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Connected Cars Emit Data Enticing to Automakers and Hackers Alike

By Kim S. Nash

 

Hello. With no national data-privacy law in the U.S., the auto industry must follow a mix of rules from states, agencies and industry groups.

Last year, a Commerce Department ban went into effect on the use of Chinese and Russian tech in internet-connected vehicles on U.S. roads. And attorneys general in California, Montana and Texas are suing or investigating major carmakers over how they handle driver data. Read our full story.

More news below, plus the latest episode of the Dow Jones Risk Journal podcast. 

 

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AI in Cybersecurity

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Anthropic's Mythos helped find a way to crack Apple's security. The researchers with Calif, a Palo Alto-based security research company, say the software they wrote links together two bugs and a handful of techniques to corrupt the Mac’s memory and then gain access to parts of the device that should be inaccessible. (WSJ)

A lawsuit against OpenAI Global, the for-profit part of OpenAI, accused the company of violating California privacy laws by linking ChatGPT with Google and Meta data-tracking tools for targeted advertising. Chat topics and individual identifiers, among other information, were shared, according to the suit filed Wednesday in the federal court in San Diego. (Cyber Security News)

 

More Cyber News

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Deepfaked: Commercial real-estate firm Cushman & Wakefield faces a proposed class-action lawsuit after disclosing earlier this month that an employee had fallen for a voice phishing attack. Two hacking groups—ShinyHunters and Qilin—claimed responsibility for the scam. 

  • The company failed to protect client and tenant data, according to the suit, filed by a current tenant of an Illinois building.

Cisco Systems said it is cutting nearly 4,000 jobs to invest more in its AI and cyber businesses. That's about 5% of its employees. (TechCrunch)

  • “We don’t always have the exact resources that we need going forward in the right places,” CEO Chuck Robbins said on a call with analysts. “That’s really what this is about versus savings.” (WSJ)
 

🎧 New episode: As President Trump and Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, we look at whether the two countries are finding a way to manage competition or preparing for a more unstable future. 

  • Also, Juliette Enser of the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority on the antitrust watchdog’s enforcement priorities. 

Catch new episodes every Friday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.

 

About Us

The WSJ Pro Cybersecurity team is Deputy Bureau Chief Kim S. Nash and reporters Angus Loten and James Rundle. Follow us on X @WSJCyber. Reach the team by replying to any newsletter you receive or by emailing Kim at kim.nash@wsj.com.

 
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