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straitstimes.com > singapore > love-bonito-customers-personal-information-possibly-exposed-in-data-breach

Love, Bonito alerts customers to data breach

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (477+ words) Published Jul 30, 2026, 09:53 PM Updated Jul 30, 2026, 10:51 PM SINGAPORE – The personal data of some customers of home-grown fashion label Love, Bonito may have been compromised in a recent data breach. In an e-mail sent to affected customers on July 30 and seen by…...

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straitstimes.com > world > united-states > missed-the-mark-meta-scraps-ai-image-feature-days-after-launch-following-privacy-backlash

Meta scraps AI image feature amid privacy backlash

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (275+ words) Published Jul 11, 2026, 11:55 AM Meta says it is discontinuing an AI feature launched this week that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts, after drawing widespread criticism over privacy concerns, including from a Hollywood union. “Our intent was to…...

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straitstimes.com > tech > systems-infected-by-malware-in-spore-more-than-double-in-2025-csa

Systems infected by malware in S’pore more than double in 2025: CSA

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (839+ words) The increase was driven by persistent malicious activity and improved detection of botnet devices. Published Jun 30, 2026, 05:28 PM Updated Jun 30, 2026, 07:41 PM SINGAPORE - The number of malware-infected systems detected in Singapore more than doubled to 284,300 in 2025, driven by persistent malicious activity and…...

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straitstimes.com > world > hacking-group-claims-major-hack-of-novo-nordisk-and-attempted-32-million-extortion

Hacking group claims major hack of Novo Nordisk and attempted $32 million extortion

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (405+ words) Published Jun 17, 2026, 08:10 AM COPENHAGEN – A cyber extortion group claimed on June 16 to have stolen more than a terabyte of data from pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk and said it is exploring selling parts of the data after unsuccessfully demanding US$25 million…...

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straitstimes.com > asia > east-asia > chinese-linked-hackers-targeted-u-s-canadian-research-facilities-for-a-year-google-says

Chinese-linked hackers targeted US, Canadian research facilities for a year, Google says

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (358+ words) Published Jun 15, 2026, 10:09 PM Updated Jun 15, 2026, 11:40 PM A Chinese-linked hacking group spent more than a year secretly stealing data from US and Canadian academic, medical and military research institutions, before being detected, Google said on June 15. Between September 2023 and November 2025, the…...

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straitstimes.com > asia > chinese-linked-hackers-targeted-u-s-canadian-research-facilities-for-a-year-google-says

Chinese-linked hackers targeted U.S.,Canadian research facilities for a year, Google says

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (213+ words) Published Jun 15, 2026, 10:09 PM June 15 - A Chinese-linked hacking group spent more than a year secretly stealing data from U.S. and Canadian academic, medical and military research institutions, before being detected, Google said on Monday. Between September 2023 and November 2025, the hackers sought information…...

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straitstimes.com > world > united-states > hackers-used-ai-to-build-zero-day-attack-google-researchers-say

Hackers used AI to build zero-day attack, say Google researchers

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (369+ words) Published May 11, 2026, 09:39 PM Updated May 11, 2026, 10:03 PM LOS ANGELES – Security researchers at Alphabet’s Google said they believe a cybercrime group used artificial intelligence to create a hacking tool that can bypass defences in a widely used tool to administer computer systems....

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straitstimes.com > singapore > courts-crime > hackers-invited-to-break-into-security-robots-ev-chargers-at-def-con-singapore

Hackers invited to break into security robots, EV chargers, at DEF CON Singapore

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (842+ words) Participants on the second day of the inaugural DEF CON Singapore at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre on April 29. Published Apr 29, 2026, 09:10 PM Updated Apr 29, 2026, 11:51 PM SINGAPORE - A car dashboard’s speedometer is going wild at the behest of hackers. Medical…...

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straitstimes.com > singapore > contractor-building-jrl-stations-and-newater-factory-hit-by-data-breach

Cybersecurity incident at contractor building JRL stations and NEWater factory

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (536+ words) Choa Chu Kang station on the Jurong Region Line is part of a project that Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) is responsible for. Published Apr 27, 2026, 08:55 PM Updated Apr 28, 2026, 12:15 PM SINGAPORE – A cybersecurity incident has been reported at the contractor responsible…...

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straitstimes.com > world > europe > italy-extradites-suspected-chinese-hacker-wanted-by-us-authorities

Italy extradites suspected Chinese hacker wanted by US authorities

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (365+ words) A man types on a computer keyboard in front of the displayed cyber code in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017.REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration Published Apr 28, 2026, 12:12 AM Updated Apr 28, 2026, 04:23 AM MILAN, April 27 - Italy has extradited to the U.S. a Chinese…...