Federal judges appointed by both parties have unanimously rejected the Justice Department's lawsuits against 30 states and the District of Columbia seeking unredacted voter rolls containing sensitive voter information, as the administration pushes for expanded federal election oversight ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Hackers illegally accessed Liechtenstein's Register of Beneficial Economic Owners during the night of July 29-30, 2026, stealing data on approximately 31,000 companies and foundations. The government has established a crisis cell to investigate the breach of the register, which was created in April 2021 to combat money laundering and financial crime.
NHS England has issued an apology and acknowledged that employees from Palantir and other suppliers have access to identifiable patient data, contradicting previous transparency claims that only NHS staff could view such sensitive information. The admission has prompted NHS England to revise how it evaluates the controversial £330 million Palantir platform deal amid staff concerns.
Researchers discovered that xAI's Grok Build CLI was uploading developers' complete code repositories, including commit history and secrets, to a Google Cloud Storage bucket controlled by the company. Following the discovery, Elon Musk's xAI announced it will delete previously uploaded customer data, with researchers confirming the uploads have stopped.
Apple filed a 41-page lawsuit against OpenAI alleging corporate espionage after discovering a bug that allowed a former Apple engineer who joined OpenAI to maintain access to confidential information. OpenAI pushed back against the allegations on Tuesday.
A Bloomberg investigation revealed that state health insurance marketplaces, including those in Virginia and Washington, D.C., shared users' personal information including citizenship and race data with advertisers through embedded ad trackers. Virginia and D.C. paused the data collection and sharing following the report.
