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Social Media Users Lack Control Over Data Used by AI, US FTC Says
Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control, including over how it is used by systems incorporating artificial intelligence, the US Federal Trade Commission said in a report released on Thursday.
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Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Direct Involvement In Deadly Concert Hall Attack
Ukrainian military intelligence was directly involved in a deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow in which over 140 people were killed, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov said, TASS reported on Friday.
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Was Briefed On China's Interference After 2019 Elections: Ex-Canada Minister
Former minister for Democratic Institutions, Karina Gould, revealed that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) briefed her after the 2019 federal elections on low-level interference by China, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
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US FTC to Enforce Law to Rein in Risks Posed by AI as Calls for Regulation Grow
The Federal Trade Commission's chief said the agency was committed to using existing laws to rein in some of the dangers of artificial intelligence, such as enhancing the power of dominant firms and "turbocharging" fraud.
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UK's Spy Agency, FBI Bosses Flag China Threat In Rare Joint Address
The heads of MI5 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Wednesday about China's commercial espionage thrust in the West, in a rare joint address at the British intelligence service's London headquarters.
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Microsoft Failed to Shore Up Defences That Could Have Limited SolarWinds Hack, US Senator Says
Microsoft’s failure to fix known problems with its cloud software facilitated the massive SolarWinds hack that compromised at least nine federal government agencies, according to security experts and the office of US Senator Ron Wyden.
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Kremlin Critic Says Russian Agent Admits Putting Poison In Underwear
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday he had tricked a security agent into admitting the Federal Security Service (FSB) sought to kill him this summer and placed poison in his underwear.
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"Was Torture": Ex-French Spy Who Helped Dubai Princess Escape Blames India
The former French intelligence officer who helped Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa escape from the UAE has now lodged a case with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), alleging that India violated diplomatic conventions when it helped Emirati officials take the 33- year-old royal back home.
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'$30,000, House In Pakistan': What Taliban Promised Chef To Kill UAE Diplomats
Thirty thousand dollars and a house in Pakistan. That's what it took chef Sayed Mahboob Agha to set off explosives that killed six UAE diplomates and six others in the Kandahar Governor's guesthouse in January this year. This is what a joint Afghanistan, US (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and UAE probe has concluded, according to Afghan Intellige...
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CEO Of Silicon Valley Firm Charged For Alleged H-1B Fraud
The two persons had obtained H-1B visas for more than a dozen individuals and allegedly claimed the workers had jobs at Stanford University, Cisco Systems and Brocade Communications Systems, the report said, citing the indictment.
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Swiss Intelligence Monitoring Online Activity Of 400 Suspected Terrorists
Swiss authorities were monitoring the social media activity of about 400 possible terrorists who might pose a security threat, the NDB federal intelligence service said on Monday.
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ISIS Claims Deadly Shooting In Russia's Caucasus: SITE
The ISIS has claimed responsibility for a shooting at an ancient citadel in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan that killed one and injured 11, the SITE Intelligence Group said.
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Thailand Warned by Russia ISIS Terrorists 'Have Entered' the kingdom
Moscow's top intelligence agency has warned that 10 Syrians linked to the Islamic State group have entered the kingdom to target Russians, Thai police said today.
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German 'Triple Agent' Admits Spying for CIA
A German suspected triple agent charged with treason admitted on Monday to spying for the CIA, telling a court he had done so out of dissatisfaction with his secret service job.
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Uncle of Chattanooga Shooter Released in Jordan: Lawyer
The uncle of a man who killed five US troops in Tennessee was released from detention in Jordan on Thursday after almost a week of interrogation by the FBI and local intelligence services, his lawyer said.
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Social Media Users Lack Control Over Data Used by AI, US FTC Says
Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control, including over how it is used by systems incorporating artificial intelligence, the US Federal Trade Commission said in a report released on Thursday.
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Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Direct Involvement In Deadly Concert Hall Attack
Ukrainian military intelligence was directly involved in a deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow in which over 140 people were killed, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov said, TASS reported on Friday.
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Was Briefed On China's Interference After 2019 Elections: Ex-Canada Minister
Former minister for Democratic Institutions, Karina Gould, revealed that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) briefed her after the 2019 federal elections on low-level interference by China, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
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US FTC to Enforce Law to Rein in Risks Posed by AI as Calls for Regulation Grow
The Federal Trade Commission's chief said the agency was committed to using existing laws to rein in some of the dangers of artificial intelligence, such as enhancing the power of dominant firms and "turbocharging" fraud.
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UK's Spy Agency, FBI Bosses Flag China Threat In Rare Joint Address
The heads of MI5 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Wednesday about China's commercial espionage thrust in the West, in a rare joint address at the British intelligence service's London headquarters.
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Microsoft Failed to Shore Up Defences That Could Have Limited SolarWinds Hack, US Senator Says
Microsoft’s failure to fix known problems with its cloud software facilitated the massive SolarWinds hack that compromised at least nine federal government agencies, according to security experts and the office of US Senator Ron Wyden.
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Kremlin Critic Says Russian Agent Admits Putting Poison In Underwear
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday he had tricked a security agent into admitting the Federal Security Service (FSB) sought to kill him this summer and placed poison in his underwear.
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"Was Torture": Ex-French Spy Who Helped Dubai Princess Escape Blames India
The former French intelligence officer who helped Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa escape from the UAE has now lodged a case with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), alleging that India violated diplomatic conventions when it helped Emirati officials take the 33- year-old royal back home.
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'$30,000, House In Pakistan': What Taliban Promised Chef To Kill UAE Diplomats
Thirty thousand dollars and a house in Pakistan. That's what it took chef Sayed Mahboob Agha to set off explosives that killed six UAE diplomates and six others in the Kandahar Governor's guesthouse in January this year. This is what a joint Afghanistan, US (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and UAE probe has concluded, according to Afghan Intellige...
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CEO Of Silicon Valley Firm Charged For Alleged H-1B Fraud
The two persons had obtained H-1B visas for more than a dozen individuals and allegedly claimed the workers had jobs at Stanford University, Cisco Systems and Brocade Communications Systems, the report said, citing the indictment.
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Swiss Intelligence Monitoring Online Activity Of 400 Suspected Terrorists
Swiss authorities were monitoring the social media activity of about 400 possible terrorists who might pose a security threat, the NDB federal intelligence service said on Monday.
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ISIS Claims Deadly Shooting In Russia's Caucasus: SITE
The ISIS has claimed responsibility for a shooting at an ancient citadel in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan that killed one and injured 11, the SITE Intelligence Group said.
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Thailand Warned by Russia ISIS Terrorists 'Have Entered' the kingdom
Moscow's top intelligence agency has warned that 10 Syrians linked to the Islamic State group have entered the kingdom to target Russians, Thai police said today.
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German 'Triple Agent' Admits Spying for CIA
A German suspected triple agent charged with treason admitted on Monday to spying for the CIA, telling a court he had done so out of dissatisfaction with his secret service job.
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Uncle of Chattanooga Shooter Released in Jordan: Lawyer
The uncle of a man who killed five US troops in Tennessee was released from detention in Jordan on Thursday after almost a week of interrogation by the FBI and local intelligence services, his lawyer said.
