GM to pay over $12 million in California privacy settlement involving driver data
2026-05-09T14:51:53Z•6df463e2c1ba7106d29e12c7cb26b3d070159a2c9de75fc3a367675dba0f3e99
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What happened
Multiple high-impact cyber and privacy developments: GM agreed to pay over $12 million in California’s largest-ever CCPA settlement related to driver data. Alan Bill, administrator of the Kingdom Market darknet marketplace, received a 16-year sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. A Virginia man was convicted for deleting 96 government databases and stealing a password that enabled unauthorized email access. Dozens of universities were forced to reschedule final exams after a Canvas incident in which students encountered a cybercriminal message. KSN (
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