Meta's $25B penalty, Pentagon sabotage unit, PHP attacks
Good morning. It’s Thursday, October 22.
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the largest penalty of its kind the company has faced. Meta says it will appeal, arguing the ruling makes it nearly impossible to do business in the state.
Today we are covering:
* Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
* Pentagon quietly builds a Technology Support Office to covertly disrupt foreign tech programs
* Hackers hit two critical PHP flaws days before the patch, with attempts climbing into the millions
* Meta…
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