House panel marks up kids digital safety act amid Democrat backlash
2026-03-06T08:51:55Z•ebd70ab495b6a8ade1fc1a9272359d09a98b1941e61b71479358efbc28ecb105
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Multiple security and policy stories: A House committee advanced the KIDS Digital Safety Act amid Democratic objections that a weak knowledge standard could let tech companies evade accountability. Passaic County, New Jersey, reported a malware attack that disrupted county IT systems and phone lines. Europol disclosed a Spanish criminal network that exploited displaced Ukrainian women in a multimillion-dollar gambling fraud scheme. The alleged leader of the Phobos ransomware operation, Ptitsyn, who helped deploy Phobos against over 1,000 victims, pleaded guilty and faces up to 20 years in US (
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