action lawsuit over Bulldozer advertising
22 Jan 2019 21:12 | 159
Edge + IoT
Germany has a problem with the entire point of Amazon's daft Dash buttons – and bans them
Sour Krauts aren't wrong: Tap-to-order gizmo is really dumb
11 Jan 2019 19:53 | 121
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