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Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot
Meta fixed the bug that let anyone trick its Meta AI chatbot into resetting the password on Instagram accounts that didn't have two-factor authentication.
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Oura says it gets government demands for user data
Oura users' data is not end-to-end encrypted and can be handed to the government. Will the wearable tech maker say how often it turns over data?
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Online ad giant Adform was hacked, proving once again why ad blockers are needed
The hacked digital advertiser was caught serving malicious ads that allowed hackers to steal a victim's cryptocurrency.