TikTok Triumphs, Trump’s Pardon Parade, and Subaru’s Sneaky GPS Glitch: A Wild Week in Cyber News
This week, TikTok went dark, Trump made headlines by pardoning Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht, and controversy brewed over FBI searches and Cloudflare’s location-leak bug. In a dramatic twist, Subaru’s tracking system woes revealed a comedy of errors. Stay tuned as Trump’s administration shakes things up, leaving cyber watchdogs in suspense.
Hot Take:
It’s been a wild ride in the world of cybersecurity, with TikTok playing peek-a-boo in the app stores, Trump playing Monopoly with executive orders and pardons, and the FBI getting a judicial slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, Subaru’s GPS system was apparently easier to hack than a teenager’s Wi-Fi password. But hey, at least Cloudflare’s CDN isn’t playing hide and seek with your location anymore, right?
Key Points:
- TikTok briefly banned, then reinstated in the US, with a 75-day delay ordered by Trump.
- Trump pardons Silk Road creator, Ross Ulbricht, after 11 years in prison.
- New research exposed Subaru’s lapses in customer location data security.
- US judge rules FBI’s warrantless searches under FISA unconstitutional.
- Cloudflare’s CDN issue could expose users’ locations, but has been fixed.
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