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Ireland joins regulator smackdown after X's Grok AI accused of undressing people

The Register - Tue, 17/02/2026 - 11:08
Social media platform’s legal eagles prepare to fight ever-growing number of countries

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is the latest regulator to open an investigation into Elon Musk's X following repeated reports of harmful image generation by the platform's Grok AI chatbot.…

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MoD ticks shopping list as PM considers weapons budget boost

The Register - Tue, 17/02/2026 - 09:14
Top brass splash cash on acoustic targeting, hypersonic missiles…and Red Hat

Keir Starmer could ramp up the UK's defense spending plans faster than planned as the MoD reeled off new purchases for Britain's armed forces.…

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Canada Goose ruffles feathers over 600K record dump, says leak is old news

The Register - Mon, 16/02/2026 - 18:01
Fashion brand latest to succumb to ShinyHunters' tricks

Canada Goose says an advertised breach of 600,000 records is an old raid and there are no signs of a recent compromise.…

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Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files by mistake

The Register - Mon, 16/02/2026 - 17:26
Bungled link handed over sensitive docs, and when recipient didn't cooperate, police opted for cuffs

Dutch police have arrested a man for "computer hacking" after accidentally handing him their own sensitive files and then getting annoyed when he didn't hand them back.…

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You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised

The Register - Mon, 16/02/2026 - 16:20
Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options

Academics say they found a series of flaws affecting three popular password managers, all of which claim to protect user credentials in the event that their servers are compromised.…

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Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security

The Register - Mon, 16/02/2026 - 15:00
Free beer is great. Securing the keg costs money

fosdem 2026  Open source registries are in financial peril, a co-founder of an open source security foundation warned after inspecting their books. And it's not just the bandwidth costs that are killing them.…

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