Court of Justice of the European Union Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta issued a nonbinding opinion in favor of Meta's ability to appeal to a national court regarding its 225 million euro WhatsApp fine from Ireland's Data Protection Commission following intervention by the European Data Protection Board, Reuters reports.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office issued a 3.07 million GBP fine to a company that provides software service to the National Health Service and other health care entities for its actions that led to a ransomware attack. In 2022, a subsidiary of Advanced Computer Software Group was breached by hackers via a customer account that did not have multifactor authentication and led to 79,404 people having their personal information stolen.
Gov. Spencer Cox, R-Utah, signed the App Store Accountability Act into law, which is slated to enter into force 7 May, CNBC reports. The law requires app store providers, such as Apple and Google, to verify a user's age and require parental consent to use certain apps and make in-app purchases for users under age 18.
France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, outlined the "soft law" projects it will address in 2025. It included AI, benchmarking subcontractor evaluations, in-car cameras and political prospecting among the areas it will develop guidance and recommendations.Full story
Axios reports on the increased interest in using agentic AI in the cybersecurity field. The report argued generative AI can help address the dearth of workers in the field, but noted an error by AI that human oversight may have caught can otherwise leave a system vulnerable to attacks.Full story
The Hill reports Signal President Meredith Whittaker defended the app's security features after a reporter was included in a Signal group chat with U.S. officials that discussed confidential information. Whittaker said the app is "open source, nonprofit, and we develop and apply (end-to-end encryption) and privacy preserving tech across our system to protect metadata and message contents."Full story
The U.S. Senate confirmed Michael Kratsios to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, The Hill reports.
Der Spiegel reports the personal data of U.S. officials, including National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, was allegedly found in online hacker databases. The data reportedly exposed includes phone numbers, email addresses and passwords.
Cybersecurity analysts are raising concerns about the advancement of quantum computing technology that could eventually decode sensitive encrypted data from major industries, Wired reports. While some cybersecurity-focused organizations, including the U.S.
With political developments around U.S. agencies tied to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, NOYB Honorary Chair Max Schrems suggested a legal challenge of the data transfer agreement may not be required if the European Commission acts first. IAPP Staff Writer Lexie White reports on Schrems' recent comments regarding the future of the DPF.Full story