The Iranian government plans to use facial recognition on public transport to identify women who are not complying with its strict new hijab laws (Weronika Strzyżyńska/The Gua …)

Heather Murphy / New York Times:
A look at the CBP prioritizing facial recognition to verify ~85% of the 221K daily travelers entering the US, replacing passport lines and self-serve kiosks  —  More than 80 percent of all travelers entering the U.S. are now verified by facial recognition.  The loss of older, seemingly more convenient methods has many perplexed.

Wall Street Journal:
New York AG Letitia James asks Madison Square Garden Entertainment for information on the alleged use of facial recognition to deny access to ticket holders  —  Probe related to company’s alleged use of the technology to bar certain ticket holders from its venues

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Texas AG sues Google for allegedly using features in Photos, Assistant, and Nest devices to collect facial- and voice-recognition data without proper consent  —  State alleges tech giant didn’t obtain user consent for biometric-data use  —  The Texas attorney general sued Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG 2.32%▲ …

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The FBI and CISA say an Iranian-backed threat group hacked a US Federal Civilian Executive Branch and deployed XMRig cryptomining malware via the Log4Shell flaw  —  The FBI and CISA revealed in a joint advisory published today that an unnamed Iranian-backed threat group hacked …

Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Australian telco Optus, which has suffered a massive cyberattack, has repeatedly opposed changes to privacy laws to give customers more rights over their data  —  In its submission to Privacy Act review telco said giving people right to erase personal data would involve ‘significant’ hurdles and costs

Rest of World:
Netflix’s password sharing crackdown sparked many protests on social media in Argentina, but a source says the country didn’t have a mass exodus of subscribers  —  New prices sparked outrage in Latin America, with some threatening to boycott the platform.  —  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA