Privacy & Policy
FTC probes Block over customer service failures for frozen Square accounts
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Block for potential consumer protection law violations regarding support for deactivated accounts.
Threat Times Disclosure Desk
Data Breaches
Senator Questions FCC Authorization After Trump Mobile Data Breach
Lawmakers are asking why Trump Mobile lacks certain FCC filings following a recent security incident involving customer data.
Data Breaches
Senator Questions FCC Authorization for Trump Mobile Following Data Breach
Lawmakers are asking why Trump Mobile lacks required FCC filings after a recent hack exposed subscriber data.
Privacy & Policy
Apple and Prosser Trade Blame Over Trade Secret Lawsuit Delays
A joint status report reveals Apple is seeking more documents and another deposition as defendants criticize the company's case management.
Data Breaches
Leader of 764 Extremist Network Pleads Guilty, Faces Up to 30 Years in Prison
Prasan Nepal, who ran the violent extremist group for nearly four years, pleaded guilty to charges involving the exploitation of minors.
Privacy & Policy
ICE Supervisor Accused of Excessive Force and Unlawful Arrests in NYC Shooting Case
Allegations against Brenden Cuni include tackling a pregnant woman and executing arrests later deemed unlawful by federal courts.
Data Breaches
Dutch and Israeli researchers find thousands of exposed wind and solar systems in Europe
A joint study by Modat and NCSC-NL reveals over 8,500 internet-facing renewable energy systems across 35 countries that lack proper access controls.
Privacy & Policy
Blockchain.com seeks CFTC approval for US crypto derivatives and event contracts
The digital asset platform aims to expand its prediction market offerings into the United States by seeking regulatory approval from the CFTC.
Data Breaches
Empire Market Co-Founder Sentenced to 40 Years; Tensorlake SDK Compromised
SecurityWeek reports a major sentencing for the Empire Marketplace, alongside news of a compromised npm package and exposed GPU telemetry data.
Privacy & Policy
Four US States Sue TP-Link Over Router Security and China Ties
Florida, Iowa, Montana, and Nebraska join Texas in legal action against TP-Link, alleging the company misled customers about security and its relationship with China.
Privacy & Policy
Surveillance firm Flock cuts staff amid growing privacy backlash
Flock Security is reducing its workforce as public and regulatory pressure mounts over its controversial data collection practices.
Data Breaches
FBI Director Kash Patel Announces Arrest of ShinyHunters Member
The FBI has detained another member of the ShinyHunters hacking group, signaling ongoing efforts to dismantle the organization responsible for recent data breaches.
Data Breaches
iRhythm Notifies States of Summer Data Breach Impacting Hundreds of Thousands
Wearable cardiac sensor firm iRhythm has begun notifying state authorities about a data breach that occurred this summer and affected hundreds of thousands of individuals.
Data Breaches
Cloudflare Launches On-Demand CPU and Memory Profiling for Workers
Cloudflare has released on-demand profiling tools for Workers and Durable Objects, enabling developers to generate flamegraphs in production to identify performance bottlenecks.
Data Breaches
ShinyHunters Claims Leak of 435,963 Neogen Records After Extortion Bid
The threat group ShinyHunters published corporate contact data from Neogen after a pay-or-leak attempt failed in August 2026.
Privacy & Policy
London court sentences crypto SIM-swap thief to two and a half years in prison
A 25-year-old man was jailed for his role in a SIM-swapping fraud scheme that resulted in the theft of nearly $260,000 in cryptocurrency.
Privacy & Policy
Google Launches EmbeddingGemma 2 for Privacy-First Multimodal Embedding
Google releases EmbeddingGemma 2, an open-source multimodal model optimized for privacy-centric applications and lightweight deployment.
Privacy & Policy
TP-Link faces state lawsuits and FCC sales ban over router security flaws
Four US states sue TP-Link while the FCC blocks new router sales pending an exemption request from the vendor.
Data Breaches
ShinyHunters publishes 373k CyrusOne records after failed extortion bid
Extortion group ShinyHunters released corporate contact data and support tickets from data centre operator CyrusOne after the company did not pay a ransom.
Data Breaches
423,947 Medela Accounts Exposed in Data Breach
The breach dates to September 7, 2026 and was added to Have I Been Pwned on September 30, 2026. Exposed data includes email addresses, employers, job titles.