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Hungary has granted political asylum to Poland's former justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, who is being prosecuted for his role in a spyware scandal that has rocked the country.

A 33-year-old former IT consultant for Sweden’s Armed Forces has been detained on suspicions of spying for Russian intelligence, Swedish prosecutors said.

The Amsterdam Court of Appeal ruled Friday that the man played a central technical role in a criminal network that exploited port computer systems in 2020 and 2021, allowing traffickers to move drugs through Europe’s logistics hubs without detection.

The move follows an eruption of complaints that began earlier this month when the platform’s artificial intelligence tool Grok was used to create sexual images of non-consenting people in response to user requests.

Daniil Kasatkin, 26, was seen in a video shared by Russian state news outlet TASS emerging from a plane that was then used to send French researcher Laurent Vinatier back to France.

AI tool Grok in recent days has been used to produce sexually explicit images of people without their consent, the lawmakers said.

The theft continues a trend from the last two years, when hackers stole billions worth of cryptocurrency from both platforms and asset owners.

Tim Kosiba, who has a long history of national security positions at the NSA and elsewhere, will be the signals intelligence agency's new deputy chief.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said on Thursday that the 10 directives being retired were issued between 2019 and 2024, spanning both the Trump and Biden administrations.

Datamasters bought and resold the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of millions of people with Alzheimer’s disease, drug addiction, bladder incontinence and other medical conditions for targeted advertising, according to the CPPA.

The artificial intelligence juggernaut in a blog post encouraged its hundreds of millions of users to connect medical records and wellness app data to the new health-focused chatbot feature, adding that it will be outfitted with extra data privacy protections.

David Imbordino, a NSA senior executive who is currently serving as the directorate’s deputy chief, will take the reins in an acting capacity at the end of the month.

Although the list does not include what are perceived to be the more consequential multilateral bodies shaping global cyber governance and state behaviour in cyberspace, some of the organizations play a role in shaping international law broadly.

A spokesperson said the information relates to an incident that came to light in November, when a threat actor demanded $150,000 for allegedly stolen data.

The Illinois Department of Human Services exposed personal information belonging to more than 700,000 state residents after inadvertently posting the data on the open internet where it remained for as long as four years before being taken down in September.

The owner of a Michigan-based stalkerware company pleaded guilty to federal charges for selling a product designed to spy on people without their consent.

Chen Zhi’s arrest is the latest chapter in the remarkable downfall of one of the country’s most prominent businesses, with holdings in the real estate, banking, entertainment and airline industries.

Administrators said the school would now do a phased return starting next week, after initially telling parents that it would open Wednesday.

The current system of accountability has left much of the British government vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to a new Government Cyber Action Plan, with responsibilities for risk “unclear at all levels.”

The scheme starts with a fake reservation cancellation that impersonates a popular booking site, and eventually prompts victims with an error message and “Blue Screen of Death” page.