The New South Wales (NSW) government has invested $70 million (US$50 million) in an Australian manufacturer to design and build new electric buses locally in Sydney, helping it to make every possible component of the electric bus Australian-made. The bus and coach manufacturer Custom Denning said that it is the first top to bottom Australian designed…
Cyberattacks Hit Ukrainian Government Sites, Major Banks
KYIV, Ukraine—A series of cyberattacks on Tuesday knocked the websites of the Ukrainian army, the defense ministry and major banks offline, Ukrainian authorities said. Still, there was no indication the relatively low-level, distributed-denial-of-service attacks might be a smokescreen for more serious and damaging cyber mischief. At least 10 Ukrainian websites were unreachable due to the…
Dutch Foundation Seeks Consumer Damages Over Apple, Google App Payments
AMSTERDAM—Apple and Google face a potential class-action lawsuit in the Netherlands over app store charges, after a foundation headed by Dutch entrepreneur Alexander Klöpping began gathering claimants. The action, which still faces legal hurdles before any court hearing, reflects growing criticism over how much the two firms charge developers for payments on their app stores,…
Meta to Pay $90 Million to Settle Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has agreed to a $90 million settlement over a decade-old lawsuit which accused the social media platform of tracking users’ internet activity through browser plug-ins, even after they logged out of their accounts. A judge must now approve the settlement between Meta and the plaintiffs which was filed on Monday night…
Texas AG Sues Meta for Unauthorized Biometric Data Collection
February 15, 2022
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Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas filed a suit against the Facebook parent company Meta Platforms on Monday, claiming that the social media giant was in violation of state law for its collection of biometric data of users through facial recognition technology. “Facebook will no longer take advantage of people and their children with the…
3 Out of 5 Companies Affected by Software Supply Chain Attacks
A new survey has revealed that three out of every five companies were victim to software supply chain attacks in 2021, marking a drastic rise in the prevalence of these attacks and sending cybersecurity into a scramble for solutions. The survey, which was carried out by the software company Anchore, reported that 62 percent of…
Ford Suspends or Cuts Output at Plants Due to Chip Shortage
February 14, 2022
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DETROIT—Ford Motor Co. said on Monday it will continue idling some of its assembly plants in the week of Feb. 14 due to the global semiconductor shortage. The U.S. automaker will idle production at its Ohio Assembly Plant as well as the production line for the Transit van at its Kansas City Assembly Plant, spokeswoman…
Apple Given Fourth Dutch Fine in App Store Dispute
February 14, 2022
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AMSTERDAM—The Dutch antitrust watchdog fined Apple 5 million euros ($5.7 million) on Monday, its fourth such fine for failing to allow software application makers in the Netherlands to use non-Apple payment methods for dating apps on the App Store. The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has been levying weekly fines of 5 million euros…
Google Faces Scrutiny From French, Russian Regulators
France’s watchdog CNIL alleged Alphabet Inc.’s Google Analytics of giving U.S. intelligence services access to French website users’ data. The regulator alleged the U.S. tech giant lacking sufficient measures to guarantee data privacy rights under European Union regulation when transferring data between Europe and the United Stats. The French website manager responsible for the non-compliance had one…
Australia and India Commit to Free and Open Internet
February 13, 2022
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Australia and India’s foreign ministers have affirmed their support for a free and open internet amid ongoing concerns that authoritarian regimes will try to mould the future of cyberspace to include more censorship and control. Australia’s Marise Payne and India’s Subrahmanyam Jaishankar announced the creation of the new Cyber Framework Dialogue at the tail-end of…
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