Hello. One of Apple's core principles is privacy, which is counter to the strategy of other companies like OpenAI and Meta, which make their AI more personal by gobbling up large amounts of user data.

But Apple is betting that even if it is slower moving on AI, prioritizing user privacy will help it win in the end. Listen to the latest WSJ Tech News Briefing podcast. 

Also today: Cisco and Lumen are the biggest movers in our weekly WSJ Pro CyberIndex

Other news: 

• FCC didn't overstep in requiring telecom firms to notify consumers of data breaches, court says
• Italian hotels breached
• Accenture to buy CyberCX for $650 million
• Schools under hacker assault
• And more

• Telecom providers, which previously had only to notify the federal government of such breaches, challenged the FCC's authority. 
• Current FCC chair Brendan Carr voted against the rule as commissioner at the time.

Canada's House of Commons is notifying employees of a hack that has exposed their personal data as well as information about their work devices. The body didn't attribute the attack or disclose how many people were affected, citing a national-security investigation. (CBC)

Ongoing outages in customer support at U.K. telecom company Colt Technology Services are due to a cyberattack, the company said. Colt provides service to 30 countries in Europe, Asia and North America.

• The WarLock ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it has stolen customer and business data. (Bleeping Computer)

Italian hotels breached: Personal data about travelers, including passport information, was stolen after a hack of a central booking system used by numerous hotels in Italy, the country's top digital agency said. At least 10 hotels were affected. (TechRadar)

Accenture plans to buy Australian cyber company CyberCX from private-equity firm BGH Capital in a $650 million deal. The acquisition would be Accenture's largest in the cyber sector. (Reuters)

• The index looks at the top 20 cyber companies by market capitalization. The latest group: Akamai, Check Point, Cisco, Cloudflare, Commvault, CrowdStrike, Cyberark, F5, Fortinet, Leidos, Lumen, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, Qualys, Rubrik, SailPoint, SentinelOne, Tenable, Varonis, Zscaler

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