Security Roundup: Apple's Hide My Email Service Fails to Hide Your Email

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A European Parliament politician on the PEGA Committee was targeted with Pegasus spyware, according to new research. Google warned that EU pro-competition rules could make its Search and Android systems vulnerable to hacking.
Meta contractors posed as kids and teens to test how chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT respond to high-risk subjects, including suicide and drugs, per a WIRED investigation.
A researcher used Anthropic’s Claude Opus to break into Front Gate and issue tickets to major US music festivals, such as Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo.
Apple’s Hide My Email service is leaking real email addresses due to a vulnerability, with 100% of tested addresses exploitable; Apple has not fixed it despite reports since 2025.
A 19-year-old alleged member of the Scattered Spider hacking group was extradited to the US and faces charges for hacking a jewelry retailer and demanding an $8 million ransom.
India threatened WhatsApp over its plan to introduce usernames, citing concerns about increased fraud and cybercrime, and asked to pause the rollout.
Errors in automatic license plate reader (ALPR) systems have led to innocent people being detained by police, with at least 24 misidentification cases reported over eight years.

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