Good day. A federal trial against Meta Platforms is putting the company's approach to child safety and data practices under scrutiny, as plaintiffs argue that its platforms were designed in ways that harmed young users. The case is one of the most significant tests yet of how courts and regulators evaluate responsibility for the design of large consumer platforms.
For cybersecurity and privacy leaders, the case highlights how data governance risks are evolving. The focus is shifting from whether companies can secure the information they hold to whether they should collect and use that information in the first place.
Read the article in The Wall Street Journal here .
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The University of Texas at San Antonio took some systems offline after detecting malicious activity at the edge of its network days before classes were scheduled to begin for about 40,000 students. The university said it contained the activity before it reached its core systems and has found no evidence that data was accessed or stolen, though the disruption forced changes to payments and course wait lists. (The Record)
Suisun City, Calif., is gradually restoring services after an Aug. 7 cyberattack forced it to shut down its IT network, disrupted city departments and required 911 calls to be rerouted through Solano County. The city declared a state of emergency and brought in federal and state agencies to investigate the attack, while police and fire services continued operating. (Fox40)
Listen to WSJ Pro Cybersecurity reporter James Rundle on San Francisco's KQED last week discussing cyberattacks on water facilities, as well as Suisun City's mayor on the hack.
The new total number of Iranian nationals charged with a massive hacking campaign against U.S. agencies, universities and companies, according to Justice Department officials Tuesday.
Latvia's Road Traffic Safety Directorate said hackers stole personal information relating to about 1.2 million people and 200,000 companies in an August cyberattack, a breach affecting data tied to a large share of the country's population. Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics called the incident a significant national security threat and criticized the agency's handling of the breach. (DPA/Yahoo News )
An updated U.S. government advisory said the Medusa ransomware group has struck more than 500 victims, up from more than 300 reported in March 2025, while increasingly relying on access brokers and rapidly exploiting newly disclosed vulnerabilities. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and Health and Human Services Department issued a joint announcement Tuesday. (CyberScoop)
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