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Security researchers in California have uncovered a serious flaw in WeChat's voice calling system that requires no action from the target whatsoever. Simply receiving a call is enough for an attacker to seize control of an account across both Android and iOS. Tencent has issued patches, and no exploitation has been confirmed in the wild — but the zero-click nature of this vulnerability makes it particularly unsettling.
Closer to home, a cybersecurity breach has exposed court records in Ontario, Canada. The attack hit systems maintained by the provincial courts, raising hard questions about how sensitive legal documents are stored and protected. Details on the scope of the breach are still emerging, but access to court records means personal data tied to some of the most consequential moments in people's lives may be compromised.
And in the United Kingdom, the medicines regulator is calling on Parliament to establish new laws governing the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The head of the MHRA told the BBC that AI will soon be routine inside the National Health Service, and that existing frameworks simply were not built for what is coming. The argument is not to slow things down, but to build trust before the technology outpaces the rules designed to govern it.
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