#Legal
All CosmicBytez Labs articles tagged #Legal, across news, security advisories, how-to guides, and projects.
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New Mexico Jury Finds Meta Deceived Consumers About Data Privacy Practices
A New Mexico jury found Facebook violated consumer law 43.9 million times over privacy claims, exposing Meta to up to $219 billion in penalties.
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Data Analyst Sent to Prison for Stealing Data, Extorting Employer
A former contractor at Brightly Software was sentenced to two years in federal prison for a $2.5 million extortion scheme targeting his employer.
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New Mexico Judge Orders Meta to Pay $567 Million in Kids Online Safety Case
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million in a kids online safety case, creating a $420 million youth treatment fund for social media harms to minors.
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Microsoft's Zero-Day Legal Threats Spark Backlash
After a disgruntled security researcher published several unpatched zero-day exploits in recent weeks, Microsoft seemingly indicated that criminal charges…
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LexisNexis Confirms Cloud Breach Exposing 400K User
LexisNexis Legal & Professional confirms a data breach after threat actor FulcrumSec exploited an unpatched React2Shell vulnerability to exfiltrate 2.04...
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Ex-L3Harris Executive Pleads Guilty to Selling Eight
Peter Williams, former GM of L3Harris's cyber subsidiary Trenchant, admits to selling eight zero-day exploit kits to a Russian broker for $1.3M in...