Rite Aid Banned from Facial Recognition Tech Use For 5 Years after Faulty Theft Targeting in Stores December 21, 2023 By Tom Murphy Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was...
State Lawmakers Propose Power Grid Protections After Attacks January 23, 2023 By Hannah Schoenbaum RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When gunshots at two electrical substations cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes for...
Police Seize on COVID-19 Tech to Expand Global Surveillance December 21, 2022 By Garance Burke and Josef Federman JERUSALEM (AP) — Majd Ramlawi was serving coffee in Jerusalem’s Old City when a chilling text message appeared on his...
Security Camera Hack Exposes Hospitals, Workplaces, Schools March 12, 2021 By Matt O'Brien and Frank Bajak Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance say they were able to peer into hospitals, schools,...
Detroit Residents Concerned About Traffic Camera Expansion November 23, 2020 DETROIT — Detroit officials’ plan to install 200 more traffic light-mounted cameras at city intersections is facing community resistance amid...
Saudi Arabia Outsources Cyber Arsenal, Buys Spyware, Experts Say January 28, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius If it turns out that Saudi Arabia hacked into the phone of Amazon.com Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, as investigators...
PG&E Tries to Assure Strict Judge It’s Safer on Wildfires January 16, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. told a federal judge who has kept the troubled utility under a tight leash that it’s close —...
Ex-Salon Chief Alleges Wynn Resorts Spied at his New Job October 23, 2019 By Ken Ritter LAS VEGAS — A former beauty salon director who went public about sexual misconduct allegations against casino mogul Steve Wynn...
Expert Wins Settlement in Whistleblower Case against Cisco August 2, 2019 By Frank Bajak BOSTON — A computer security expert won a rare payout in a whistleblower lawsuit he filed against Cisco Systems Inc....
Tech Center Puts Doorbell, License-Plate Cams in Focus June 3, 2019 By Tony Holt DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Ring video showed a blonde woman with a chest tattoo checking whether a homeowner’s front...