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Treasury Agreed to Fix Half the Breach
An auditor named six fixes for the payment-system breach. Treasury signed off on three of them.
Unfiltered Ledger
The Fine Print
The Researcher the SEC Cited Says It's Wrong
He spent 16 years advising the firms that benefit. Then he proposed letting them go dark for six months.
The Fine Print / The Public Record
$35M for Billing, a Letter for Revenge Porn
Same FTC bureau, same official, six days apart. One got a federal case. One got a PDF.
The Fine Print
Two PE Firms. Two EdTech Breaches in a Row.
KKR paid $4.8B for Canvas. Bain paid $5.6B for PowerSchool. PowerSchool was breached 3 months later. Canvas 18 months later.
The Fine Print
The AI Excuse Just Died in Court
DOGE fed $100M in grants into ChatGPT. A judge spent 143 pages on why that's still their decision.
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Oscar's Record Quarter and the Math Behind It
A third of denied-claim appeals win, and almost nobody files one. The insurers did that math first.
The Full Story
Johnson Said Video Games. The CBO Said Paperwork.
Nebraska went live May 1 with no new staff and an exemption that stops at age 13.
The Full Story
fairlife Got Sued Twice. Marketing Unchanged.
Two settlements, three undercover investigations, one cartoon cow still on the carton.
The Public Record
The DHS Study That Said Its Own Towers Don't Work
DHS paid for a study proving the towers failed. CBP responded with $1.8 billion for more towers.
The Fine Print (primary), Public Record (secondary)
Taxpayers Now Co-Own Intel's Xinjiang Partner
The US took 9.9% of Intel in August. Intel's 2024 Chinese partner sold fingerprint tech to Xinjiang police.
The Fine Print
GM's $12.75M Fine on $20M in Sales
The record CCPA penalty equals 64 cents on every dollar GM made selling driver data.
The Fine Print
DHS Wants $7.5M for What Agents Already Wear
Agents have been recording in Meta Ray-Bans since June 2025. DHS just asked Congress to fund it.