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'Brain rot' named Oxford's word of the year 2024. Brain rot has become a new term this year to express concern about the impact of excessive consumption of poor quality online content, particularly on social media. (Oxford University Press)

The White House says the Salt Typhoon hacking attack affected eight US telecommunications companies and affected dozens of other countries for up to two years. (CyberScoop)

Romania's Supreme Court annulled the presidential election after intelligence agencies found "hybrid Russian attacks" , such as cyber attacks and influence campaigns on TikTok. (CNN)

• The Romanian Constitutional Court annuls the result of the first round of the presidential election (iDnes)

• EU puts TikTok on watch over election security (TechCrunch)

A $1 phone scanner found seven Pegasus spyware infections. The iVerify detection tool was launched in May. (Ars Technica)

Deloitte Denies Breach, Claims Cyber-Attack Targeted Single Client (InfoSecurity Magazine)

Musk says he wants to save the planet. Tesla's factories are polluting it. Former employees cite anti-regulation as the cause of environmental problems at the giant Texas plant (WSJ)

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