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A major data breach is raising serious concerns in Florida, where the state's Department of Education says a hack of its financial aid website may have exposed the Social Security numbers and personal data of nearly four point nine million people. That's a significant breach affecting students and families who trusted the system with their most sensitive information.
Turning overseas, cyberattacks struck both Ukraine and Russia late Sunday, triggering fake emergency alerts through mobile apps in both countries just as a limited ceasefire came to an end. It remains unclear whether the two attacks were connected, but the timing underscores how digital infrastructure has become a consistent front in that ongoing conflict.
And in Europe, hackers have taken their capabilities into surprisingly physical territory, remotely accessing refrigeration systems at supermarkets across multiple countries and deliberately changing temperature settings on freezers and cooling units. It's a reminder that cyberattacks are no longer just about stolen data — they can now disrupt the physical systems communities depend on every single day.
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