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EU smartphone repair disclosure rule still falling short after 1 year, study finds

More than 8 in 10 smartphones sold in the European Union fail to properly comply with rules requiring disclosure of repair procedures and replacement parts information, a study found. Right to Repair Europe said 82 percent of 2,334 models lacked necessary repair information. Only 18 percent provided links enabling consumers to immediately check repair steps and parts prices. The group also cited weak oversight that allows blank fields and broken links to pass.

AI & Enterprise

Tving data breach leaks 39.54 million account records, including dormant and withdrawn users

Tving has confirmed that 39.54 million account records were leaked in a security breach, including 22.06 million active accounts and 17.37 million inactive accounts such as dormant or withdrawn users. The attacker stole a developer access key, entered the internal development environment and then moved into the production environment, investigators said. Leaked data included IDs, passwords, names, phone numbers, emails, birth dates, linked information and payment history, among other items.

Telecommunications & Media

Korea to bring forward separate storage of resident registration numbers and linked information to January

South Korea\'s Broadcast Media Communications Commission said on Thursday it is seeking to revise a public notice to move up the start date for separate storage of resident registration numbers and linked information (CI) by four months. It reported a revision to standards on CI generation and processing at a full commission meeting. The change would move the start date to Jan. 1 from May 1, 2027. The commission cited recent leak incidents involving both items.