Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint, complains Proton CEO
2026-04-23T19:23:58Z•66e1063c77c59b425fcabee09f3d7420eb83e71447d01fd4c68fcc46ebfcb1a2
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What happened
A packed security news roundup: UK Proton CEO warns that proposed online age-verification could become an intrusive identity checkpoint; Palantir won a $300M USDA modernization contract; details of 500k UK Biobank volunteers were reportedly listed for sale on Alibaba and France’s national ID agency is investigating a claimed leak of up to 19M records. Researchers disclosed Windows Admin Center flaws highlighting hybrid-cloud two-way attack surfaces, and CISA warned of active exploitation of multiple Cisco SD‑WAN Manager vulnerabilities. Additional items of note include an npm supply‑chain worm
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