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Fort Thomas leaders are facing renewed questions about nearly $1 million in unaccounted taxpayer money after the city released the final version of a forensic audit that found no evidence of fraud but blamed “very bad bookkeeping” for the problem. (Provided)

President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday ordered a thorough investigation into a string of recent data breaches at financial institutions, as artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cyberattacks increasingly target them.

President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday ordered a thorough investigation into a string of personal data breaches at major banks and secondary financial firms.

The Technical University of Denmark is no longer just counting records. Three days after disclosing that its DTUBasen identity database may have exposed data tied to up to 200,000 current and former users, DTU has handed the case to Denmark’s data protection authority and its national cybercrime police unit, turning a breach disclosure into a…

The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seen in Washington, D.C. (Saul Loeb/TNS/

Jeffrey Epstein’s former associates, Darren Indyke (left) and Richard Kahn. AP/Reuters

Add preferred source Two U.S. senators have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate AI shopping assistants from Amazon and Walmart, citing research suggesting the tools may suppress information about American-made products and fail to flag fraudulent country-of-origin labels. The letter from Senators Tammy Baldwin and Rick Scott references a study led by former FTC…

The RCMP says they are aware of reports regarding an FBI investigation into the alleged exposure of tens of millions of drivers’ licences belonging to people in Canada and the U.S. being sold on the dark web.

The investigation comes at a time of heightened vigilance over U.S. port facilities and maritime security.

Nigerian consumers and businesses in the petroleum sector are set to receive stronger protection against price fixing, cartel behaviour, product withholding, under-dispensing and other practices that distort competition, as the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) deepen regulatory cooperation.