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100m Quora users’ data stolen by hackers

Quora announced today that its Q&A platform was breached by hackers on November 30, and that approximately 100 million users’ data was compromised. The attackers are believed to have accessed the following information: Account information, e.g. name, email address, encrypted (hashed) password, data imported from linked networks when authorized by users. Public content and actions,

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AOL owner Oath to pay ~$5M over its online advertising business placing targeted ads on websites directed to kids, violating a federal children's privacy law (Sapna Maheshwari/New York Times)

Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: AOL owner Oath to pay ~$5M over its online advertising business placing targeted ads on websites directed to kids, violating a federal children’s privacy law  —  Oath, the owner of AOL and Yahoo, has agreed to pay about $5 million to settle charges from the New York attorney general

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Nvidia's AI uses objects and scenery from within existing videos to build new interactive environments in realistic city landscapes (Chris Velazco/Engadget)

Chris Velazco / Engadget: Nvidia’s AI uses objects and scenery from within existing videos to build new interactive environments in realistic city landscapes  —  It all started with cities and — what else?  — Gangnam Style.  —  Attendees of this year’s NeurIPS AI conference in Montreal can spend a few moments driving through … Nvidia's

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Quora says it discovered a data breach on Nov. 30 affecting about 100M users, exposing names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and other non-public content (Adam D'Angelo/The Quora Blog)

Adam D’Angelo / The Quora Blog: Quora says it discovered a data breach on Nov. 30 affecting about 100M users, exposing names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and other non-public content  —  We recently discovered that some user data was compromised as a result of unauthorized access to one of our systems by a malicious third

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Google removes two apps from China's Cheetah Mobile and Kika Tech from Google Play after internal investigation found they executed ad fraud via click injection (Craig Silverman/BuzzFeed News)

Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: Google removes two apps from China’s Cheetah Mobile and Kika Tech from Google Play after internal investigation found they executed ad fraud via click injection  —  Google removed two popular Cheetah Mobile and Kika Tech apps from its Play store today after finding “deceptive and malicious behavior” … Google removes

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