T-Mobile affirms data breach involving, current, former customers
The personal information of more than 50 million current and former T-Mobile wireless customers was compromised in a massive data breach, the company said this week.
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Attorney General holds meeting with publishers targeted in leaks probe
The U.S. Attorney General said the Justice Department would strengthen its policies regarding the collection of records belonging to journalists and lawmakers.
Technical issue forces Oakland TV station KTVU off air
A technical problem forced Oakland television station KTVU off the air for several hours early Monday morning.
CNN gave e-mails to federal prosecutors to settle probe
Lawyers for CNN turned over a limited number of e-mails from an account used by one of its reporters in order to settle a protracted legal battle with federal prosecutors.
Trump administration snooped for anonymous news sources
The Justice Department issued subpoenas for records related to journalists at the New York Times in order to learn anonymous sources, the newspaper said.
Cyber attack leaves several Cox Media stations unable to broadcast
A crippling cyberattack disrupted broadcast systems used by dozens of television and radio stations owned by Cox Media Group on Thursday.
Spotify urged to drop voice-recognition project
Mucisians say the project amounts to surveillance on the streamer’s customers.
Couple used AT&T employee IDs to defraud customers, steal millions
Two scammers managed to use real employee ID numbers to siphon hundreds of thousands of dollars from AT&T customer accounts.
Researchers: Fake Netflix app spreads malware on Android devices
Computer researchers say a fake Netflix app called “FlixOnline” was actually malware designed to hijack WhatsApp accounts on Android devices.
Mozilla ending support for Firefox on Amazon Fire TV, Echo devices
The Mozilla Foundation says it will stop distributing a version of its Firefox browser for certain Amazon devices by the end of this month.
