A week in security (July 14 – July 20)

July 18, 2025 – Meta executives settled a shareholders’ lawsuit alleging continuous disregard of privacy regulations for the price of $8 billion.

July 17, 2025 – The database contained 1,115,061 records including the names of children, birth parents, adoptive parents, and other potentially sensitive information like case notes.

July 17, 2025 – A researcher has disclosed how he found a—now fixed—vulnerability in Meta AI that could have allowed others to see private questions and answers.

July 17, 2025 – Google has released an update for its Chrome browser to patch six security vulnerabilities including one zero-day.

July 16, 2025 – A former US army colonel faces up to ten years in prison after revealing national secrets on a foreign dating app.