May 29, 2024 at 02:31PM Political consultant Steven Kramer has been indicted on charges of felony voter suppression and misdemeanor impersonation of a candidate for orchestrating a deepfake robocall impersonating US President Joe Biden. He paid $150 for the deepfake and was fined $6 million by the FCC. Kramer admitted his goal was to reduce … Read more
May 24, 2024 at 07:28PM Steven Kramer, a political consultant from New Orleans, was indicted on charges of felony voter suppression and misdemeanor impersonation of a candidate for creating a deepfake anti-Biden robocall, facing a $6 million FCC fine. Kramer used AI-generated voice cloning and caller ID spoofing technology to influence the New Hampshire Democratic … Read more
April 30, 2024 at 12:56PM The FCC fined top US wireless carriers a total of $200 million for sharing customers’ location information without consent. The investigation, initiated after a sheriff used a location-finding service to access customer data, revealed that the carriers had sold data to two firms. The carriers argue the fines are based … Read more
April 30, 2024 at 11:22AM The Federal Communications Commission fined AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon a total of nearly $200 million for illegally sharing customers’ location data without consent, following an investigation that began in 2019. The carriers face penalties for failing to protect sensitive real-time location information and violating federal laws. Carriers have the … Read more
April 30, 2024 at 03:03AM The UK NCSC urges smart device manufacturers to comply with the new PSTI act, prohibiting default passwords. This aims to enhance ongoing protection against cyber attacks for consumers. Failure to comply may result in recalls and fines of up to £10 million or 4% of global revenues. This makes the … Read more
April 29, 2024 at 07:26PM The FCC fined AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile US almost $200 million for selling subscribers’ location data to data brokers. The telcos were ordered to pay between $12 million and $80 million. FCC boss Jessica Rosenworcel emphasized the sensitivity of the data being sold and the carriers’ failure to protect … Read more