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PHOTO: CHRIS RATCLIFFE/BLOOMBERG NEWS
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Arrests in retail hacking spree: U.K. police arrested four people—all under age 21—in connection with April cyberattacks on Marks & Spencer and other retailers. The suspects were arrested at their homes and the investigation continues, Britain's National Crime Agency said Thursday.
Related from WSJ: M&S Expects $400 Million Hit From Hack
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Haveli Investments, a private-equity shop, raked in $4.5 billion for its first main buyout fund before closing the vehicle, according to people familiar with the matter. The firm is targeting providers of software to specific industries as well as tech that can be used across multiple sectors, infrastructure applications and cybersecurity services. (WSJ)
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Hiring bot easily hacked: McDonald's blamed AI provider Paradox.ai for building it a vulnerable hiring bot that security researchers broke into with obvious passwords. (Wired)
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Cardiac-device company Artivion is notifying an undisclosed number of current and former employees that their or their families' personal, direct-deposit and health-insurance information was breached in a November cyberattack. The incident disrupted ordering, shipping and some corporate functions.
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Percentage of 858 local election officials surveyed by the Brennan Center for Justice who are concerned about the Trump administration's cuts to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Eighty-one percent said they are concerned about false information about elections spreading on social media.
Related from WSJ Pro: Top U.S. Cyber Agency Faces Staff and Funding Cuts in New Budget
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PHOTO: MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
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Ireland's data-privacy watchdog is investigating TikTok over where the Chinese company stores the data of European users. TikTok owner ByteDance said recently that some European data was temporarily put on servers in China and has since been deleted. (Reuters)
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A civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to send classified information related to Russia's war in Ukraine to someone on a foreign online dating service in 2022, the Justice Department said. The man, facing up to 10 years in prison, is due to be sentenced on Oct. 8.
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A Russian man was sentenced to three years in prison in the Netherlands for violating international sanctions by sharing files from Dutch chip-machine maker ASML with someone in Russia. (Associated Press)
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