27th June 2007: Live Free or Die Hard was released. Cop John McClane partners with hacker Matt Farrell to stop cyberterrorists trying to take down the US's infrastructure. Traceroute (1337!) is used to find the ringleader's location, then McClane kills him by shooting HIS OWN shoulder.

https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1938731279937057144

1st July 2003: California's data breach notification law went into effect. California became the first US state to require disclosure of breaches of personal information.
https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1940220561080332760

Meta calls €200M EU fine over pay-or-consent ad model 'unlawful'

Meet Soham Parekh, the engineer burning through tech by working at three to four startups simultaneously

https://x.com/nickvangilder/status/1940110830085054891

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17th June 1995: Spyglass goes public

World Wide Web software producer Spyglass Inc. went public, the year after it had begun distributing its Spyglass Mosaic software, an early browser for navigating the Web. With previous year's earnings at $7 million, Spyglass was founded by students at the Illinois Supercomputing Center, which also inspired Netscape Communications Corp.

https://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/june/27/#spyglass-goes-public

26th June 1989: Robert Tappan Morris (who released the Morris worm in 1988) became the first person to be indicted under the US's Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), enacted by Congress 3 years earlier. He was later sentenced to three years of probation and fined $10,050

https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1938292354965770278

Visiting students can't hide social media accounts from Uncle Sam anymore

Meta’s AI training on copyrighted content is ‘fair use’, US judge says

https://x.com/filip_dragovic/status/1937932750415086010

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11th June 1986: Ferris Bueller's Day Off was released. https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1932838235102716317

13th June 1994: A Russian hacker group led by Vladimir Levin stole $10.7 million from Citibank via X.25, in what was the first international bank robbery over a network to be made public. Levin was caught in London in 1995 and sentenced in the US to 3 years in prison in 1998. https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1933504310643773697

“Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.

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