Privacy

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• AI
• deepfakes
• Government
• Olympics
• Privacy
• Trump administration

From fake nudes to fake quotes: AI deepfakes plagued Olympic athletes

Cyber Scoop March 2, 2026

From fake nudes to fake quotes: AI deepfakes plagued...

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• Boniface Mwangi
• Cellebrite
• Citizen Lab
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Kenya
• Privacy

Citizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a Kenyan presidential candidate’s phone

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Citizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a...

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7 min read

• AI
• AI chatbots
• Anthropic
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Cybersecurity
• data privacy
• Google
• Healthcare
• hipaa
• OpenAI
• Privacy

Your AI doctor doesn’t have to follow the same privacy rules as your real one

Cyber Scoop February 11, 2026

Why your AI doctor doesn’t follow HIPAA: The hidden...

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• biometric data
• civil rights
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• facial recognition
• Geopolitics
• ICE
• Inspector general
• Privacy
• Technology

DHS privacy probe will focus on biometric tracking by ICE, OBIM

Cyber Scoop February 6, 2026

DHS privacy probe will focus on biometric tracking by...

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• Biden administration
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Chris Coons
• Chuck Grassley
• Congress
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Dick Durbin
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• FISA
• Justice Department
• Kash Patel
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
• Pam Bondi
• Policy
• Privacy
• Section 702
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• surveillance
• Trump administration
• tulsi gabbard

Lawmakers wonder when Trump administration will weigh on soon-expired surveillance powers

Cyber Scoop January 28, 2026

Senate judiciary presses for answers ahead of FISA deadline...

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6 min read

• AI
• class-action lawsuit
• Cybersecurity
• deepfakes
• Elon Musk
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Grok
• Privacy
• social media
• XAi

Undressed victims file class action lawsuit against xAI for Grok deepfakes

Cyber Scoop January 28, 2026

Undressed victims file class action lawsuit against xAI for...

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2 min read

• Access Now
• Apple
• Google
• Meta
• NSO Group
• Privacy
• spyware
• Technology
• WhatsApp

WhatsApp releases account feature that looks to combat spyware

Cyber Scoop January 27, 2026

WhatsApp’s new ‘Strict Account Settings’ Adds Lockdown-Style Protection Against...

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3 min read

• cyber offense
• DistrictCon
• Geopolitics
• Pall Mall Process
• Privacy
• spyware

Industry, government, nonprofits weigh voluntary rules for commercial hacking tools

Cyber Scoop January 26, 2026

Industry, government, nonprofits weigh voluntary rules for commercial hacking...

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• Congress
• data sharing
• Government
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• lawsuit
• Policy
• Privacy
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Watchdog group sues for TSA data sharing agreement with ICE 

Cyber Scoop January 22, 2026

Watchdog group sues for TSA data sharing agreement with...

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• Android
• Cellebrite
• Citizen Lab
• Geopolitics
• human rights
• iPhone
• Jordan
• Privacy
• Serbia
• spyware

Researchers find Jordan government used Cellebrite phone-cracking tech against activists

Cyber Scoop January 22, 2026

Researchers find Jordan government used Cellebrite phone-cracking tech against...

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