UK investigates TikTok for alleged age-verification lapses, exposing kids to online harms
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What happened
A bundle of cybersecurity and tech-policy stories: Ofcom has opened an investigation into TikTok for inadequate age-verification measures that may expose children to online harms; Ukrainians protested the dismissal of tech-focused defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov; Russian Sandworm operators used a malicious CAPTCHA luring victims to paste a PowerShell command (a social-engineering technique for remote compromise); two Scattered Spider members were sentenced for the 2024 Transport for London hack; and a cyberattack against Japan’s Nichirei Logistics Group disrupted cold-chain supplies, hitting
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