Justice

Whistleblower Tells Senate Twitter Prioritised Profit Over Security

Peiter “Mudge” Zatko tells Senate panel of ‘egregious’ security failings at Twitter, and warns of multiple breaches by intelligence agencies

2 years ago

EU Court Upholds Antitrust Android Ruling Against Google

European Union’s General Court upholds punishing antitrust ruling against Google over its Android operating system

2 years ago

Twitter Agreed To Pay Whistleblower $7m – Report

Settlement for $7 million between Twitter and Peiter “Mudge” Zatko was made days before former security boss filed his whistleblower…

2 years ago

Elon Musk Denied Attempt To Delay Twitter Trial

Delaware judge grants Elon Musk's request to include whistleblower claims in his Twitter counter lawsuit, but won't delay 17 October…

2 years ago

Instagram Fined €405 Million For Teenager Data Violation

Irish data protection watchdog slaps Meta's Instagram with a hefty €405m (£349m) fine for letting teenagers display their contact details

2 years ago

UK Watchdog Deepens Probe Into Microsoft’s $69bn Activision Purchase

British Antitrust watchdog, the CMA, is concerned Microsoft's purchase of gaming giant could “substantially lessen competition”

2 years ago

Elon Musk Seeks Court Delay After Twitter Whistleblower Claims

Legal team of Elon Musk seeks to delay October trial until November, in light of whistleblower claims of serious vulnerabilities…

2 years ago

Twitter Ordered To Hand Over Data To Elon Musk

'Absurdly broad' requests by Elon Musk mostly rejected by judge, but Twitter does have to hand over audit data from…

2 years ago

Former Apple Engineer Pleads Guilty To Stealing Driverless Car Data

Industrial espionage. Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple staffer caught by the FBI trying to flee to China, pleads guilty to…

2 years ago

CEO Of Pegasus Maker NSO Group To Step Down

Reorganisation to result in the CEO departure at Pegasus maker NSO Group, as the firm moves towards selling to NATO…

2 years ago

Police Arrest Four Over BT Cable Theft In North Yorkshire

Police make arrests after Openreach confirms to Silicon UK that a cable theft left 200 homes without telephone or broadband…

2 years ago

FTC Investigates Amazon Prime, But Firm Hits Out At FTC Staff Conduct

E-commerce giant accuses Federal Trade Commission of harassing Jeff Bezos,and Andy Jassy, in probe of Amazon Prime service

2 years ago

More People Charged After 2017 Equifax Hack

US financial regulator charges three more people with insider trading concerning Equifax hack, after its former CIO was jailed over…

2 years ago

CMA To Reconsider Order For Meta To Sell Giphy

UK competition regulator, the CMA, tells Silicon UK it has agreed to reconsider over next three months its ruling to…

2 years ago

Elon Musk Seeks To Block Twitter’s Request For Speedy Trial

No surprise in Twitter showdown, as Elon Musk files motion with US court to oppose platform's request for trial to…

2 years ago

Tesla Ordered To Refund Customer Over Autopilot Problems

Court in Germany orders Tesla to refund a customer thousands of dollars over problems with Autopilot driver's assistance system

2 years ago

Amazon Ring Gave Doorbell Footage To US Police Without Owners’ Consent

Surveillance footage from Amazon Ring doorbells has been provided to US police forces 11 times so far in 2022, without…

2 years ago

Google Offers To Spin-Off Ad-Tech Unit – Report

Alphabet unit previously labelled the DoJ antitrust lawsuit 'deeply flawed', but now it is reportedly offering concessions

2 years ago

Man Charged With Selling Fake Cisco Equipment

Man arrested in Florida and charged with importing counterfeit Cisco networking equipment into the United States, worth an estimated $1…

2 years ago

Indian Economic Police Raid Offices Of Smartphone Maker Vivo

Indian economic crime agency Enforcement Directorate raids dozens of locations across India belonging to China's Vivo amidst border tensions

2 years ago

Google To Delete Location History Of Users Who Visit Abortion Clinics

Google to automatically delete location history of users who go near sensitive locations such as abortion clinics following Roe v…

2 years ago

Swedish Appeals Court Upholds Huawei 5G Ban

Fresh setback for Huawei after Swedish Appeal Court upholds lower court ruling that banned equipment from the Chinese giant

2 years ago

Wikileaks Julian Assange Extradition To US Approved By Home Secretary

Julian Assange loses decade long battle against his extradition to the United States, but Wikileaks says it will appeal decision

2 years ago

EU’s ‘Revised’ Disinformation Code Of Practice Backed By Tech Giants

EU's “strengthened” Code of Practice on Disinformation is signed by 34 tech firms, platforms and civil groups to beef up…

2 years ago

Apple Faces £750m Claim Over Battery Slowdown

Battery gate returns. Fresh claim against Apple over its deliberate policy of slowing older iPhones in order to protect handsets…

2 years ago

Meta Fails To Overturn UK Order To Sell Giphy

Meta has mostly failed in its appeal against the CMA order to sell Giphy, after judges dismissed all but one…

2 years ago

Ericsson Confirms SEC Investigation Over Iraq Conduct

Swedish firm says it is “fully co-operating” with the US SEC, after it opened an investigation of Ericsson's conduct in…

2 years ago

US Agency Deepens Tesla Autopilot Investigation

Federal agency upgrades investigation into Tesla's Autopilot, in what is being touted as the first step before issuing a recall

2 years ago

NSO Boss To Be Questioned By Spanish Judge Over Spyware Claim

Spain's High Court on Tuesday called for CEO of Israel's NSO to testify in case about Pegasus spying on Spanish…

2 years ago

Texas AG Investigates Twitter For ‘Deceptive Practices’ Over Bots

Republican attorney general of Texas starts investigation of Twitter, after Elon Musk's public complaints about bots and fake accounts

2 years ago