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11/08/2024
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By Arsenio Toledo
South Korea’s privacy watchdog fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting data from Korean Facebook users
The South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), the country’s national data protection government agency, has fined Big Tech company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15.46 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Korean users on Facebook. This is the latest in a series of fines and penalties the government of South Korea has slapped Facebook’s parent […]
10/31/2024
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By Arsenio Toledo
Secret Service agents using fitness tracker Strava are unintentionally giving away the location of Biden, Trump and Harris
A report from the French newspaper Le Monde has found that the movements of major American political figures can easily be deduced thanks to U.S. Secret Service (USSS) agents who use the fitness app Strava. Strava is a very popular fitness tracker app. Its popularity stems from how it can record the workouts of cyclists and […]
10/03/2024
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By Belle Carter
Ireland fines Meta $102M for lapse in PASSWORD SECURITY
Ireland has slapped a huge fine on Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms, alongside a formal reprimand, for failing to protect its users’ passwords. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced the penalties on Sept. 27, emphasizing that the company failed to implement appropriate security measures for user passwords. The €91 million ($102 million) fine and formal […]
10/03/2024
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By Ava Grace
3 Iranian nationals INDICTED for hacking Trump campaign
Three Iranian nationals have been indicted for hacking into the campaign of former President Donald Trump, stealing emails and documents and then sharing them with the news media, according to U.S. officials and a federal indictment filed in Washington. The suspects, who were identified as members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), allegedly hired […]
10/02/2024
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By Belle Carter
Telegram quietly updates privacy policy, now allows DATA DISCLOSURE to law enforcement
In its biggest-ever change to its privacy policy, Telegram has just announced it will now provide user data to law enforcement – a sharp U-turn to its official previous stance that the platform will “protect user data at all costs.” According to reports, the cloud-based cross-platform “quietly” updated its privacy policy to allow for the […]
09/27/2024
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By Richard Brown
Hezbollah warns people in Lebanon against scanning QR codes from Israeli leaflets
Hezbollah has cautioned people in Lebanon against scanning QR codes found on leaflets dropped by Israeli warplanes in several parts of the country. In a statement, Hezbollah’s media department confirmed that these leaflets had been distributed in the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon. “We strongly advise against opening or sharing any QR codes; they should be […]
08/21/2024
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By Laura Harris
Hackers steal over a million Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information from National Public Data
Background check service National Public Data (NPD) has confirmed that hackers breached its systems and leaked Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information of over a million people. Earlier in August, Christopher Hoffman filed a lawsuit against Jerico Pictures Inc., the company that operates the NPD service, on behalf of the others affected. In the lawsuit, Hoffman […]
08/19/2024
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By Laura Harris
Ransomware gang claims responsibility for recent hacking incident against conservative newspaper The Washington Times
A newly identified ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for hacking conservative media outlet The Washington Times and is now threatening to auction off the stolen data. The group, known as Rhysida, is notorious for its “ransomware as a service” operations, a process by which the group leases its malware to cybercriminals and receives a share of […]
08/16/2024
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By Arsenio Toledo
FBI opens investigation after suspicious claim that Iranian hackers targeted Trump campaign
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has opened an investigation into reports that alleged Iranian or Tehran-linked hackers may have targeted the campaign of former President Donald Trump. Trump’s campaign reported that it has received a cyber threat assessment report from Microsoft. The report notes that a cyber group dubbed “Mint Sandstorm” hacked one of the […]
07/31/2024
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By Richard Brown
Hackers leak sensitive information from one of U.S. government’s largest IT service providers
Hackers have leaked internal documents from Leidos Holdings Inc., exposing sensitive information from one of the largest IT services providers to the U.S. government. Leidos, based in Virginia and a key contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense, is believed to have originated from a previously reported compromise of a Diligent Corp. system used by […]
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