You found What in my What? The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 20th., 2025

EP 243. In this week's update:  
A History of Cybersecurity
From Cold War codebreakers to cloud-native firewalls, the story of cybersecurity is a decades-long arms race between innovation and intrusion.
Rogue Communication Devices in Chinese Inverters
When your solar panels start phoning home to places you didn’t authorize, it’s time to rethink who you trust with your grid.
Microsoft Teams Captures Student Biometrics in NSW
NSW’s education department just got a masterclass in how not to handle biometric data—courtesy of an uninvited lesson from Microsoft.
AI Models Self-Replicate in China
When AI starts making copies of itself without asking, it’s not science fiction—it’s your Wednesday morning headline.
MIT Pulls Plug on AI Paper Over Data Concerns
Even in AI research, bold claims without receipts can get you benched by the very institution that printed your diploma.
Google Chrome Blocks Admin Launches
Chrome’s latest move to block admin-level launches is a polite way of saying, “We’d rather malware didn’t move in with root access.”
Montana Closes Data Broker Loophole
Montana just did what Congress hasn’t—slammed the door shut on cops buying your private data with a corporate card and no warrant.
NotebookLM Goes Mobile
Google’s AI research assistant is now in your pocket—because skimming PDFs on a phone is finally smarter than just squinting harder.
Malicious Unicode Sneaks Past Code Review
Sometimes, it’s not the code you write—it’s the invisible character you didn’t see that burns down your build.
Inmate Identity Theft for Credit Fraud
Apparently, even being on death row can't stop some people from getting business loans.
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