New Mexico’s $25 Billion Meta Fine Tests Statutory Math

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A New Mexico state court ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for misleading statements about data privacy between 2010 and 2021, raising questions about how per-violation penalties scale against Big Tech revenue.

Denmark CPR Breach: When Authorized Access Becomes the Threat

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In October 2026, Denmark disclosed that 8.8 million CPR records had been accessed through a legitimate company account. The password was “123456,” but the real vulnerability was structural: third-party access with no rate limiting or monitoring that could detect abuse in real time.

Google Paid $10 Million for Spirit Airlines’ Internal Archive

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In August 2026, Google paid $10 million for roughly 100 million emails and 500 million Microsoft Teams messages from bankrupt Spirit Airlines. The bid establishes a price floor for enterprise failure as an AI training asset.