2026-07-13 Briefing

Lidl warned customers in Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands that a third-party security failure exposed names, emails, and potentially passwords and bank details, though no data misuse has been found. Lenovo denied using banned Chinese SSDs in restricted regions. Asha Sharma, appointed by Satya Nadella to lead Xbox, made sweeping job cuts and shed game studios. Meanwhile, FIFA’s official…