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The Dutch government suspends its powers over chipmaker Nexperia, restoring control to its Chinese owner; a Dutch minister says the move is "a show of goodwill" (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-1…

Dutch Hand Back Control of Chinese-Owned Chipmaker Nexperia
The Dutch government suspended its powers over chipmaker Nexperia, restoring control to its Chinese owner and defusing a standoff with Beijing that had begun to hamper automotive production around the world.

South Korea’s government is mobilizing an all-hands response to a data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang. The CEO was forced to resign and might face charges.
When has any US company or CEO been held to this level of accountability for a breach?
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/1063937…

Korea launches government-wide probe into Coupang data breach - The Korea Herald
South Korea’s government is mobilizing an all-hands response to a data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang affecting more than 33 million users, establishing an

A damning new study could put AI companies on the defensive.
In it, Stanford and Yale researchers found compelling evidence that AI models are actually copying all that data,
not “learning” from it.
Specifically, four prominent LLMs
— OpenAI’s GPT-4.1, Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro, xAI’s Grok 3, and Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet
— happily reproduced lengthy excerpts from popular
— and protected
— works, with a stunning degree of accuracy.
They fou…

Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the AI Industry to Its Core
Researchers found compelling evidence that AI models are actually copying copyrighted data, not "learning" from it.

copenhagen: Copenhagen Networks Study
A network of social interactions among university students within the Copenhagen Networks Study, over a period of four weeks, sampled every 5 minutes. Interactions include physical proximity (undirected), phone calls (directed, weighted), text messages (directed), and information about Facebook friendships (undirected). Nodes include some metadata, including gender.
This network has 536 nodes and 3600 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unwei…

A look at Huawei's efforts to build an independent Chinese chip supply chain; through vehicles like Hubble, it has invested in 60 chip companies since 2019 (Itsuro Fujino/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/

Huawei's web of chipmaking firms scales up independent supply chains
Affiliates invest in takeovers and capacity buildups in line with China's national ambitions

Korea's Fair Trade Commission is threatening to shut down Coupang's business altogether in connection with a massive data breach.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260114/suspension-of-coupang-feasible-scena…

Suspension of Coupang feasible scenario, experts say
As the head of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) reiterates warnings of a possible business suspension for Coupang over its massive data breach, expe...

copenhagen: Copenhagen Networks Study
A network of social interactions among university students within the Copenhagen Networks Study, over a period of four weeks, sampled every 5 minutes. Interactions include physical proximity (undirected), phone calls (directed, weighted), text messages (directed), and information about Facebook friendships (undirected). Nodes include some metadata, including gender.
This network has 800 nodes and 6429 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unwei…

So much is happening in infosec, so don't fall behind. Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical developments you should know, including
--Cops take down alleged money-laundering operations E-Note,
--Google is suing mass texting operation Darcula,
--AI-generated social media firm Doublespeed was hacked,
--Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's messages were leaked,
--Korea launches massive probe of Coupang breach,
--Foreign pow…

Cops take down alleged money-laundering operations E-Note
Google is suing mass texting operation Darcula, AI-generated social media firm Doublespeed was hacked, Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's messages were leaked online, Korea launches massive probe of Coupang breach, Foreign power tried to install malware on Italian ferry, much more

Sources: AI chipmaker Cerebras plans to file for a US IPO as soon as next week, targeting a Q2 2026 listing, after withdrawing its prior IPO filing in October (Echo Wang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/ai-chip-firm-cerebras…

Chinese AI chipmaker MetaX's shares jumped up to 755% in its Shanghai debut after a heavily oversubscribed $585.5M IPO, pushing its market cap past $42B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-16/china-ch…