DNI nominee Clayton wins Senate panel’s approval
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What happened
Multiple security- and privacy-relevant news items: Spain’s data protection authority fined consumer genetics firm 23andMe nearly $3M for cybersecurity failings tied to a 2023 breach that affected ~6.9M global users (≈2,600 in Spain). Kenya is investigating a defacement and bitcoin extortion demand against the president’s website. Taiwan will intentionally throttle 4G/5G mobile capacity to ~1% during national resilience drills, an availability-impact exercise with potential service/disruption implications. Surveillance vendor Flock Safety dropped an audio-based ‘human distress’ detection add‑온
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