FCC bans two devices with surveillance chips linked to Huawei

2026-10-25T14:51:49Z•24cba9c9cb28f219d6c7bc10f00e3c31e72abfb60dbf1599c0adbbe97e29260c
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A news digest covering cybersecurity, surveillance technology, critical-infrastructure threats, and data breaches. Key items include a possible Quest Diagnostics patient-data breach, a Toronto Crime Stoppers breach and operational pause, reported exploitation attempts targeting newly disclosed PHP vulnerabilities, FCC action against Huawei-linked surveillance devices, and proposed UK criminal penalties for undersea cable sabotage.

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