Data Breach Roundup (Dec 26, 2025 – Jan 1, 2026)
WIRED, crypto, and 2026's first candidate for "cascading data breach"
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AI Data Centers May Start Using Radio Instead of Copper
AI data centers are running up against the physical limits of copper for transmitting data, so radio is being considered as a replacement.
Data Breach Roundup (Dec 19 – Dec 25, 2025)
The Aflac breach affected 22.6 million customers. And this was a slow week.
Cloudflare Explains Plan for Resilience After Multiple Outages
Following multiple outages, Cloudflare outlines their plan to improve resilience of their network, titled “Code Orange: Fail Small.”
The Linux Foundation Announces Formation of the Agentic AI Foundation
The Linux Foundation announced the newly formed Agentic AI Foundation to standardize and support an open, collaborative ecosystem for agentic AI.
Texas sues Smart TV Makers for Spying on People's Watch Habits
The Texas Attorney General has launched a lawsuit against five major smart TV manufacturers - Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL - over their use of Automated Content Recognition, or ACR.
Neobank Bunq Shares Customers’ Investments to Their Contacts Without Permission
Bunq, a Dutch neobank that’s been growing in popularity in recent years, has started sharing users’ investments with others on their contacts list, according to RTL.
Data Breach Roundup (Dec 12 – Dec 18, 2025)
Data breaches at Hama Film, Home Depot, 700Credit, PornHub, Askul, SoundCloud, University of Sydney, plus an update on last week's Coupang data breach.
Google Sunsets "Dark Web Report" Tool
This week, Google announced they would be shutting down their "Dark Web Report" tool, stating "it didn't provide helpful next steps." This was a separate offering from Google's "Results About You" service sometimes recommended to help stop data brokers leaking your info.
Data Breach Roundup (12/5/25–12/11/25)
Data breaches galore this week from Petco, AI startups, healthcare providers, and other organizations.
Brave adds experimental agentic AI browsing feature
Brave Nightly will include an opt-in agentic AI browsing mode that hosts additional safeguards for your personal data. But is it actually safe?
The FIDO Alliance Announces Standardized Digital Wallets
The FIDO alliance, in charge of authentication standards such as the FIDO2 standard widely used in hardware keys, has announced a new digital credentials initiative aimed at standardizing and streamlining the adoption of “verifiable digital credentials and identity wallets.”
Atlanta activist charged with wiping phone before CBP search
Samuel Tunick, an Atlanta-based activist, was charged with destroying evidence after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection unit searched his Google Pixel smartphone.
India Considers Enforcing A-GPS on Mobile Devices
India’s government is considering a proposal to force smartphone manufacturers to enable GPS tracking at all times.
Smart toilet camera misleads customers on end-to-end-encryption
Kohler's smart toilet camera claims that all photos are secured with end‑to‑end encryption, but it turns out that they only use TLS encryption.
Israel bans Android phones for senior officers, mandating iPhones for security
The IDF has banned the use of Android phones by senior officers to prevent social engineering attacks.
Session messenger adds PFS, PQE, and other improvements
Session, a popular encrypted messenger app in the privacy community, today announced several major updates, including one correcting one of their most common and serious criticisms.
Android Authority: “Aluminium” will be code name for merger of Android and ChromeOS
According to Android Authority, the operating system that’s meant to merge Android and ChromeOS into one, unified OS is called “Aluminium OS.”
IVPN announces V2Ray obfuscation on Android
IVPN recently announced that they now support V2Ray obfuscation on their Android client, meaning they now support it on all platforms where they offer a client.
GSMA Report Warns of “Fragmented Cybersecurity Regulation”
In a new study by the GSMA, they criticize the state of cybersecurity regulation “including fragmented policies and regulatory frameworks, limited institutional capacity to support mobile operators, rigid or prescriptive rules, and a lack of effective platforms for threat intelligence sharing.”
X (Twitter) Now Shows Your Account's Country/Region
Last weekend, X released a new "About This Account" section, accessible by tapping the signup date on a profile, which reveals the location an account is based, among other information.