House panel marks up kids digital safety act amid Democrat backlash
2026-03-06T14:52:01Z•a3a85a9b33a2fd1550e285f8fdf01dbc73979ec3bf142406aba35486963ca0bc
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What happened
A batch of security and policy developments: House markup of the KIDS Digital Safety Act drew Democratic criticism over weak knowledge standards for platform liability; Passaic County, NJ, experienced a malware attack that disabled county IT systems and phone lines; Europol exposed a Spanish criminal ring exploiting displaced Ukrainian women in a multimillion-dollar gambling fraud; the alleged Phobos ransomware leader pleaded guilty and faces up to 20 years after attacks on 1,000+ organizations; and Google TAG reported 90 zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited in 2025, noting growing activity
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