GM to pay over $12 million in California privacy settlement involving driver data
2026-05-10T08:51:56Z•ac68935438d6567a3672a320f5bc2f82568b2bd6a7c6579e42df9e8edd0b983d
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What happened
A batch of cybersecurity and cybercrime developments: GM agreed to a record California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) settlement — over $12 million — related to driver data, marking the largest CCPA fine to date. Slovak national Alan Bill, alleged administrator of darknet marketplace Kingdom Market, was sentenced to 16 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances for running a marketplace used by drug dealers and cybercriminals. A Virginia man was convicted on federal charges for deleting 96 government databases and stealing an individual’s password, causing unaff
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