

UltraSonicHero
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@UltraSonicHero
Creator of Marcus the Hedgehog. SonicTuber, Musician, VA, Dancer, Graphic Designer, Songwriter, Gamer, Entertainer. (Age 32)



The European Union has charged Meta with failing to stop children under 13 from signing up on Facebook and Instagram. The apps are meant only for people 13 and older, but kids can easily join using a fake birth date with almost no real checks, they claim that reporting underage accounts often does nothing. After nearly two years of investigation Meta can now review the evidence, respond, and suggest fixes, but if confirmed it could face huge fines and must improve age verification. Meta disagrees and says it already removes young accounts while planning to work with the EU on new steps soon. All this is easily solved without so many useless measures, a good parents who care about their children and control what they do with their mobile




France’s Government ID Portal Got Breached. Up to 19 Million Citizens Exposed. TL;DR: France’s ANTS portal, which issues passports, national IDs, and driver’s licenses, has been breached. Up to 19 million French citizens could be affected. The Ministry of the Interior has confirmed the breach. If you are French, assume your identity data is exposed. What is ANTS and why does this hurt? ANTS (Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés), now called France Titres, is the French government’s main platform for secure identity documents. It is not a third-party contractor or a startup. This is the official system that handles your passport, national ID card, and driver’s license. When this kind of data leaks, it is not like a shopping app breach where you can just change your password. Identity document data is permanent. You cannot change your date of birth. What was exposed? According to the official notification sent to affected professional account holders, the breach detected on April 15, 2026, resulted in unauthorised access to: Full name (first and last) Login credentials (account ID and email address) Professional identification data (company name, SIREN number, portal ID) Authorisation and accreditation numbers In some accounts: postal address and phone number The broader consumer-side exposure, confirmed by the Ministry of the Interior, adds: Date and place of birth Identity verification data This is all the information someone would need to impersonate a person. How serious is 19 million? France has about 68 million people. With 19 million affected accounts, nearly 1 in 3 French citizens had their data exposed in this government breach. For comparison, this is bigger than the 2017 Equifax breach in the UK and involves government-issued identity data, not just credit card numbers. The incident has been reported to the CNIL (France’s data protection authority) under Article 33 of GDPR, and the Ministry of the Interior has filed a criminal referral with the Paris Prosecutor under Article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. A formal investigation is now open. What the official letter says (and what it doesn’t) France Titres sent breach notifications to professional account holders. The letter sounds polished and reassuring, saying “you have no action to take” and “all necessary measures have been taken.” This follows the usual approach for incident communications. The letter does not explain how the attackers got in, how long they had access before April 15, whether regular (non-professional) accounts were affected in the same way, or if the data has already been sold or published. The lack of information about how the attack happened is the most concerning part. Until that is explained, it is not clear if the problem has really been fixed. The real risk: targeted phishing and identity fraud With names, emails, dates and places of birth, addresses, phone numbers, and ID verification data all in one dataset, attackers can do two things especially well: Spear phishing means sending highly personalized emails or making calls that use specific details about you to build trust before trying to get something more valuable, like your banking credentials or one-time passwords. If you get a call soon from someone who knows your SIREN number and postal address, this is likely the reason. Identity fraud can include opening accounts, taking out loans, or getting past KYC checks in your name. It is harder to fix, especially when the original data came from a government source that other institutions trust. What you should do Be alert for suspicious calls and emails. If someone contacts you and knows unusually specific personal details, treat it as a possible threat until you are sure it is safe. Do not confirm personal information to someone who calls you, even if they already seem to know it. This is a common trick, not proof that they are legitimate. Monitor your credit and banking activity over the next weeks and months for any accounts or applications you did not start. Report anything unusual via the France Titres contact form linked in the official notification. If you are a professional account holder, review your portal activity and consider whether your SIREN or accreditation number has been used anywhere it should not have been. Source: @IntCyberDigest

NEWS: Sonic R PC is being decompiled! The decompilation is being done by jnmartin84, who now has the game running in MacOS, & will eventually porting it to Dreamcast. #SonicNews You can see it in action via footage below, posted by @falco_girgis

UK Playstation is requiring age verification The dystopia arrived. It has a £69.99 annual subscription, and a three-year retention policy on your face that they forgot to mention in the terms and conditions.

just to create a facebook account? yeah, hell no


