Cyber Security Headlines PBS confirms data breach, TSMC fires engineers over theft, Cloudflare: Perplexity is web scraping
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Aug 6, 2025 PBS revealed a significant data breach after employee information was leaked on Discord servers. TSMC had to fire several engineers over suspicions of stealing semiconductor secrets. Meanwhile, Cloudflare discussed web scraping techniques employed by Perplexity, including ways to bypass robot.txt rules and network blocks. The episode underscores the urgency of addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities and ensuring robust system protections.
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PBS Employee Data Leak Incident
- PBS suffered a data breach when employee info leaked on Discord servers related to PBS Kids fan communities.
- The leaked data included sensitive contact info from nearly 4,000 employees and affiliates.
TSMC Engineers Fired for Theft
- TSMC fired two engineers suspected of stealing their advanced two-nanometer chip trade secrets.
- This marked the first-ever case under Taiwan's National Security Act involving semiconductor secrets theft.
Block Stealth Web Scrapers
- Cloudflare advises website owners to update managed rules to block stealth crawlers like Perplexity that bypass robots.txt.
- They recommend delisting Perplexity as a verified bot to prevent scraping evasion.