Norton breach
Anti-malware product company Norton informed the Vermont Attorney General’s office that a third-party intruder may have tried to break into clients’ accounts using a list of usernames and passwords. The intrusion reportedly started on December 1, 2022, but was only detected more than a week later. Norton denied that its own systems were compromised and suggested that the list of usernames and passwords may have come from the dark web. As Norton’s Password Manager feature was scanned by the hacker(s), the company advised users to reset their passwords.
Twitter lawsuit
As Twitter wrangles with the legal implications of its mass layoffs since billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover, U.S. District Judge James Donato ruled that five fired employees who wanted to launch a class action suit against the company had to instead proceed through private arbitration. Twitter had wanted the five ex-employees to pursue their claims independently. The Judge noted that the employees, when joining, had signed agreements that dealt with arbitration. However, there are other Twitter ex-employees reportedly not bound by such agreements who plan to join the lawsuit.
More TikTok bans
Kentucky has joined a growing list of more than 20 other U.S. states which have banned the Chinese owned TikTok video app on government devices, due to national security fears. The only exception in Kentucky is for law enforcement purposes. Both Republican and Democratic governors have expressed support for such a move, in spite of TikTok’s repeated claims that it would not pass on sensitive information to the Chinese authorities. The viral social media app still has more than 100 million users.
