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September 3, 2022, 4:10 AM

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TechCrunch:
Samsung says hackers stole some customer data, including names, contact and product registration information, in a breach of its US systems in late July 2022  —  U.S. electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a data breach affecting customers' personal information.
Reed Albergotti / Semafor:
Sources: Biden considers EOs to limit US investments in China, collection of US citizens' data by Chinese companies, and selling of US tech to Chinese customers  —  President Biden plans to sign an executive order that could dramatically limit U.S. investments in China, according to three people with knowledge of the plans.
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
The IRS says it inadvertently posted confidential information involving about 120,000 individuals on its website before discovering the error and removing it  —  Tax agency says error led to posting about some taxpayers with IRAs  —  WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service inadvertently posted …
Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
The Verge:
Sources detail how Twitter's health team, once tasked with fostering civil conversations, was cut from 15 full-time staff to two amid the Musk acquisition chaos  —  It had been a long pandemic for Twitter's research team.  Tasked with solving some of the platform's toughest problems around harassment …
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
A Washington court rules Meta repeatedly violated the state's campaign finance transparency law for political ads and must pay penalties yet to be determined  —  Meta, Facebook's parent company, repeatedly and intentionally violated Washington campaign-ad transparency law and must pay penalties yet …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Google reinstates Parler to the Play Store after removing it following the January 6 Capitol attack, citing measures the app has taken to moderate content  —  A year and a half after it was removed from Google's Play Store, Parler, a Twitter alternative that attracts conservatives, has returned to the showcase for Android apps.
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
Yandex confirms hackers created a traffic jam in Moscow on September 1 by ordering dozens of taxis from Yandex Taxi to converge on the same location  —  Attackers attempted to disrupt ride-hailing app service on Thursday, the company confirmed.  —  Hackers created a traffic jam in Moscow …

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