Meta unveils Pseudonymized Facebook Identifiers, which combine timestamps and Facebook Identifiers, to deter unauthorized data scraping (Matthew S. Burriesci/Meta)

TechCrunch:
BrandTotal and Unimania agreed to a permanent injunction banning them from using and scraping Facebook and Instagram, and will pay a “significant financial sum”  —  Facebook parent Meta has settled a lawsuit in the U.S. against two companies that had engaged in data scraping operations …

Wall Street Journal:
Google’s Mandiant say it observed four instances of pro-Russian hacktivist groups publishing data within 24 hours of it being stolen by GRU using wiper malware  —  ‘We have never previously observed such a volume of cyberattacks, variety of threat actors, and coordination of effort …

Bloomberg:
Group-IB: since the data of ~1B Chinese citizens appeared for sale, smaller tranches have appeared on forums, often including personal info and national IDs  —  Since the data of about roughly 1 billion Chinese citizens appeared for sale on a popular dark web forum in June …

Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press:
Japan tells its citizens to sign up for digital IDs or possibly lose access to public health insurance, as many worry their data might be misused or stolen  —  Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign up for digital IDs …

Renju Jose / Reuters:
Australia proposes changes to its consumer privacy rules post the Optus hack, enabling telcos to share IDs with banks for better monitoring during data breaches  —  Australia on Thursday proposed an overhaul of consumer privacy rules that will help facilitate targeted data sharing between …

Jason Mikula / Fintech Business Weekly:
A look at Apple’s Cooperative R&D Agreement with the TSA on digital IDs and how it could disadvantage Apple’s rivals in developing mobile identity credentials  —  Contract Shows Apple Drove Key Decisions in TSA’s Mobile Driver’s License Rollout  —  Hey all, Jason here.