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August 13, 2024, 11:50 AM

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Financial Times:
A recap of Elon Musk's Donald Trump interview on X, which started 42 minutes late; X says it was at times heard by 1M+ people, while Musk had prepared for 8M  —  Tech billionaire praises ex-president in rambling conversation on X delayed by technical glitch
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
On August 6, hackers leaked almost 2.7B records of people in the US, such as names and SSNs, allegedly from National Public Data, which collects and sells data  —  Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Politico, the NYT, the WaPo, and others say they received hacked Trump campaign materials, but gave few details, a marked contrast to Clinton's emails in 2016  —  At least three news outlets were leaked confidential material from inside the Donald Trump campaign, including its report vetting JD Vance as a vice presidential candidate.
Washington Post:
The FBI is investigating an alleged Trump campaign hack; sources say the agency is probing suspected hacking attempts by Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris  —  Since June, agents have been pursuing evidence Iran has targeted advisers to the two presidential campaigns.
Wall Street Journal:
Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
India's antitrust body orders an unusual recall of two reports on its Apple investigation; a source says Apple complained about confidential revenue disclosures  —  India's antitrust body has ordered an unusual recall of its investigation reports that found Apple in breach of competition laws …
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The FBI, the UK's NCA, and others seize the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation; since August 2023, the gang targeted 43+ SMBs  —  The FBI announced on Monday that it seized the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation following a joint international investigation.
Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
A profile of Peregrine, founded by a former Palantir executive to help US police access surveillance data, raised $30M in May 2024, and had $10M in 2023 revenue  —  Founded and backed by former Palantir execs, Peregrine Technologies hopes to turbocharge local police department access to surveillance data …
New York Times:
How Tether co-founder Brock Pierce's plan to use crypto to revitalize Puerto Rico's economy became mired in legal disputes and fights with his business partners  —  On sun-drenched days in 2022, the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Brock Pierce liked to take his friends sailing to the island of Vieques …
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
Sources: after recent OpenAI shakeups, Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki, post-training lead Barret Zoph, frontiers research lead Mark Chen, others gain prominence  —  OpenAI's upper management has been a bit of a revolving door lately.  The last few months have seen a number of high-profile departures …
Wall Street Journal:
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Twitch rolls out video stories, which can be 60 seconds long and set to expire after 1, 12, 24, or 48 hours, to challenge Instagram  —  After launching photo and text stories last year, Twitch is now introducing video stories.  Streamers can now film 60-second videos in the Twitch mobile app or upload a video from their camera roll.
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