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‘World’s largest botnet’ taken down as alleged Chinese mastermind arrested and $29m in cryptocurrency seized | Science & Tech News
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A Chinese national has been arrested for allegedly being the mastermind behind a huge botnet used to steal billions of dollars. The “911 S5” botnet was likely the world’s largest – and infected computers in nearly 200 countries and facilitated a whole host of crimes including financial frauds, identity theft and child exploitation, said FBI…
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Scarlett Johansson becomes latest victim of alleged deepfake advert | Ents & Arts News
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Scarlett Johansson has become the latest high-profile victim of a seemingly unauthorised deepfake advert. A version of the Marvel actress created using artificial intelligence (AI) reportedly appeared in an online promotion for a firm called Lisa AI, which lets users create avatars and images using text prompts. A lawyer for Johansson said the company had…
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Sam Bankman-Fried: FTX founder and ‘crypto king’ has bail revoked for alleged witness tampering | US News
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Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has had his $250m (£197m) bail revoked and has been sent to jail after alleged witness tampering. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan made the decision after prosecutors said Bankman-Fried had tried to harass a key witness in his fraud case last month. The 31-year-old was charged with defrauding investors in…
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Boeing sued for alleged fraud, theft of tool designs and leaking fluid | Science & Tech News
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The world’s largest aerospace company has been accused of “brazenly stealing and misusing” intellectual property, causing leaks on the International Space Station and putting the lives of astronauts at risk. According to a US Federal lawsuit filed by Wilson Aerospace, and seen by Sky News, Boeing engaged in fraud and subsequent cover-up over many years…
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TikTok sued by US state of Indiana over alleged Chinese access to user data | Science & Tech News
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TikTok is being sued by the US state of Indiana, alleging deception of its users about China’s access to their data. The short-form video app, which has more than one billion users worldwide, also exposes children to inappropriate content relating to sex and drugs, say lawsuits filed by the office of attorney general Todd Tokita.…
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Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech for alleged patent infringement over COVID vaccine | Science & Tech News
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Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for alleged patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the US. The lawsuit, which seeks undetermined monetary damages, alleges they copied technology that Moderna had developed years before the pandemic. Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel said: “We are filing these lawsuits…