EU data regulator fines Google more than $460 million for location data violations

2026-09-22T02:51:49Z•a6a14bbe7fbcf58e2c2282053bc8c9a160a2ec24a177d6a8ee5ce8f65b04c870
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The feed reports several cybersecurity and data-protection developments: cyberattacks affecting Belgian sports federations and LMU Munich, a dispute involving ShinyHunters and the Cl0p leak site, and a court order restricting mass scraping of LinkedIn data. It also covers Google’s substantial EU privacy fine for location-data processing. No specific software vulnerabilities or CVEs are identified.

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